Triad Arts with David Ford Triad Arts Weekend!November 18, 2011Our state has been a major contributor to the history of jazz music. Bebop pioneer drummer Max Roach, revolutionary pianist Thelonius Monk, and the incomparable saxophonist John Coltrane all hailed from North Carolina, and they left an indelible mark on American music. That tradition is alive and as swinging as ever at the University of North Carolina Greensboro's Miles Davis Jazz Program. You can see and hear for yourself Sunday afternoon, November 20, at 1:30pm in the UNCG Recital Hall beginning with the UNCG Honors High School Jazz Band. The ensemble is made up of some of the hottest jazz high schoolers from across the state. On the program is music of the late great –and South Carolina native—Dizzy Gillespie. Next up, UNCG’s Miles Davis Jazz Program presents UNCG Jazz Ensemble II. Each semester the jazz program brings in world-class jazz performers/clinicians to work with students. This year saxophone recording artist Stephen Riley joins the group in a performance of 7 premiere arrangements from his Steeplechase label releases. Saxophonist, composer and UNCG faculty Chad Eby and student musician trumpeter Jake Phillips swung on by WFDD’s Greensboro studio to talk jazz. This is part two of their conversation with TAW host David Ford.
High Point Community Theatre is kicking off the holiday season in style this year with the family favorite Miracle on 34th Street, the Musical! Opening night is November 17, at 8:00pm in the beautiful High Point Theatre. It’s the first 2011 Miracle production in Our State, and it’ll run through November 20, with a Saturday matinee at 3:00pm and Sunday matinee at 2:00pm. Audience members are encouraged to bring a new, unwrapped toy to any Miracle on 34th Street performance. All toys will be donated to local charities that distribute gifts to underprivileged children during the holidays. And don’t miss “Brunch with Santa” on Saturday morning, November 19th at 9:30 at High Point Friends Meeting, Reagan Hall. Tickets for the brunch are available through HPCT. Actors Reid Dalton and Autumn Routt stopped by WFDD to talk about it.
The sarod (along with the sitar) is the most popular and prominent instrument in the classical music of Northern India. Its sympathetic strings give it a deep, resonant, reverberant quality compared with the texture of the sitar. Also the sarod is a fretless instrument able to mimic vocal qualities with continuous slides between notes. Sarod master Gaurang Doshi will share the unique sounds of his instrument in concert on Saturday, December 3, at 7:00pm in Brendle Recital Hall on the Wake Forest University campus.
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Triad Arts for November 18, 2011
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