Non-Profit Employment Opportunities, Performance Opportunities/Auditions & Classes/Workshops/Seminars

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• Monday May 19 (6:30 - 8p), Thursday May 22 (6:30 - 8p), Saturday May 22 (11a - 6p), & Sunday May 25 (noon - 6p) - Asheville
  Montford Park Players
  Program: Additional auditions for Shakespeare: Henry VIII
  Montford Community Center, Asheville except 5/25 @ Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, Asheville. Times as shown above.
  Free. 828/254-5146
  Note: The production will run Fridays-Sundays 7/11-20 @ 7:30p

• Friday-Saturday May 23-24 - High Point
  NCSF
  Program: Auditions for A Thousand Cranes
  Spirit Center Campus, 807 W. Ward Avenue, High Point. 7-9:00 p.m.
  Free. Call for details/appointment. M, W or F (only), 336/841-2273, ext. 226

• Sunday-Friday June 1-6 - Chapel Hill
  Chapel Hill Chamber Music Workshop - a performing workshop for adults
  Various locations, UNC, Chapel Hill. Various times.
  $510 + lodging. 919/962-1042 or http://www.chapelhillchambermusic.com/*
  Related event: 6/1-5: Introductory chamber music program for violinists, violists, and/or cellists. $150 + lodging. Call for details.
  (*Note - as of 5/14, this website has not been updated....)

• Thursday-Saturday June 5-7 - Greensboro
  UNCG Music: Focus On Piano Literature Symposium, Andrew Willis, Director
  Program: Paris in the 1920s
  UNCG School of Music, Greensboro.* Times t.b.a.
  $**. 336/334-5508 or http://www.uncg.edu/mus/focus
  *All events in School of Music Recital Hall unless otherwise indicated.
  **A limited number of tickets to the three evening concerts will be available for non-registrants after 5/26. Starting on that date, call 336/334-5508 and leave a message with your name, return number, and request. You will be contacted to confirm ticket reservation.
  Admission to daytime events is by registration only. Fees: Registration includes admission to all day sessions and three evening concerts during the 2008 Focus on Piano Literature symposium. The Friday luncheon and Saturday evening banquet must be purchased separately.
  $135 (before 5/22; $145 thereafter); students $90 (before 5/22; $100 thereafter); parking $10 (covers 6/5-7); luncheon 6/6 $12 per person; banquet 6/7 $36 per person. Remit to “UNCG School of Music.” In lower, left-hand corner of check, please indicate “for FOPL." Mail to Focus on Piano Literature, attn. Andrew Willis, PO Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170. No refunds after 5/22!

• Mondays, June 9 - July 28 - Raleigh
  Burning Coal Theatre Company: Jerome Davis, instructor
  Program: Uta Hagen-Based Acting Class (Scene Study)
  Meymandi Theatre, Murphey School, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh. 7-10 p.m.
  $200. 919/834-4001 or http://www.burningcoal.org/
  Note: The class is a scene study class, so students will be expected to work on material with other actors. The class is founded on Hagen’s ‘Basic Object Exercises,’ so students can work with these exercises on weeks when not doing scene work.

• Wednesday-Friday June 11-13 & Monday-Friday June 16-20 - Chapel Hill
  Mallarmé Youth Chamber Orchestra, Yoram Youngerman, director
  Program: Hosts 2nd Annual Summer Chamber Music Workshop*
  Hill Hall, UNC, Chapel Hill. 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  $550 - application fee $75. 919/401-0404 or http://www.mycomusic.org/
  *Open to ages 10-18, limit of 50 registrants. Call for details.

• Saturday June 14 - Raleigh
  Burning Coal Theatre Company
  Program: Auditions* for the 2008-9 season**
  Meymandi Theatre, Murphey School, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh. 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
  Free. For an appointment or more info, call 919/834-4001 or visit our website at www.burningcoal.org.
  *Actors should please bring two copies of their picture/resume (if available) and ... two one-minute monologues (one classical, one contemporary).
  **Burning Coal’s 2008-9 season ... will include: The Prisoner’s Dilemma by David Edgar, Hysteria by Terry Johnson, Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, Way to Heaven by Juan Mayorga, and 1960 by Ian Finley.

• Through Sunday June 22 - Asheville
  Registration for UNCA Summer Music Camp* - camp runs 6/22-27
  UNCA, Asheville.
  $395 or, for commuter students, $275. See application instructions below*. 828/232-5125
  *"UNC Asheville's Summer Music Camp: Aspiring musicians will have the opportunity to engage in intense instruction and melodious fun at UNC Asheville's third annual 'Music in the Mountains: Western North Carolina Summer Music Camp.' The overnight camp, set for June 22-27, is open to middle and high school students. UNC Asheville music faculty and band and orchestra directors from the region's middle and high schools will lead sessions on jazz improvisation, master classes, large and small ensembles, conducting and music theory. Private lessons and secondary piano lessons are also offered for a small fee. Camp counselors will lead recreational activities during the week. Programs available this year include a special camp for double reed players, string orchestra and CEU certification for band directors. ...Meals will be provided. Applications are accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis and must include a $100 non-refundable deposit. Enrollment is limited; early application is advised. For more information, call UNC Asheville's Office of Academic Conferences and Institutes at 828/232-5125 or click on www.unca.edu/music/camp."

• Monday-Tuesday June 23-24 - Cary
  Cary Players
  Program: Auditions for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
  Herb Young Community Center, Cary. 7:00 p.m. Callbacks 6/25 @ 7p
  Free. 919/460-4941

• Thursday-Sunday July 10-13 - Durham
  ADF
  Program: Conference: "Screendance: State of the Art 2, Curating the Practice/Curating as Practice" (in collaboration with Douglas Rosenberg)
  Duke University locations & times t.b.a.
  Registration forms and submission details are now available online. Apply n.l.t. 5/12 to register at the reduced fee [which is not included in the ADF press release...]. 919/684-6402 or http://www.americandancefestival.org/
  Note: "Screendance events will overlap with the ADF's 13th annual 'Dancing for the Camera: International Festival of Film and Video Dance' and a shared-performance.... The symposium invites screendance makers, scholars, programmers and curators from across the globe to join in an international dialog on the issues of curating and criticality. [T]he conference aims to facilitate an ongoing discussion about the shared concerns of dance and media, while striving to build, strengthen and define the international screendance community. Participants will gain exposure to the field's most cutting-edge theories, research and observations through four days of panels, presentations, screenings, mini-workshops and demonstrations. As members of the ADF community, attendees will have additional access to networking opportunities and the option of attending a world premiere as part of the ADF's 75th anniversary performances. 'Screendance: State of the Art 2, Curating the Practice/Curating as Practice' welcomes the submission of papers and presentations that critically address the issues of curating and its relationship to screendance. Submitted papers must include a 250-word abstract and authorial bio. The conference also welcomes proposals for curated programs to be presented for screening, discussion and curatorial critique. Deadline for proposals is Friday, 4/11."