Triad Area Events

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Summer Festivals:
Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy (Raleigh & Wilson) through September 5;
NC Museum of Art Summer Concerts & Films (Raleigh) through September 11; &
Montford Park Players (Asheville) through October 3;
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Carolina Chamber Music Festival (New Bern) - September 23-26
Note: The UNC School of the Arts plans to return to Roanoke Island in the Summer of 2011

• Friday September 3
  Cinema under the Stars
  Program: “Hitchcock in Color”: The Birds (1963; Rated PG-13, 119 min. Starring Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Suzanne Pleshette, and Jessica Tandy)
  Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem. 9:00 p.m.
  $5, members/students $3. 336/758-5580
  Note: Beer and wine will be available for purchase only, and filmgoers are encouraged to come early and picnic on the lawn.

• Friday September 3
  EMFjazz&blues: Wally West Trio (jazz)
  Print Works Bistro, Greensboro. 10 p.m.
  No cover charge. 336/272-0160

• Sunday September 5, Tuesday-Sunday September 7-12, Tuesday-Sunday September 14-19, & Tuesday-Sunday September 21-26 – Greensboro
  Triad Stage
  Program: Tennessee Williams: The Glass Menagerie
  Triad Stage at The Pyrle Theater, 232 South Elm Street, Greensboro. Sunday, Tuesday-Thursday @7:30p.m.; Friday & Saturday @8:00p.m.; Sundays @ 2:00p.m. (except 9/5).
  $42-$10 except as noted below.* 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX (toll-free) or http://www.triadstage.org/
  *$18 Preview Performances 9/5, 9/7, 9/8, & 9/9.
  Related Events: “Technically Talking” post-show talkback 9/7; Opening Night 9/10; “InSight” post-show lecture 9/12; “PostScript” post-show lecture 9/16; Wine tasting pre-show event 9/17; sign interpreted performance 9/21.

• Tuesday September 14
  Music for a Great Space: Clare College Choir, Timothy Brown, director
  Program: Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor: Kyrie & Agnus Dei; Tye: Missa Euge bone: Gloria; Tallis: Te lucis ante terminum, O nata lux; Byrd: Mass for Five Voices: Ave verum, Sanctus, & Benedictus; Gibbons: O Lord, in Thy Wrath, & Fantasia in A; Palestrina: Sicut cervus; Howells: Like as the Hart, & Take him, earth, for cherishing; Drayton: New College Service: Magnificat; Wood: Nunc Dimittis; Duruflé: Prelude & Fugue sur le nom d’Alain; Debussy: [3] Chansons de Charles D'Orléans; & Franck: Panis angelicus
  Christ United Methodist Church, 410 N. Holden Rd., Greensboro. 7:30 p.m. Reception.
  $18, seniors $15, students $5, available at the door or through the Carolina Theatre Box Office at 336/333-2605. Information 336/638-7624 or http://www.musicforagreatspace.org/

•   Wednesday September 15
  WFU Music: The Vivaldi Project,* John Hsu, director
  Program: C.P.E. Bach: [6] String Symphonies, W.182
  Brendle Recital Hall, Scales Fine Arts Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/758-5364 or http://www.thevivaldiproject.org/ or 36/758-5026 or http://www.wfu.edu/music/events/september.html
  *Period instrument string chamber orchestra based in Washington, DC

• Saturday September 18 – Winston Salem
  Secrest Artists Series
  Program: Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway - revue featuring Broadway performers with selections from The Phantom of the Opera, South Pacific, My Fair Lady, Chicago, Les Misérables, Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar, Jekyll & Hyde, & other Broadway shows.
  Wait Chapel, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m. Secrest Signature pre-performance talk at 6:40 p.m. in Balcony Room of Wait Chapel with David Hagy, Director of the University Orchestra, WFU Department of Music and specialist in the American musical theatre.
  Season (4 events) $100; $25-$16, WFU students free. 336/758-5295 or http://www.wfu.edu/secrest/

• Tuesday September 21 — Greensboro
  UNCG New Music Festival
  Program: Concert I - Works and performances by L2Ork laptop orchestra, Bruce Mahin, Anthony Taylor, Ron Coulter, Belinda Haikes & the Robert Rauschenberg Pilottone Experience
  Artium, Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNCG, Greensboro. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/256-1478 or http://uncgnmf2010.org/.
  Related events: 9/21 @ 11a: Lecture I - Bruce Mahin (Radford University) - Developing iPhone applications to promote your music. UNCG Music Building Room 223. Free;
  9/21 @ Noon: Walking Music - Performances by Virginia Tech University L2Ork laptop orchestra, UNCG Percussion Ensemble, & assorted performing groups. UNCG Campus, various locations, outdoors. Free; &
  9/21 @ 3:30p: Lecture II - Ico Bukvic (Virginia Tech University) - Putting Together a Laptop Orchestra. UNCG Music Building, Room 129/131 (Electronic Music Studios). Free.

• Wednesday September 22 — Greensboro
  UNCG New Music Festival: NOW Ensemble
  Program: Concert III - works by Patrick Burke, Mark Dancigers, Judd Greenstein, & Missy Mazzoli
  Recital Hall, SOM UNCG, Greensboro. 7:30 p.m.
  $10, seniors $6, students $4, UNCG students $3. 336/334-4849 or http://uncgnmf2010.org/.
  Related events: 9/22 @ 10a: Lecture III - Masterclass with the NOW Ensemble. UNCG Music Building, Room 233. Free;
  9/22 @ noon: Lecture IV - CEMT Concert and Lecture Series: Janice Misurell-Mitchell (Art Institute of Chicago): "Ellipse: Saxing Up the String Quartet." UNCG Music Building, Room 217. Free. Bring your lunch;
  9/22 @ 1p: Lecture V - Missy Mazzoli (MATA Festival of New Music). UNCG Music Building, Room 217. Coffee will be provided for this after-lunch event, Free;
  9/22 @ 4p: Concert II - UNCG Music Convocation - performances by the SKIN Ensemble, Marjorie Bagley, Kelly Burke, Carla Copeland-Burns, Mark Engebretson, Alex Ezerman, Kris Keeton, & Scott Rawls; works by Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Alejandro Rutty, & Kostas Karathanasis. UNCG Music Building Recital Hall. Free; &
  9/22 @ 5p: Lecture VI - NOW Ensemble discusses [the] Music Business.
  UNCG Music Building Computer Lab (Room 116). Free.

• Thursday September 23 — Greensboro
  UNCG New Music Festival
  Program: Concert IV - performances by Marjorie Bagley, Susan Fancher, David Felberg, Kris Keeton, Janice Misurell-Mitchell, & Clara O’Brien; works by Pierre Boulez, Linda Dusman, Mark Engebretson, Alex Kotch, & John Supko
  Recital Hall, SOM, UNCG, Greensboro. 7:30 p.m.
  $10, seniors $6, students $4, UNCG students $3. 336/334-4849 or http://uncgnmf2010.org/.
  Related events: 9/23 @ 11a: Reading Session - David Felberg, violin, presenting readings of new works by students Cody Curtis & Nicholas Rich. UNCG Music Building, Room 223. Free;
  9/23 @ noon: Roundtable Discussion with Linda Dusman, Bernd Gottinger, Kostas Karathanasis, Alex Kotch, John Supko. UNCG Music Building, Room t.b.d. Free. Bring your lunch; &
  9/23 @ 3:30p: Lecture VII - Bernd Gottinger (SUNY Fredonia) - Music for Digital Libraries. UNCG Music Building, Room 129/131 (Electronic Music Studios). Free.

• Thursday & Saturday September 23 & 25
  Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor, with Vladimir Feltsman, piano
  Program: Vienna’s Great Exiles: Beethoven: Fidelio: Overture, & Symphony No. 5; & Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
  9/23: War Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro. 7:30 p.m.; &
  9/25: Dana Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $38/$32/$28/$22, students w/ID $5. 336/335-5456, ext. 224, or http://www.greensborosymphony.org/

• Friday September 24
  Cle Thompson, jazz vocalist
  Home of Melanie & Ed Broyhill, 525 N. Hawthrorne Road, Winston-Salem. 7:00 p.m.
  $60/person. Fundraiser for Horizons Residential Care Center*- includes wine tasting, beer & appetizers. 336/767-2411
  *http://horizonscenter.org/

• Friday September 24
  GSO Chamber Series: Vladimir Feltsman, piano, with Fabian Lopez Marjorie Bagley,& Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violins, Scott Rawls, viola, & Alexander Ezerman, cello
  Program: Dvorák: String Quartet No. 14, Op. 105; & Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3, Op. 60
  Recital Hall, School of Music, UNCG, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $25, students w/ID $5. 336/335-5456, ext. 224, or http://www.greensborosymphony.org/

• Monday September 27
  WSS Special: Winston-Salem Symphony, Robert Moody, conductor, with Renée Fleming, soprano
  Program: Music by  Mahler, Dvorák, Smetana, Puccini, Strauss, & Wagner
  Reynolds Auditorium, 301 N. Hawthorne Road, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $125-$30. 336/464-0145  or http://www.wssymphony.org/

• Wednesday-Sunday September 29 - October 3
  UNCG Theatre and the School of Music, Theatre and Dance
  Program: Rodgers & Hammerstein: Oklahoma!*
  Aycock Auditorium, UNC-Greensboro. 9/29-30 @ 7:30p, 10/1 @ 8p, 10/2 @ 2p & 8p, & 10/3 @ 2p
  $20, seniors/students/childen $15, UNCG alumni & groups (10+) $12, UNCG students $10. 336/334-4849 or http://boxoffice.uncg.edu. Information http://www.uncg.edu/the
  *Bryan Conger, director, Bill Carroll, music director, & Rodney Luck. choreographer

• Saturday October 2
  WFU Music: Mary Mendenhall, soprano, with Thomas Turnbull, piano, & Teresa Radomski, soprano
  Program: Souvenir: A Centenary Tribute to Pauline Viardot-García
  Brendle Recital Hall, WFU, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/758-5026 or http://www.wfu.edu/music/events/october.html

• Monday October 4
  WSSU Lyceum Series: The President’s Own US Marine Band
  Kenneth R. Williams Auditorium, WSSU, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  Free but tickets are required – limit of 4 per request.* 336/ 750-3220
  *Send name, # of tickets, & mailing address on SASE to LYCEUM CULTURAL EVENTS - Marine Band Tickets, Winston-Salem State University, Campus Box 19432, Winston-Salem, NC 27110
  (Note: Be seated by 7:15p. Cameras not allowed.)

• Sunday October 10
  WFU Music & Piedmont Classic Guitar Society: The Minneapolis Guitar Quartet
  Brendle Recital Hall, WFU, Winston-Salem. 3:30 p.m.
  $10, seniors/students $5, WFU free w/ID, PCGS free, & free to families of WFU students.
  336/758-5026 or http://www.wfu.edu/music/events/october.html
  Related event: 10/10 @ 7p: guitar masterclass with The Minneapolis Guitar Quartet. Scales Fine Arts Center Room M208, WFU, Winston-Salem. 7:00 p.m. Free. Performance Fees: $35 (soloist), $10 (each member of a chamber ensemble). 336/758-5026 or http://www.wfu.edu/music/events/october.html

• Tuesday October 12
  WFU Music: Louis Goldstein, piano
  Program: Music by Bach, Haydn, Schubert, Kondo, Yuasa, & Stockhausen.
  Brendle Recital Hall, WFU, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/758-5026 or http://www.wfu.edu/music/events/october.html

• Wednesday October 13 - Greensboro
  Guilford College Department of Music: Brian Carter, cello
  Program: Arne Nordheim: Clamavi for violoncello solo (1980); Bach: Suite No. 4 in E-flat, S.1010 (c.1720); & Kodály: Sonata for solo violoncello, Op. 8 (1915)
  Carnegie Room, Hege Library, Guilford College, 5800 W. Friendly Avenue, Greensboro. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/508-8579 or .
  http://www.guilford.edu/academics/departments/music/faculty/brian_carter_bio.html

• Friday October 15 - Greensboro
  UNCG Music: Brian Carter, cello
  Program: Arne Nordheim: Clamavi for violoncello solo (1980); Bach: Suite No. 4 in E-flat, S.1010 (c.1720); & Kodály: Sonata for solo violoncello, Op. 8 (1915)
  Recital Hall, SOM, UNCG, Greensboro. 5:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/334-5789

• Friday October 15
  Music for a Great Space: Henry Ingram Memorial Concert - Organist André Lash & Friends: William Allred, organ, Mark Engebretson, saxophone, Inara Zandmane, piano, Scott Rawls, viola, & Margaret Petty & Alan Black, cellos
  Program: Rutter: Variations on an Easter Theme “O Filii et Filiae”; Creston: Rapsodie for Alto Saxophone and Organ, Op. 108A; Sowerby: Poem for Viola and Organ; Dupré: Variations on Two Themes for Piano and Organ; Petty: Two original sacred works; Jongen: Humoresque for Cello and Organ, Op. 92; & Sergeyeva: Sonata for Cello and Organ
  Christ United Methodist Church, 410 N. Holden Rd., Greensboro. 7:30 p.m.
  $18, seniors $15, students $5, available at the door or through the Carolina Theatre Box Office at 336/333-2605. Information 336/638-7624 or http://www.musicforagreatspace.org/