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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
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