The 15th Annual Spring Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival

  Emily Cramton Staff Writer   The Shakori Hills Community Arts Center will host their 15th annual spring festival of music and dance from May 4 to 7. The event is a collaboration with the GrassRoots Festival Organization in Pittsboro and will feature over 50 bands and musicians performing on four different stages. This festival is a highly anticipated event by both musicians and community … Continue reading The 15th Annual Spring Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival

A Night at the Weatherspoon with Christian Marclay and ensemBle baBel

Emily Cramton    Staff Writer   New Music Greensboro recently collaborated with the College of Visual and Performing Arts and its society of student composers to present a concert featuring the works of artist Christian Marclay, performed by the Swiss ensemBle baBel.   Christian Marclay is an award-winning visual artist and composer, a pioneer of the technique of using turntables to create sound collages. He … Continue reading A Night at the Weatherspoon with Christian Marclay and ensemBle baBel

Guest Artist Erika Eckert’s Viola Recital

Emily Cramton    Staff Writer Associate professor of viola, Erika Eckert, from the University of Colorado at Boulder visited UNCG this past Saturday. She was invited to play a recital in the Organ Hall, and her hour-long program consisted of three sonatas for viola and piano, all composed by American women. For Eckert, this program was an important initiative to provide greater visibility to American … Continue reading Guest Artist Erika Eckert’s Viola Recital

Collage Chamber Series Presents their Spring Recital

Emily Cramton    Staff Writer The Collage Chamber Series at UNCG presented their fourth and final concert of the year this past Friday. Modeled after the large-scale Collage concert that the School of Music presents every September, these relatively short, light concerts feature members of the music faculty. The atmosphere was more casual than the typical night in the Recital Hall, and the audience was … Continue reading Collage Chamber Series Presents their Spring Recital

Margaret Glaspy at the Cat’s Cradle Back Room

Emily Cramton   Staff Writer   On February 6, singer and guitarist Margaret Glaspy played an intimate concert for about a hundred people, tucked in the back room of the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro. The 28-year-old has been getting a lot of attention on her nationwide tour in the past months, coming off the June release of her first album, “Emotions and Math.” Opening the … Continue reading Margaret Glaspy at the Cat’s Cradle Back Room

January’s UNCG Sustainability Film & Discussion Series

Emily Cramton   Staff Writer   This past Thursday night, the Weatherspoon Art Museum hosted a showing of the documentary “Racing to Zero.” As a part of UNCG’s Sustainability Film & Discussion Series, the event is geared towards lending a voice to the various environmental, sustainability and climate issues that affect us on a community to regional to global level. The program is the longest-running … Continue reading January’s UNCG Sustainability Film & Discussion Series

A Night of Russian Chamber Music with the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra

Emily Cramton   Staff Writer   This past Friday night, members of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra joined with special guest and pianist Dmitry Masleev for an installment of the GSO’s chamber music series, Sitkovetsky and Friends. Slated on the program were a series of six short piano pieces by Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet in G minor in five movements. Guest artist Dmitry Masleev emerged … Continue reading A Night of Russian Chamber Music with the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra

Triad Stage Presents Arthur Miller’s “The Price”

Emily Cramton   Staff Writer   From the tail end of January through the majority of February, the Pyrle Theater in downtown Greensboro will feature Arthur Miller’s play “The Price”. As a celebration of the play’s 50th anniversary, Triad Stage is putting on a production of the play that the Wall Street Journal calls “the best thing Miller ever wrote.” Many see Arthur Miller as … Continue reading Triad Stage Presents Arthur Miller’s “The Price”

Gatewood Gallery Features Ibrahim Said Collection

Emily Cramton   Staff Writer The Gatewood Gallery in the Gatewood studio arts building on campus opened an exhibit of pottery by Egyptian artist Ibrahim Said on November 3. The exhibit features several of his newest pieces, many of which include depiction animals. Similar in style but in different size and shape, these ceramic and stone pieces are extremely detailed but complement one another well, … Continue reading Gatewood Gallery Features Ibrahim Said Collection

UNCG Dance Program Presents the Prime Movers Concert

Emily Cramton   Staff Writer This past weekend, members of the dance program at UNCG presented their Prime Movers Concert for 2016. The evening consisted of multiple dances choreographed and performed by students of the dance program. The concert was organized to support and reflect the hard work of the Prime Movers program, which is a student-run organization. Prime Movers provides students with the opportunity … Continue reading UNCG Dance Program Presents the Prime Movers Concert