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Carolina Saxophone Symposium
The Symposium included two full days of saxophone, featuring more than 40 saxophone concerts, clinics, exhibits, and master classes on Friday and Saturday, March 30 and 31, 2007. Visit the web site for more information.

Double Reed Day
Double Reed Day featured a day of activities for beginning, intermediate and advanced double reed students on Saturday, March 24, 2007, 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Focus on Piano Literature:
Held June 8-10, 2006, this was the thirteenth edition of this popular event. Click for details.

Looking at: Jazz, America's Art Form:
The series was held on six consecutive Sundays beginning January 14 at the Weatherspoon Art Museum, and focused on the origins of jazz and its many forms, from its roots in New Orleans-style rags and marches, to bebop, swing, Latin jazz and contemporary International fusion. Students from UNCG's Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program performed at each event. UNCG was one of 50 locations nationwide to participate in the series, which is a part of a national initiative of Re:New Media in partnership with the American Library Association and Jazz at Lincoln Center and with major support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The series was sponsored by the UNCG University Libraries, the School of Music, the Weatherspoon Art Museum and the UNCG Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program.

2007 Miles Davis Jazz Festival with the John Scofield Trio

NC Music Festival: A Celebration of NC String Band Traditions:
Held April 7, 2006, the NC Music Fest celebrated the string band traditions of North Carolina. Click for details.

NC Trombone Festival
The North Carolina Trombone Festival is designed for all level of players beginning through advanced. Scheduled are clinics, presentations, mini-concerts, and trombone choir reading sessions concluding with a performance. Participants are asked to pre-register online, by phone or by mail. This event is FREE and open to all. All players should bring their instrument! Non-trombonist music teachers are welcome and encouraged to PLAY in the ensembles. This year's festival is held at Gardner-Webb University.
Varga Cello Celebration:
The UNCG School of Music and Jackson Library present periodic Cello Celebrations honoring the cellists represented in the Jackson Library's Cello Music Collection. The Varga Celebration was held February 16-18, 2007, and honored the rich and varied career of Laszlo Varga. Click for details.

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