A 17th-century opera, a new work by the UNC Symphony Orchestra and holiday jazz favorites are among upcoming events in the music department’s 2009-2010 season at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
A 17th-century opera, a new work by the UNC Symphony Orchestra and holiday jazz favorites are among upcoming events in the music department’s 2009-2010 season at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
“We offer a marvelous array of concerts, lectures and master classes in our 2009 fall season,” said Terry Rhodes, professor and chair of the music department, a part of UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences. “We’ll also honor tenor and music professor Stafford Wing’s 40 years of service to the University with events and a reunion.”
Anthony Dean Griffey |
The department will host Grammy Award-winning tenor Anthony Dean Griffey as artist in residence this year. Griffey will teach master classes and coach voice students – working with chamber music students and UNC Opera students – and speaking in select classes.
Two of Griffey’s master classes will be free to the public: Sept. 21 and March 15; both are at 4 p.m. in Hill Hall Auditorium. For more information about Griffey’s residency, visit http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2657/107/.
The department will host more than 100 events from September through April 2010, in Hill Hall Auditorium, Memorial Hall, the new Kenan Music Building and other campus venues. For updated information and a full listing of 2009-2010 events, visit the music department Web site at http://music.unc.edu, or call (919) 962-1039.
For ticket information on the following highlights from the fall season, call (919) 843-3333.
- Sunday (Sept. 20): Members of the Carolina Wind Quintet perform with guest artist Wonmin Kim, pianist. Music by Glinka, Reinecke and Poulenc. 3 p.m., Hill Hall auditorium. $15, public; $10, UNC students, faculty and staff.
- Sept. 25: The Vega Quartet. Music by Haydn, Mendelssohn and Chausson: “Two Anniversaries and More France and Romance.”With UNC faculty musicians Richard Luby, violin, and Mayron Tsong, piano. 8 p.m., Gerrard Hall. $15, public; $10, UNC students, faculty and staff.
- Oct. 14: UNC Symphony Orchestra. Premiere of the commissioned work “Of Angels and Neurones,” by Michael Gandolfi, and Schumann’s Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish.” 7:30 p.m., Memorial Hall. $15, public; $10, UNC students, faculty and staff.
- Nov. 7: Emerging Artist Concert: ENHAKE. Drawing its name from the Seminole (Creek) word for “sound” or “call,” ENHAKE is a classical chamber music ensemble with members from South Korea and the United States. 8 p.m., Hill Hall Auditorium. $15, public; $10, UNC students, faculty and staff.
- Nov. 11: Carolina Choir with the Bruckner Orchestra of Linz, an Austrian ensemble. Dennis Russell Davies, conductor. Philip Glass’ “Symphony No. 7: A Toltec Symphony” and Bernstein’s “Symphonic Dances from West Side Story.” 7:30 p.m., Memorial Hall. $30-75, public; $10, UNC students.
- Nov. 15: “Trip Fives.” Quintets of Mozart, Mendelssohn and Brahms. Carolina Wind Quintet, UNC string faculty and UNC professor Stefan Litwin, piano. 3 p.m., Gerrard Hall. $15, public; $10, UNC students, faculty and staff.
- Nov. 20-21: UNC Opera. Cavalli’s 17th-century opera “L’Egisto,” with UNC Baroque Ensemble. 8 p.m., Hill Hall Auditorium. For ticket information, call (919) 843-3333.
- Dec. 10: North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra. “My Favorite Things: Holiday Jazz Concert.” 7:30 p.m., Memorial Hall. For ticket information, call (919) 843-3333.
Music department contact: Glenn McDonald, (919) 962-1039, gmm@unc.edu
College of Arts and Sciences contact: Kim Spurr, (919) 962-4093, spurrk@email.unc.edu