3, 5 and 7 (Friday, Sunday and Tuesday)

Fletcher Opera Institute: The Merry Wives of Windsor

Music by Otto von Nicolai

Libretto by Hermann Soloman Mosenthal based on Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor

Musical Direction by James Allbritten / Stage Direction by Steve LaCosse

Join the Fletcher Opera Institute as they take on Sir John Falstaff and those “Original Housewives” of Windsor. Sung in English.

Feb. 3 & 7 at 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 5 at 2 p.m.

Stevens Center

$15 adults / $13 students and seniors

4 (Saturday)

Organ and Trumpet Recital – Dance, Windows and Bach

Following their successful duo recital premiere in 2011, professors Timothy Olsen and Judith Saxton again combine forces to explore the role of dance in music from the Baroque to the 20th century. Also featured will be Czech composer Petr Eben’s monumental work for trumpet and organ, Okna (Windows) based on the stained-glass windows designed by Marc Chagall.

7:30 p.m. at Crawford Hall

$15 adults / $13 students and seniors

11 (Saturday)

UNCSA Wind Ensemble

The UNCSA Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Michael Dodds, presents masterpieces of the wind ensemble repertory.

7:30 p.m. at Stevens Center

$15 adults / $13 students and seniors

14 (Tuesday)

Romantic Clarinet Masterpieces for Valentine's Day

New clarinet faculty artist Oskar Espina-Ruiz and guests Benjamin Hochman, piano, and Elizabeth Pacheco Rose, soprano, perform Romantic masterpieces by Schumann, Schubert and Brahms; Saint-Saëns’ Romance; a late Romantic clarinet sonata by Argentinean composer Carlos Guastavino; and a world premiere for solo clarinet by a UNCSA composition student.

7:30 p.m. at Watson Hall

$15 adults / $13 students and seniors

15 (Wednesday)

Student Chamber Music Festival Concert

Student ensembles perform traditional and contemporary chamber works, featuring trios and quartets that celebrate the student talent of the UNCSA School of Music.

7:30 p.m. at Watson Hall

FREE.

16-19 (Thursday-Sunday) & 22-25 (Wednesday-Saturday)

The Mystery of Edwin Drood / Music, Lyrics and Book by Rupert Holmes

Directed by John Langs / Featuring members of Studio 4

This wildly theatrical musical kicks off when the Music Hall Royale (a loony Victorian troupe) “puts on” its flamboyant rendition of an unfinished Dickens mystery. The playfulness of this play-within-a-play draws the audience toward one of Drood’s most talked-about features, which allows the audience to vote on the solution as prelude to its unusual and hilarious finale!

Feb. 16-18 & 22-25 at 8 p.m.

Feb. 19 & 25 at 2 p.m.

Thrust Theatre, Performance Place

$15 adults / $13 students and seniors

SPECIAL EVENT PRICING (Friday & Saturday nights): $25 adults / $20 students and seniors

16 (Thursday)

Benjamin Hochman, Piano

Guest pianist Benjamin Hochman explores a variety of character pieces from four centuries through solo piano works by Beethoven, Gyorgy Kurtag, Bartók, Peter Lieberson and Schumann’s beloved Carnaval.

7:30 p.m. at Watson Hall

$15 adults / $13 students and seniors

18 (Saturday)

Young Composers Concert

The UNCSA Symphony performs a short program of new works by composition students of Lawrence Dillon, Kenneth Frazelle and Michael Rothkopf. The performance will include insights into the creative process, as the students describe their compositional decisions and aspirations.

2 p.m. at Crawford Hall

FREE

18 (Saturday)

Robin Driscoll Oboe Recital

Oboe faculty member Robin Driscoll will perform a recital of oboe favorites, including the beautifully bold yet introspective Poulenc Oboe Sonata and many other goodies.

7:30 p.m. at Watson Hall

$15 adults / $13 students and seniors

21 (Tuesday)

Kevin Lawrence and Dmitri Shteinberg Recital

UNCSA string chair Kevin Lawrence and newly appointed faculty pianist Dmitri Shteinberg have been performing together since 2004. Now the duo will present violin sonatas by Mozart and Copland, a rarely heard work by Henry Cowell, and the sublime C Major Fantasy of Franz Schubert.

7:30 p.m. at Watson Hall

$15 adults / $13 students and seniors

22 (Wednesday)

Student Chamber Music Festival Concert

Student ensembles perform traditional and contemporary chamber works, featuring trios and quartets that celebrate the student talent of the UNCSA School of Music.

7:30 p.m. at Watson Hall

FREE

23-26 (Thursday-Sunday)

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Directed by Matt Cowart / Featuring members of Studio 3

Nobel Prize-winner John Steinbeck’s profound stage adaptation of his novel by the same name tells the tragic story of Lennie and George, two displaced migrant workers in depression-era California.

Feb. 23-25 at 8 p.m.

Feb. 25 & 26 at 2 p.m.

Patrons Theatre, Performance Place

$15 adults / $13 students and seniors

23-26 (Thursday-Sunday)

Winter Dance

UNCSA dancers will perform with company-in-residence Hubbard Street 2 in a world premiere by choreographic competition winner Maurya Kerr. Also on the program are Valse-Fantaisie by George Balanchine, Act III from Swan Lake, and a new work by Interim Dance Dean Brenda Daniels.

Feb. 23-25 at 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 26 at 2 p.m.

Stevens Center

$15 adults / $13 students and seniors

25 (Saturday)

Debussy@150 – UNCSA Woodwind Faculty Recital

The UNCSA woodwind faculty presents a concert of classic French repertoire by Debussy and friends in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth. The concert will include Debussy’s Syrinx for solo flute, Première Rhapsodie for clarinet and piano, Rhapsodie for saxophone and piano and other works by French composers from the early 20th century. Performers include Tadeu Coelho, flute; Robin Driscoll, oboe; Saxton Rose, bassoon; Oskar Espina-Ruiz, clarinet; and Taimur Sullivan, saxophone.

7:30 p.m. at Watson Hall

$15 adults / $13 students and seniors

26 (Sunday)

Festival of NC Dance Performance

Student groups from all over North Carolina Perform.

6:30 p.m. at Stevens Center

FREE

28 (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

29 (Wednesday)

Trumpet Studio Recital

Trumpet students of Judith Saxton perform music ranging from jazz to pop to classical tunes in duets, trios, quartets, quintets and trumpet ensembles featuring flugelhorns, cornets and high-pitched D/Eb and piccolo trumpets. Come experience the versatility of the soprano voice of the brass instruments.

7:30 p.m. at Watson Hall

FREE