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In
this Issue UNCG Opera Theatre presents "The Mikado" McIver Lectureship in Vocal Pedagogy Carolina Band Festival & Conductors Conference Special Guests and Master Classes UNCG Jazz Faculty Quintet Releases New CD Web Site Launched for Focus on Piano Literature: Paris in the 1920s School of Music Loses Long-Time Employee Upcoming
Events Wednesday,
February 6, 4:00 p.m. Thursday,
February 7 through Sunday, February 10 Sunday,
February 10, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
February 12, 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
February 14, Friday,
February 15, 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
February 16, 2:00 p.m. Monday,
February 18, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
February 20, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
February 20, 4:00 p.m. Sunday,
February 24, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday,
February 26, 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
February 28, 4:00 p.m. Friday,
February 29, 7:30 p.m. On
the Horizon Sunday,
March 2, 3:30 p.m. Thursday,
March 6, 7:30 p.m. Monday,
March 17, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
March 18, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
March 19, 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
March 20, 4:00 p.m. Monday,
March 24, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday,
March 25, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
March 26, 7:30 p.m. Monday,
March 31, 7:30 p.m. Piano Day 2008 Deadline Today,
February 1, is the deadline Save
the Date Coming Soon More information will be available in the coming weeks about: Raul Herrera 3rd
Annual Miles Davis Jazz Festival Spring
Opera Theatre NC
Music Fest 2008: Are you Current? Have you updated your alumni biography for the School of Music? For your convenience we now offer an online update submission form at www.uncg.edu/mus/update. We love hearing from you, so please be sure to keep us posted! |
February 2008 E-Newsletter Greetings from the School of Music! The semester and our spring performance season are in full swing. We have many exciting events in the coming weeks and hope you will join us! As always, please feel free to pass this newsletter along to friends and family.
Schiffman was honored in January 1981 with a twenty-five year retrospective of his compositions at New York's Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center. In November 1992, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill honored him with an all-Schiffman concert of performances ranging from large ensemble to solo performer. North/South Consonance, Inc. celebrated Schiffman's seventieth birthday with a special 1998 New York performance, and his seventy-fifth in 2003 with a program of his music in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. In addition to performances throughout the United States, Schiffman's music has been presented in Europe, Latin America, and the Far East. Find more information about Schiffman at http://www.haroldschiffman-composer.com. UNCG
Opera Theatre presents "The Mikado" Set in feudal Japan, “The Mikado” tells the story of Nanki-Poo, son of the Mikado of Japan. Disguised as a traveling musician to escape an arranged marriage with an elderly woman, Nanki-Poo falls in love with Yum-Yum, a beautiful young commoner. But Ko-Ko, Yum-Yum’s guardian and the High Executioner, is also in love with her. Complications arise when Nanki-Poo’s jilted bride and the Mikado arrive to try to separate the lovers. After a near brush with death, true love eventually prevails as Nanki-Poo and Yum-Yum marry. One of the most frequently performed operettas, “The Mikado” is a farcical take on British politics that offers pointed social commentary on the foibles of humankind set to a libretto of memorable songs against an elegant score. The opera also reflects Victorian England’s fascination with Japan. Among the best-known musical numbers are "Three Little Maids From School Are We," and "Willow, Tit-willow." The production features UNCG School of Music faculty members Dr. Robert Wells as Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner, and Dr. Donald Hartmann as Poo-Bah, the Lord High of Everything Else. Performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. February 7-9 and 2:00 p.m. on February 10. Tickets are $15 public, $12 seniors, $6 seniors, students and children. For ticket information call the UNCG Box Office at (336) 334-4849. Tickets can also be purchased online at http://boxoffice.uncg.edu. McIver
Lectureship in Vocal Pedagogy The day will begin with McIver's lecture, "Male Registration and the Impact of Aggiustamento," at 10:00 a.m. in the Recital Hall. During the day McIver will address specific issues related to teaching male voices utilizing current School of Music students. He will also offer a master class for graduate and undergraduate voice students in both operatic and art song literature. McIver is the brother of the later Dr. William McIver, a member of the voice faculty at UNCG for more than 25 years. William McIver served as the president of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Throughout his career, he maintained a passionate interest and involvement in the science of vocal pedagogy and its application in the studio. As an ongoing memorial, the UNCG voice faculty donated funding to establish the annual William McIver Lectureship. Carolina
Band Festival and Conductors Conference This year’s event will culminate in two concerts: The UNCG Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble on Friday, February 15, at 7:30 p.m.; and the two Honor Bands on Saturday, February 16, 2:00 p.m. Both concerts will be held in Cone Ballroom in the Elliott University Center. 175 students from five states are expected to participate. More than 300 applications and recordings were received this year for seats in either the 87-member Honor Band or the 88-member Symphonic Band. During the Band Festival, close to 50 music teachers from a five-state area will participate in the Carolina Conductors Conference and will receive instruction and critique under the guidance of guest clinician Professor Richard Clary, wind ensemble conductor, at Florida State University. Additional lectures and presentations will be led by UNCG music faculty. Dr. John R. Locke, professor of music and founding director of the UNCG Summer Music Camp, and Dr. Kevin Geraldi, associate director of bands at UNCG will also make presentations on a variety of topics related to conducting and rehearsing. Special
Guests & Master Classes The program includes the Southeast regional premières of works by Isabella Leonarda, Maria Peruchona, Lucrezia Vizzana, and Barbara Strozzi for voice, strings and organ. The School of Music and the Composition, History and Theory Division will next host The Sylvia Smith Percussion Duo, with composer Stuart Saunders Smith, February 11-13, 2008. The guest artists will present a public concert of the compositions by Stuart Saunders Smith, master classes for composition students and a lecture on the performance. The Sylvia Smith Duo is composed of percussionists Sylvia Smith and Ayano Kataoka. A highlight of the concert will be Smith’s "percussion opera" ...And Points North, based on texts written by the composer and Sylvia Smith. Joining the Duo for Magdalene is local saxophonist, Susan Fancher. Click here to view a detailed schedule for the visit or go to http://www.uncg.edu/mus/eventsNews. UNCG
Jazz Faculty Quintet Releases CD Members of the quintet are Chad Eby (tenor and soprano saxophones), Steve Haines (double bass), Mark Mazzatenta (guitar), John Salmon (piano), and Thomas Taylor (drums). Visit http://jazz.uncg.edu for information on how to purchase a CD. Focus on Piano Literature on the Web The 2008 Focus on Piano Literature web site is now available. Visit http://www.uncg.edu/mus/focus for information on special guests, performers, schedule, programs and more. School of Music Loses Long-Time Employee Marie Teague passed away on January 30, 2008. Marie served as assistant to UNCG School of Music Deans for 31 years. Visitation will be held today, February 1, 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the Forbis and Dick Funeral Home, North Elm Chapel. The memorial service will be Saturday, February 2. Visit the School of Music web site for more information, links, pictures and beyond! Questions? Click here to email the School of Music e-newsletter editor. |
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Schiffman Retrospective UNCG
Opera Theatre presents "The Mikado" McIver
Lectureship in Vocal Pedagogy Carolina
Band Festival and Conductors Conference Special
Guests & Master Classes UNCG
Jazz Faculty Quintet Releases CD Focus
on Piano Literature on the Web School
of Music Loses Long-Time Employee School
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Greensboro
native and composer Harold Schiffman will celebrate his eightieth year
with
a concert at the School of Music on Saturday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the
Recital Hall. The concert will feature his cantata Alma (2002)
in its North Carolina première. 
The
UNCG Opera Theatre will perform “The
Mikado,” one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s most popular collaborations, Thursday
through Sunday, February 7- 10, at Grimsley High School in Greensboro. 
The
UNCG Jazz Faculty Quintet recently released Made in China, a CD that came about
as a
result of their two-week tour of China from April 25 to May 5, 2007. The group
visited
and performed in Dalian,
Shenyang, Cixi, Ningbo, Zhoushan, Hangzhou, and Shanghai.