NC School of the Arts (Winston-Salem) - 2008-9, & PR about 2009-10

NCSA School of Music. $. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Saturday September 27
  music@watson: Jacquelyn Bartlett, harp, Sheila Browne, viola. Allison Gagnon, piano, Joseph Genualdi, violin, Eric Larsen, piano, Kevin Lawrence, violin, Laura Manko, viola, Paul Sharpe, bass, Marilyn Taylor, soprano, & Brooks Whitehouse, cello
  Program: Mendelssohn Bicentennial Concert - Sextet for Piano and Strings, Piano Trio in D Minor, & songs, t.b.a., plus The Evening Bell for harp & piano
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Tuesday September 30
  music@watson: Ron Rudkin, saxophone, Steve Haines, bass, Rick Dior, drums, & Jonathan Lefcoski, piano
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Saturday October 11
  music@watson: Aleck Karis, piano, & faculty artists t.b.a.
  Program: Technology Concert - Edward Jacobs: new work; Mario Davidovsky: Prize winning Synchronisms No. 6; & music by Michael Rothkopf
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Sunday October 19
  music@watson: Georgyn Geetlein, Marylin Ball Brown, Steven Chandler, John Williams, Barbara Efland Delon, Sandie Plexico Salvaggio-Walker, Bruce Moss, Patricia Mc Caffrey, Joyce Reehling, Mercedes Alicea, & Robert Rocco.
  Program: Rose Bampton (d.8/21/07) Memorial Concert - songs, arias, duets, & trios
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 2:00 p.m.
  Free. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Tuesday October 21
  music@watson: Taimur Sullivan, saxophone, Allison Gagnon, piano, & Tadeu Coelho, flute
  Program: Billie for alto saxophone & boom box, & Epitaphe de Jean Harlow
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Saturday October 25
  emerging artists concert: NCSA Symphony Orchestra, Ransom Wilson, conductor, with with member of the Schools of Drama and Design and Production
  Program: Birthday Celebration - Elliott Carter: Holiday Overture; Bizet: L’Arlésienne (with an English adaptation by Gerald Friedman); & J. Strauss II: waltzes & polkas t.b.a.
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Tuesday October 28
  emerging artists concert: Flute Students of Tadeu Coelho, with Robert Rocco, piano
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Friday October 31
  AJ Fletcher Opera Institute, James Allbritten, music director, & Steven LaCosse, stage director
  Program: Opera Scenes
  Program: Fletcher Opera fellows perform scenes from the repertoire.
  DeMille Theater, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Saturday November 1
  emerging artists concert: UNCSA Philharmonia, Ransom Wilson, conductor
  Program: Ponchielli: La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours; Michael Torke: Ash; & Beethoven: Symphony No. 1.
  Crawford Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Friday November 7
  emerging artists concert: NCSA Wind Ensemble, Mark Norman, director
  Program: Music by John Adams, Brian Balmages, & Bernstein: & John Mackey: Concerto for Saxophone (NC premiere)
  Stevens Center , UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Tuesday November 11
  emerging artists concert: Trombone Choir, James Miller, director
  Program: Music by Thomas Beversdorf, Bach, Slide Hampton, & James Miller
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Saturday November 15
  music@watson: Judith Saxton & Kenneth Wilmot, trumpets, David Jolley, horn, James Miller, trombone, & Matt Ransom IV, tuba
  Program: Music for Brass from Around the World by by Witold Lutoslawski, Bach, Karel Husa, Ives, Debussy, Gottschalk, Lennon/McCartney, & Michael Giacchino*
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm
  *"... feature concert concluding a day of free Brass Symposium events...."

• Tuesday November 18
  emerging artists concert: NCSA Jazz Ensemble, Ron Rudkin, director, with Ray Anderson, trombone
  Thrust Theater, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Saturday November 22
  emerging artists concert: NCSA Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri, Andrew McAfee, Valentino Piran, & Konstantin Dobroykov, conductors, & with Corey Dundee, saxophone, & Kristen Vanderschaaf, flute
  Program: Brahms: Academic Festival Overture; Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Russell Peck: The Upward Stream; & Frank Martin: Ballade, for flute & orchestra
  Stevens Center, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Tuesday December 2
  music@watson: David Jolley, horn, & Allison Gagnon, piano
  Program: Music by Beethoven, Messiaen, Gliére, Scriabin, Glazounov, & Margaret Brouwer
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Saturday December 6
  music@watson: Tadeu Coelho, flute, John Ellis, oboe, Igor Begelman, clarinet, Saxton Rose, bassoon, David Jolley, horn, & Taimur Sullivan, saxophone
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Sunday December 7
  music@watson: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (John Gibbons, harpischord Lily Francis, Ida Kavafian, Cho-Liang Lin, & Arnaud Sussmann, violins, Beth Guterman & Paul Neubauer, violas, Priscilla Lee & Fred Sherry, cellos, Kurt Muroki, bass, Tara Helen O’Connor & Carol Wincenc, flutes)
  Program: Handel: Harpischord Concerto in B-flat; Corelli: Christmas Concerto; Vivaldi: "Goldfinch" Concerto; & Bach: Brandenburg Concerto Nos. 4 & 5
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Tuesday December 9
  emerging artists concert: 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.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Tuesday January 6
  music@watson: Philidor Percussion Group (John R. Beck, Rob Falvo, Wiley A. Sykes III, & Peter Zlotnick)
  Program: Old School, New School - historic & recently-composed music for percussion, including premieres
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Saturday January 10
  music@watson: Glenn Siebert, tenor, Janine Hawley, mezzo-soprano, & Allison Gagnon, piano
  Program: Songs for All Seasons by Berlioz & Britten, & a premiere
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Tuesday January 13
  emerging artists concert: nu (Contemporary Ensemble), Ransom Wilson, director
  Program: Steve Reich: Eight Lines; Louis Andriessen: De Snelheid; : John Orfe: Oyster; & John Adams: Gnarly Buttons
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Saturday January 17
  music@watson: Prism Saxophone Quartet (Matthew Levy, Timothy McAllister, Zach Shemon, & Taimur Sullivan) with Tadeu Coelho, flute
  Program: Music by Salvatore Sciarrino, Martin Bresnick, William Albright, & Mark Engebretson (premiere)
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Saturday January 24
  music@watson: Jon Nakamatsu, piano
  Program: Music by Haydn & Chopin; & R. Schumann: Papillons, & Carnaval
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Tuesday January 27
  music@watson: Faculty artists t.b.a.
  Program: Mozart Birthday Concert
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Wednesday, Friday, & Sunday January 28 & 30 & February 1
  AJ Fletcher Opera Institute, James Allbritten, music director, & Steven LaCosse, stage director
  Program: Donizetti: L’elisir d’amore
  Stevens Center, Winston-Salem. 8p except 2p Sunday
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Saturday January 31
  emerging artists concert: NCSA Philharmonia, Andrew McAfee, Valentino Piran, Konstantin Dobroykov, Mikael Darmanie, & Joseph Edwards, conductors
  Program: Mozart: Die Zauberflöte: Overture; Jennifer Higdon: Light; Dvorák: Serenade for Strings; & Haydn: Symphony No. 104
  Crawford Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Tuesday February 3
  music@watson: Paul Sharpe, double bass, with Sheila Browne, viola, & Allison Gagnon, piano
  Program: Peter Fischer: Sonata; & John Tartaglia: Fantasia
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Friday & Sunday February 6 & 8 - Raleigh
  A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute at the UNCSA, James Allbritten, conductor, & Steven LaCosse, stage director
  Program: Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love) (in Ital. w/Engl. supertitles)
  Fletcher Opera Theater, Raleigh. 2/6 @ 8p & 2/8 @ 2p
  $. 336/631-1534 or http://www.fletcheropera.com/

• Saturday February 14
  music@watson: Karen Beres, Sheila Browne, Allison Gagnon, Joseph Genualdi, Janine Hawley, David Jolley, Eric Larsen, Kevin Lawrence, Robert Rocco, Saxton Rose, Judith Saxton, Taimur Sullivan, & Brooks Whitehouse
  Program: Ménage a Trios - music by Bernstein, Nin, Gubaidulina, Turina, Hindemith, & John Harbison
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Tuesday February 17
  music@watson: Brooks Whitehouse, cello, with Kevin Lawrence & Janet Orenstein, violins, Sheila Brown, viola, & Edmund Bullock, pianist/composer, & with the Greensboro Youth Chorus
  Program: Music by Tcherepnin & Dohnanyi; & Edmund Bullock: Piano Quintet, arr. Bullock: "Ode to Joy"' & a new work tb.a.
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Saturday February 21 & Tuesday February 24
  emerging artists concert
  Program: Chamber Music performed by student ensembles
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Saturday February 28
  music@watson: Bad Boys of [double] Bass (David Murray, Volkan Orhon, Paul Sharpe, & Anthony Stoops)
  Program includes a new work
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Tuesday March 3
  emerging artists concert: Jazz Ensemble, Ron Rudkin, director
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Thursday March 5
  music@watson: Raphaella Smits, guitar
  Program: Music by Napoleon Coste, Bach, & Johann Kaspar Mertz.
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Saturday March 7
  emerging artists concert: Wind Ensemble, Mark Norman, director, with Kevin Lawrence, violin
  Program: Music by Karel Husa, Bernstein, James Syler, & Dan Welcher; & Michael Daugherty: Ladder to the Moon, featuring faculty artist
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Sunday March 8
  emerging artists concert: Steven LaCosse, stage director, & Mary Ann Bills, piano
  Program: Undergraduate Opera Scenes
  Program: Scenes from the operatic repertoire.
  Thrust Theater, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 3:00 p.m.
  Free. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Saturday March 28
  music@watson: Allison Gagnon, Joseph Genualdi, Marilyn Taylor, Brooks Whitehouse, & Kenneth Frazelle
  Program: Music by Kenneth Frazelle - Appalachian Songbook II (premiere) & a new piano trio
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Tuesday March 31
  music@watson: Jacquelyn Bartlett, harp, Sheila Browne, viola
  Program: Music by Bax, Britten, & Prokofiev
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Saturday April 4
  music@watson: Tadeu Coelho, flute, & Eric Larsen, piano
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Tuesday April 14
  music@watson: Tadeu Coelho, flute, Eric Larsen, harpsichord, John Ellis, oboe, & Saxton Rose, bassoon
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Saturday April 18
  emerging artists concert: UNCSA Symphony Orchestra, Ransom Wilson, conductor, wih Timothy Fain, violin
  Program: Beethoven: Fidelio: Overture; Brahms: Symphony No. 1; & Richard Danielpour: Violin Concerto.
  Stevens Center, Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Saturday April 25
  emerging artists concert: Piano students of Clifton Matthews
  Program: Scarlatti Sonatas t.b.a.
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Tuesday April 28
  emerging artists concert: Percussion Ensemble, John R. Beck, director
  leads the student ensemble.
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Saturday May 2
  emerging artists concert: Contemporary Ensemble, Ransom Wilson, director
  Program: Young Composers Concert
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Tuesday May 5
  emerging artists concert: Flute students of Tadeu Coelho.
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Wednesday, Friday, & Sunday May 6, 8, & 10
  AJ Fletcher Opera Institute, James Allbritten, music director, & Steven LaCosse, stage director
  Program: Haydn: Il mondo della luna (The World in the Moon)
  DeMille Theater, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 8p except 2p Sunday
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Tuesday May 12
  emerging artists concert: Jazz Ensemble, Ron Rudkin, director
  Thrust Theater, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Saturday May 16
  emerging artists concert: Guitar students of Gerald Klickstein
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Sunday May 17
  emerging artists concert: Wind Ensemble, Mark Norman, director, with the US Marine Band's Tuba/Euphonium Quartet.
  Program: Scott Lindroth: Spin Cycle; & H. Owen Reed: La Fiesta
  Stevens Center, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Tuesday May 19
  emerging artists concert: Guitar students of Joseph Pecoraro
  Watson Chamber Music Hall, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• Friday May 22
  emerging artists concert: UNCSA Grand Symphony Orchestra (UNCSA Symphony & NCSA Philharmonia), Ransom Wilson, conductor, with Hsin-I Huang, piano
  Program: Yefgeniy Sharlat: Nocturne, for violin and orchestra; & Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2, & Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
  Stevens Center, UNCSA, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $12/$10. 336/721-1945 or http://www.ncarts.edu/music/eventlisting.htm

• 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.