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September 2008 E-Newsletter

2008-2009 Events

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Collage Concert: Aycock Auditorium Reopening Concert
September 6, 2008

Rousseau Saxophone Celebration
October 3-5, 2008

4th Annual Charles A. Lynam Vocal Competition
October 25-26, 2008

Opera Theatre: "Amahl and the Night Visitors"
November 21-23, 2008

9th Annual Honors High School Jazz Band and UNCG Jazz Ensemble
November 23, 2008

Opera Theatre: Studio Opera
February 12-15, 2009

Carolina Band Festival
February 19-21, 2009

Opera Theatre: Libby Larsen's "Picnic"
April 2, 3 & 5

Recent Events at the School of Music

Composition, History and Theory Lecture Series
 
3rd Annual Charles A. Lynam Vocal Competition
October 20-21, 2007
 
4th Annual New Music Festival
October 23-25, 2007
 
James Roueche Memorial Concert
November 1, 2007
 
Opera Theatre: Barnum's Bird
November 16 & 18, 2007
 
8th Annual High School Honors Jazz Band
November 18, 2007
 
McIver Lectureship in Vocal Pedagogy
February 14, 2008
 
Carolina Band Festival and Conductors Conference
February 14-16, 2008
 
2008 High School Piano Day
February 16, 2008
 
Schiffman Retrospective
March 1, 2008
 
11th Annual NC Trombone Festival
April 5, 2008
 
Third Annual Miles Davis Jazz Festival
April 6, 2008
 
NC Music Fest: A Celebration of Vocal Traditions
April 12, 2008
 
Focus on Piano Literature: Paris in the 1920s
June 5-7, 2008

And many more, including:

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.

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.

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.

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.