With over 30 College of Music performances this semester, it may be exhausting to resolve which of them to attend. From operas to jazz ensembles, visitor artists to symphonies, the College works exhausting to curate a season that may attraction to any music
lover.
We caught up with just a few school members to ask which efficiency(s) they’re most wanting ahead to this upcoming
semester. Listed below are the thrilling experiences they chose — in chronological order.
Celebrating UNCSA Woodwinds: Baroque to Modern, Feb. 4
Oboe school Jaren Atherholt seems to be ahead to the Woodwind Celebration live performance most. “I’m excited to play with
my colleagues and share a lot nice music with our UNCSA and Winston-Salem group,”
provides Atherholt. This live performance – which is able to characteristic Atherholt alongside school members
Robert Younger, Tadeu Coelho and Oskar Espina Ruiz and visitor artist Jessica Kunttu – can be a welcome and celebration of the brand new bassoon
school member Stephanie Patterson.
UNCSA Woodwind school members, from left to proper: Robert Younger, Jaren Atherholt,
Oskar Espina Ruiz, Stephanie Patterson and Tadeu Coelho / Photograph: Wayne Reich
Atherholt explains that this system is numerous and thrilling, primarily that includes music
by feminine composers, together with “Sonata Terza, Op. 16 (1693)” by Isabella Leonarda,
“Duo Sonata for 2 Bassoons” by Sofia Gubaidulina, “Trio Toccata” by Valerie Coleman
and “Brokenvention Trio” by Alyssa Morris.
UNCSA Chamber Music Pageant, March 14 & 18
This March, the College of Music presents the spring version of the UNCSA Chamber Music
Pageant with two live shows that includes school, college students, alumni and visitor artists.
Horn school Maria Serkin, one of many featured school members, is very enthusiastic about this occasion, the place
she is going to carry out Beethoven Sextet in E-flat Main, Op. 81b on Tuesday, March 14.
Horn school Maria Serkin performing on the fall UNCSA Wind Ensemble live performance that includes
music by Omar Thomas. / Photograph: Wayne Reich
“It is a school/scholar collaboration and my final alternative to carry out with my
scholar Elijah Barclift,” explains Serkin. She provides that she hopes to play with Barclift
once more sooner or later when “he returns to UNCSA for a visitor recital as an esteemed alumnus.”
Visitor artists featured on the competition embody violist Tatjana Masurenko, cellist Peter Wiley and alumnus composer Tyson Davis.
UNCSA Percussion Ensemble, March 26
An thrilling program showcasing the gifted percussion college students, this spring live performance is bittersweet for division chair John Beck. “This will probably be my last efficiency because the director of the UNCSA Percussion Ensemble,”
explains Beck.
Percussion scholar performing on the 2022 Jazz Ensemble live performance that includes Jon Metzger.
/ Photograph: Wayne Reich
“After 25 years of studio educating, I’m transitioning to a brand new function at UNCSA because the
liaison and program coordinator in our new partnership with the Intergenerational
Middle for Arts and Wellness that’s scheduled to open subsequent Fall at Senior Providers
of Winston-Salem.”
UNCSA Symphony Orchestra with Guillermo Figueroa, April 29
Beck additionally provides the ultimate Symphony Orchestra efficiency on the Stevens Middle earlier than it closes for intensive renovations as an upcoming spotlight. He’s particularly
enthusiastic about “Symphonie Fantastique” by Hector Berlioz which is able to “characteristic two timpanists
and church bells within the final motion.”
Symphony Orchestra efficiency in October 2022 that includes conductor Robert Franz. /
Photograph: Wayne Reich
This Symphony Orchestra will probably be led by visitor conductor and violinist Guillermo Figueroa
and also will characteristic Ernesto Coredero’s Violin Concerto and Jennifer Higdon’s “Blue
Cathedral.” Figueroa is a Grammy-award-winning artist who serves because the principal
conductor of The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Refrain, amongst different prestigious positions.
Buy your tickets for these experiences and uncover extra performances — created
and carried out by gifted college students and world-class school, distinguished alumni and
celebrated visitor artists — by visiting the UNCSA Efficiency Calendar.
