University of North Carolina School of the Arts (Winston-Salem) - 2009-10

UNCSA School of Music. $. UNCSA Box Office: 336/721-1945 or boxoffice@uncsa.edu

• Saturday October 3
  UNCSA Music: Judith Saxton, trumpet, & Allison Gagnon, piano, & with Taimur Sullivan, saxophone
  Program: Music by Jean Clergue, Ennio Porrino, Jan Koetsier, & Jean Rivier
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA campus, 1533 S. Main St., Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Saturday October 10
  UNCSA Music: Kevin Lawrence, Sheila Browne, Brooks Whitehouse, Lauren Winkelman, Alexander Fiterstein, Allison Gagnon, Janine Hawley, David Jolley, Eric Larsen, David Winkelman, & Louise Grevin
  Program: Schumann Bicentennial Celebration - includes Piano Quartet in E-flat, Fantasiestücke, Frauenliebe und -Leben, & Schön Hedwig, Op. 106.
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Tuesday October 13
  UNCSA Kenan Institute: Chris Jordan, photographer, environmental activist, & spokesperson for social change
  Program: Lecture to kick-off the ACCORD (Artists Contributing to Civic-Oriented and Responsive Democracy).
  Thrust Theatre, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:00 p.m.
  Free but reservations required – call 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Thursday October 15
  UNCSA Music: Glenn Siebert, tenor, Gerald Klickstein, guitar, & others
  Program: Dominick Argento: Letters from Composers
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA campus, 1533 S. Main St., Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Saturday October 24
  Erica Boysen, flute, & UNCSA Symphony Orchestra, James Allbritten, conductor
  Program includes Ibert: Concerto for Flute and Orchestra.
  Stevens Center, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $13, students $11. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Tuesday October 27
  UNCSA Music: Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet, & Steven Beck, piano
  Program: Music by Brahms, Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Lawrence Dillon, & Debussy.
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA campus, 1533 S. Main St., Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Thursday October 29
  UNCSA Drama and UNCSA Design and Production
  Program: August Wilson: Fences, directed by Michele Shay
  Catawba Theatre, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m. Post-show champagne and dessert party with the actors and director.
  $50 (fund-raiser). 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Friday-Sunday October 30 - November 1, & Wednesday-Saturday November 4-7
  UNCSA Drama and UNCSA Design and Production
  Program: August Wilson: Fences, directed by Michele Shay
  Catawba Theatre, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 8:00 p.m. except 11/1 @ 2p & 11/7 @ 2p & 8p
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Saturday October 31
  UNCSA Music: Trombone Choir (students of James Miller)
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA campus, 1533 S. Main St., Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/
  *The concluding event of the 2009 Brass Symposium

• Tuesday November 3
  UNCSA Music and UNCSA Filmmaking: John Mauceri, Chancellor & conductor, & Grant Llewellyn, conductor (NC Symphony)
  Program: Conversation: Tracking Sound: The Evolution of Hollywood Film Music:
  Main Theatre, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:00 p.m.
  Free but reservations are required - call 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Wednesday-Sunday November 4-8
  UNCSA Drama and UNCSA Design and Production
  Program: Caryl Churchill: Vinegar Tom, directed by Robert Francesconi
  Patrons Theatre, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 8:00 p.m. except 11/7 @ 2p & 8p & 11/8 @ 2p
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Friday November 6
  UNCSA Music/A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute, James Allbritten, Music Director, & Steven LaCosse, Stage Director
  Program: Opera Scenes
  deMille Theatre, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Friday November 6
  UNCSA Music: Wind Ensemble
  Crawford Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Saturday November 7
  UNCSA Music: Kevin Lawrence, violin, & Allison Gagnon, piano
  Program: Music by Foote, Cowell, & Paul Schoenfield; & Laura Kaminsky: Wave Hill (premiere)
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Tuesday November 10
  UNCSA Music: Taimur Sullivan, saxophone
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Thursday-Sunday November 12-15, & Wednesday-Saturday November 18-21
  UNCSA Drama and UNCSA Design and Production
  Program: Shaw: Saint Joan, directed by Gerald Freedman
  Thrust Theatre, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 8:00 p.m. except 11/15 @ 2p and 11/21 @ 2p & 8p
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Friday-Sunday November 13-15, & Wednesday-Sunday November 18-21
  UNCSA Drama and UNCSA Design and Production
  Program: Inge: Picnic, directed by Laura Henry
  Catawba Theatre, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 8:00 p.m. except 11/15 @ 2p and 11/21 @ 2p & 8p
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Saturday-Sunday November 14-15
  UNCSA Music: Megan Szymanski, flute, Timothy Olsen, organ, & UNCSA Symphony Orchestra, Ransom Wilson, conductor
  Program: Jolivet: Flute Concerto; Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3; & Kenneth Frazelle:The Swans at Pungo Lake.
  Crawford Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 11/14 @ 7:30 p.m. & 11/15 @ 2p.
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Tuesday November 17
  UNCSA Music: Jazz Ensemble, Ron Rudkin, conductor
  Thrust Theatre, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Tuesday-Saturday November 17-21
  UNCSA Dance: Fall Dance
  Program: Cowgirls (choreographed by Dianne Markham); & new works (choreo. Trish Casey, Diego Schoch, & Molly & Kelly Maxner)
  deMille Theatre, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m. except 11/21 @ 2p & 7:30p
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Thursday November 19
  UNCSA Music: NC Symphony, John Mauceri, conductor
  Program: Hollywood Film Music: Emigrés and Protégés - music from Psycho, The Adventures of Robin Hood, & Close Encounters of the Third Kind; & music by Schoenberg
  Stevens Center, 405 W. Fourth St., Winston-Salem. 8:00 p.m..
  Premium Seating $75 ($25 tax-deductible; orchestra $55-$50; front balcony $25; rear balcony (students only) $15. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Saturday November 21
  UNCSA Music: Sheila Browne, viola, Allison Gagnon, piano, & UNCSA Viola Choir
  Program: Jongen: Allegro appassionato; Beethoven: Notturno; & Bloch: Suite Hébraïque
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Tuesday December 1
  UNCSA Music: Paul Sharpe, bass, Allison Gagnon, piano, & Brooks Whitehouse, cello
  Program: Proto: A Carmen Fantasy; & Rossini: Duo for Cello and Double Bass
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Saturday-Sunday December 5-6, & Wednesday-Sunday December 9-13
  UNCSA Dance, UNCSA Music, and UNCSA Design and Production, with Gillian Murphy, Sascha Radetsky, Maria Riccetto, & Blaine Hoven (from American Ballet Theatre).
  Program: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, directed by Ethan Stiefel
  Stevens Center, 405 W. Fourth St., Winston-Salem. 12/5 @ 2p & 7:30p, 12/6 @ 2p; 12/9-11 @ 7:30p
  12/12 @ 2p &7:30p, & 12/13 @ 2p & 7p.
  Prime Orchestra $66; orchestra center $50/$35; orchestra sides & front balcony $45/$30; center balcony $33/$24; rear balcony $25/$20. “Family 4-Pack!” (for two adults and two children) W, Th & Su nights only, $130 orchestra side/front balcony or $95 center balcony. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/
  (For a note on the orchestra, see below.)

• Tuesday December 8
  UNCSA Music: Percussion Ensembles, John Beck, conductor
  Program includes a new work by high school senior Max Witt (premiere)
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Thursday December 10
  UNCSA Music: Guitar students of Gerald Klickstein & Joseph Pecoraro
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Tuesday January 12
  UNCSA Music: CanAm Piano Duo (Karen Beres & Christopher Hahn) with Lance Drege, percussion
  Program: New works by David Maslanka* and by a UNCSA student composer.
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/
  *"The CanAm Piano Duo... commissioned composer David Maslanka to write a piece for two pianos and two percussionists, which will be premiered on January 12, 2010 in Watson Hall at UNCSA. Visit David Maslanka at www.davidmaslanka.com/."

• Saturday January 16
  UNCSA Music: Daedalus String Quartet
  Program: Music by Mozart & Beethoven; & Lawrence Dillon’s String Quartet No. 4: The Infinite Sphere* (premiered 1/15 at Wolf Trap)
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/
  *"Dillon’s String Quartet No. 4: The Infinite Sphere was commissioned by a LINKS award for The Daedalus String Quartet, winners of the Guarneri String Quartet Award from Chamber Music America.... The latest in Dillon’s Invisible Cities String Quartet Cycle, the fourth quartet takes its inspiration from Pascal’s reference to an 'infinite sphere, whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.' The piece taps the potentials of Classical circular forms and techniques to create an exuberant, wheels-within-wheels showcase for a virtuosic ensemble. Visit Lawrence Dillon at www.lawrencedillon.com/."

• Saturday January 23
  UNCSA Music: Joseph Robinson, oboe, Kevin Lawrence, violin, Sheila Browne, viola, & Brooks Whitehouse, cello, with Robert Rocco, piano, Joseph Genualdi, violin, & Eric Larsen, piano
  Program: Mozart Birthday Concert - Music by Mozart from 1781, when Mozart left Salzburg to settle in Vienna, including sonatas for piano and for violin and piano.
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Tuesday January 26
  UNCSA Music: Timothy Olsen, organ
  Program: Music by Bach, Bonnet, Sweelinck, & others
  Crawford Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Wednesday, Friday, & Sunday January 27, 28, & 31
  UNCSA Music / A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute: James Allbritten, Music Director, Angela Ward, Vocal Preparation, Steven LaCosse, Stage Director
  Program: Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
  Stevens Center, 405 W. Fourth St., Winston-Salem. 8:00 p.m. except 1/31 @ 2p
  $21-$11. 336721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Friday February 5
  UNCSA Music: Saxton Rose, bassoon, & nu (student contemporary ensemble), Ransom Wilson, conductor
  Program: Philippe Hersant: Huit pieces; & others
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Wednesday-Sunday February 10-14
  UNCSA Drama and UNCSA Design and Production
  Program: Hellman: Another Part of the Forest, directed by Laura Henry
  Catawba Theatre, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 8:00 p.m. except 2/13 @ 2p & 8p and 2/14 @ 2p
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Saturday February 13
  UNCSA Music: Elizabeth Rose, soprano, Celloship Ensemble, & faculty artists
  Program: “Latin Love” - Music by Alfonso Fuentes, José Pablo Moncayo, Eduardo Morales-Caso, Astor Piazzola, Miguel del Aguila, & Heitor Villa-Lobos.
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Tuesday February 16
  UNCSA Music: Woodwind students t.b.a.
  Program: Chamber music.
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Thursday-Sunday February 18-21
  UNCSA Dance: Winter Dance
  Program: Les Patineurs (choreographed by Frederick Ashton), Little Improvisations (choreo. Anthony Tudor), Gloria (choreo. Mark Morris); & new work (choreo. Brenda Daniels)
  Stevens Center, 405 W. Fourth St., Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m. except 2/21 @ 2p.
  $13, students $11. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Thursday-Sunday February 18-21, & Wednesday-Saturday February 24-27
  UNCSA Drama and UNCSA Design and Production
  Program: Two Gentlemen of Verona, a rock musical, based on the play by Shakespeare, with music by Galt MacDermot, directed by Matt Cowart.
  Thrust Theatre, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 8:00 p.m. except 2/21 @ 2p & 2/27 @ 2p & 8p
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Saturday February 20
  UNCSA Music: Joseph Genualdi, violin
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Sunday February 21
  UNCSA Dance and dance companies from across the state
  Program: Festival of North Carolina Dance
  Stevens Center, 405 W. Fourth St., Winston-Salem. 6:30 p.m..
  Free. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Tuesday February 23 & Saturday February 27
  UNCSA Music: Student chamber ensembles
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Tuesday March 2
  UNCSA Music: Jazz Ensemble, Ron Rudkin, conductor
  Thrust Theatre, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Wednesday-Sunday March 3-7
  UNCSA Drama and UNCSA Design and Production
  Program: Hellman: The Little Foxes, directed by Matt Bulluck
  Catawba Theatre, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 8:00 p.m. except 3/6 @ 2p & 8p & 3/7 @ 2p
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Sunday March 7
  UNCSA Music / A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute: Steven LaCosse, Stage Director, Mary Ann Bills, Music Director
  Program: Undergraduate Opera Scenes
  Thrust Theatre, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 2pm.
  Free. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Saturday March 27
  UNCSA Music: Saxton Rose, bassoon
  Program includes the premiere of a new work by a UNCSA student composer.
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Tuesday-Saturday March 30 - April 3
  UNCSA Dance
  Program: Emerging Choreographers – contemporary dance works by student choreographers
  deMille Theatre, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m. except 4/3 @ 2p & 7:30p
  Free, but reservations are required – call 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Tuesday April 6
  UNCSA Music: Flute students of Tadeu Coelho
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Saturday April 10
  UNCSA Music: Emerson String Quartet
  Program: Music by Schubert & Dvorák; & Lawrence Dillon: String Quartet No. 5: Through the Night,
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Thursday-Sunday April 15-18, & Wednesday-Saturday April 21-24
  UNCSA Drama and UNCSA Design and Production
  Program: Austin Pendleton: Booth, directed by Gerald Freedman
  Catawba Theatre, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 8:00 p.m. except 4/18 @ 2p & 4/24 @ 2p & 8p
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Thursday-Sunday April 15-25
  UNCSA: RiverRun International Film Festival
  Winston-Salem locations & times t.b.a.
  $. 336/724.1502 or http://www.riverrunfilm.com/

• Saturday April 17
  Soloists & chorus t.b.a. & UNCSA Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri, conductor
  Program: Mahler: Symphony No. 2
  Stevens Center, 405 W. Fourth St., Winston-Salem. 7:30pm.
  $13, students $11. 336-721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Tuesday-Sunday April 20-25
  UNCSA Drama and UNCSA Design and Production
  Program: Richard Nelson: Two Shakespearean Actors, directed by John Langs
  Thrust Theatre, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 8:00 p.m. except 4/24 @ 2p & 8p & 4/25 @ 2p
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Tuesday April 27
  UNCSA Music: Percussion ensemble, John R. Beck, conductor
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Wednesday-Friday April 28-30, & Saturday-Sunday May 1-2
  UNCSA Drama and UNCSA Design and Production
  Program: Anne Devlin: After Easter, directed by Caroline Kava
  Patrons Theatre, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 8:00 p.m. except 5/1 @ 2p & 8p & 5/2 @ 2p
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Saturday May 1
  UNCSA Music: nu plays new
  Program: Music by UNCSA student composers.
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Tuesday May 4
  UNCSA Music: Guitar students of Joseph Pecoraro
  Program: Music by Leo Brouwer
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Wednesday, Friday, & Sunday May 5, 7, & 9
  UNCSA Music / A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute: James Allbritten, Music Director, Angela Ward, Vocal Preparation, Steven LaCosse, Stage Director
  Program: t.b.a.
  deMille Theatre, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 8:00 p.m. except 5/9 @ 2p
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Thursday-Sunday May 6-9
  UNCSA Dance: Spring Dance
  Program: Country Dances (choreographed by Twyla Tharp), The Steadfast Tin Soldier (choreo. George Balanchine), Concerto Grosso (choreo. José Limón); & new work (choreo. Johan Kobborg)
  Stevens Center, 405 W. Fourth St., Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m. except 5/9 @ 2p
  $13, students $11. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Saturday May 8
  UNCSA Music: Guitar students of Gerald Klickstein .
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Tuesday May 11
  UNCSA Music: Jazz Ensemble, Ron Rudkin, conductor
  Thrust Theatre, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30pm.
  $12, students $10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Saturday May 15
  UNCSA Music: Piano students of Clifton Matthews
  Program: Music by Chopin
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Sunday May 16
  UNCSA Dance: Preparatory Dance Program
  Program: Workshop Performance
  deMille Theatre, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 1:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m. (2 performances)
  Free. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• Friday May 21
  UNCSA Music: Yi Chen, violin, Greg Pattillo, flute, & UNCSA Symphony Orchestra, Ransom Wilson, conductor
  Program: Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Stravinsky: Firebird: Suite; & Randall Woolf: Native Tongues*, for beatbox flute and orchestra (premiere)
  Stevens Center, 405 W. Fourth St., Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $13, students $11. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/
  *"Conductor Ransom Wilson and beatbox flutist Greg Pattillo commissioned Randall Woolf to compose a concerto for beatbox flute and orchestra..., blending hip-hop rhythms, [j]azz and [c]lassical traditions. Soloist Pattillo will perform his magic (seen by millions on YouTube) on beatbox flute while the UNCSA Symphony Orchestra evokes the sounds of turntables and rap vocals.... Visit Randall Woolf at http://randallwoolf.com/."

• Thursday-Friday May 27-28
  UNCSA Filmmaking: Third-Year Student Film Screenings
  ACE Exhibition Complex, UNCSA, Winston-Salem:
  5/27: Main Theatre @ 7p, & Babcock Theatre @ 8p; &
  5/28: Main Theatre @ 3p, 6p, & 9p; & Babcock Theatre @ 8p.
  $5. 336/721-1945 or http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

• UNCSA ANNOUNCES PLANS TO USE STUDENT ORCHESTRA FOR 2009 PRODUCTION OF THE NUTCRACKER
  
  To Raise Additional Funds for Student Scholarships
  
  WINSTON-SALEM – University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) Chancellor John Mauceri and UNCSA Board of Trustees Chairman Charles C. Lucas III announced today that the school will use its own student orchestra to provide the live music for the 2009 production of The Nutcracker, in order to shore up its scholarship program in these challenging financial times.
  
  Engaging the student orchestra to play The Nutcracker will be a benchmark moment in the history of the production, which has previously been accompanied by the Winston-Salem Symphony.

  “We have agonized over this decision, and have thought a great deal about UNCSA's continued commitment to our local arts institutions,” Chancellor Mauceri said. “However, UNCSA has an enormous challenge to overcome in its scholarship program for the foreseeable future, due to the loss of income from the university's endowment – the same challenge being faced by every other institution of higher education in this country. It’s my responsibility to take appropriate steps to protect our students and our future.”
  
  Charles C. Lucas III, chairman of the UNCSA Board of Trustees, echoed those sentiments. “We are being forced to make difficult decisions so that we can fulfill our core mission of educating students,” Lucas said. “Last month, we held an all-school meeting on the budget, and we asked our faculty and staff to identify priorities for us. An overwhelming majority identified scholarships as critical to the future of UNCSA. It is the board’s responsibility to ensure that the school does everything it can to meet its scholarship and financial aid obligations.”
  
  Michael Rothkopf, interim dean of the UNCSA School of Music, said, “Scholarship funding is key to our ability to recruit and retain the best musicians from North Carolina and beyond. It is also one of the key elements to creating a top-tier music school at UNCSA.”
  
  Last year, UNCSA paid the Winston-Salem Symphony a total of $109,000 for performing for the 10 public and two public school performances of The Nutcracker at UNCSA’s Stevens Center in downtown Winston-Salem.
  
  “Using our own student orchestra will net our School of Music approximately $80,000 in scholarship funds,” Chancellor Mauceri said.
  UNCSA’s endowment decreased from $17.2 million in June 2008 to $12.9 million in December 2008. As a result, the school has lost a substantial amount of investment income for student scholarships from this year to next. In March, officials said that the school would need $450,000 to bring the scholarship aid up to that of the present year’s level.
  
  “We have approached donors of endowed scholarship funds to ask them to consider a supplemental gift for annual scholarship for next year, and donors have been generous,” said UNCSA Chief Advancement Officer Suzanne Hilser-Wiles. “But given that everyone has been hard hit by the economy, these friends of the school simply can’t make up for all of the money that was lost due to the downturn in the stock market.”
  
  Hilser-Wiles added that the proceeds of the 2007 all-school musical West Side Story provided extra scholarship money for the past two years, but all of that has been paid out. The school continues to work with current donors and to seek new funding sources to bridge the gap, she added.
  
  The student orchestra that will be assembled to play for The Nutcracker will be conducted by Ransom Wilson, director of the UNCSA Symphony Orchestra and artist-teacher of conducting in the UNCSA School of Music, and himself an alumnus.
  
  UNCSA School of Dance Dean Ethan Stiefel has already announced plans to present a new staging of The Nutcracker in December 2009 – one that “preserves the tradition and charm of this holiday classic, yet looks to bring some new and fresh ideas to life.”
  
  The Nutcracker will be performed for the general public at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5 and 6, at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10 and 11, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 12 and 13 at the Stevens Center. There also will be four performances for schoolchildren.
  
  Chancellor Mauceri said that the University of North Carolina School of the Arts remains committed to the Winston-Salem community. “We take our community partnerships seriously,” he said. “We know that without the support of our local citizens, our school would not be what it is today.”
  UNCSA officials estimate that the school provides $350,000 per year in goods and services directly to the community, by giving reduced rental rates (at the Stevens Center and on-campus performance venues) to arts organizations such as the Winston-Salem Symphony, Piedmont Opera Theatre, the National Black Theatre Festival and others, as well as community endeavors. These include:

  * Providing outreach into the community, the state and beyond, by taking dance (such as Peter and the Wolf), chamber music, and opera (such as The Baker of Seville) performances into the public schools, hospitals and retirement communities;
  
  * Regularly hosting statewide festivals such as the Festival of North Carolina Dance and the North Carolina Thespian Festival on campus;
  
  * Providing public performances of dance, drama and music, as well as screenings, in the area (such as the Shallowford Series in Lewisville); and
  
  * Providing a Community Music School and a Preparatory Dance Program for the community.

  In addition, UNCSA also allows the RiverRun International Film Festival to use school facilities rent-free, as an official activity of the UNCSA School of Filmmaking. RiverRun recently announced its ticket sales for the just-concluded festival were nearly 20 percent above last year.
  
  The school receives no income from RiverRun.