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UNCSA Jazz Ensemble

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UNCSA Jazz Ensemble performs Nov. 15; part of Six Days in November Festival

UNCSA is part of

SIX DAYS IN NOVEMBER FESTIVAL

"A Feast for the Senses"

Nov. 15-20, 2011

Citywide arts and cultural event

The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth  County will present the Fourth Annual Six Days in November Festival the week before Thanksgiving -- November15-20. “A Feast for the Senses” is the 2011 theme for the event that includes a host of arts, cultural and entertainment opportunities during a six-day period.

The Festival initially was centered around the Piedmont Craftsmen’s Fair and a spectacular light show produced  by faculty and students at the UNC-School of the Arts School of Design and Production.  It has grown, and last year Winston-Salem arts and cultural organizations came together to present more than 160 arts and entertainment activities during the six-day period.

The Arts Council will launch the Festival Tuesday evening, November 15, with a reception in conjunction with Reynolda House Museum of American Art’s opening of the show, “Modern Masters from the Smithsonian.” Other opening day programming will include Fall Dance, a highlight of each school year at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts; a performance by the UNCSA Jazz Ensemble; and shows at SECCA, Associated Artists, MESDA and the Wake Forest University Museum of Anthropology. Salem College again opens its campus to a series of events free to the public.

The crown jewel of the festival - Piedmont Craftsmen’s Fair - begins with gala activities Friday night and then opens to the public Saturday and Sunday, presenting work by premier fine craft artists of the Southeast and numerous workshops and presentation.  Norman Coates of UNC-School of the Arts School of Design and Production promises a “different turn” with the Winston-Salem Light Project this year, foreshadowing a presentation in downtown Winston-Salem that combines light and motion.

Participating UNCSA Events in Six Days in November:

 

15-19 (Tuesday-Saturday)

Winston-Salem Light Project

Witness entire facades of downtown buildings covered with images that will delight, inspire and amaze.

After dark at various downtown locations.

FREE.

15 (Tuesday)

UNCSA Jazz Ensemble

The award-winning UNCSA Jazz Ensemble, directed by Ron Rudkin, will perform a program offering an extensive range of big band jazz styles, including traditional swing, Latin, fusion and contemporary. The performance will feature the group’s most talented jazz soloists and highlight different sections of the band.

7:30 p.m. at Thrust Theatre, Performance Place

$15 adults / $13 students and seniors

15-19 (Tuesday-Saturday)

Fall Dance

Fall Dance will feature new works by all UNCSA alumni choreographers Trish Casey, Helen Simoneau, Grady Bowman and Juel Lane.

Nov. 15-19 at 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 19 at 2 p.m.

de Mille Theatre

$15 adults / $13 students and seniors

17-20 (Thursday-Sunday)

The Hot l Baltimore by Lanford Wilson

Directed by Caroline Kava / Featuring members of Studio 3

Off-Broadway’s zany and poignant long-running hit set in the lobby of a decaying hotel as its colorful residents face the prospect of eviction when the building is condemned.

Nov. 17-19 at 8 p.m.

Nov. 19 & 20 at 2 p.m.

Catawba Theatre, Performance Place

$15 adults / $13 students and seniors

17-20 (Thursday-Sunday)

The Blood Knot by Athol Fugard

Directed by Robert Francesconi / Featuring members of Studio 4

This 1961 revolutionary breakthrough play established Athol Fugard as one of the world’s great living playwrights. Set in apartheid-era South Africa in the 1950s, it is about the soul-searing effects of racism on two half-brothers – one light skinned, the other dark. A classroom workshop presented by the School of Drama.

Nov. 17-19 at 8 p.m.

Nov. 19 & 20 at 2 p.m.

Patrons Theatre, Performance Place ***NOTE VENUE CHANGE***

SPECIAL EVENT PRICING: $6

19 (Saturday)

Cantata Singers Concert

The Cantata Singers welcomes the Winston-Salem Youth Chorus for a joint concert of choral music.

2 p.m. at Crawford Hall

FREE.

 

Call the UNCSA Box Office at 336-721-1945 to reserve seats, or click on "Box Office" at the left.

 

                                                                                                                            Photo by G. Allen Aycock

Hot L Baltimore will be performed Nov. 17-20 at UNCSA; part of Six Days in November Festival