UNC Asheville's Music Department will continue its fall concert season with five performances in October, ranging from choral to contemporary music. The concerts feature faculty, student and guest musicians.

A contemporary music concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, at UNC Asheville’s Lipinsky Hall, room 108. UNC Asheville students will perform 20th and 21st century music by well-known composers, as well as their own compositions. Admission is $5, and free to students with ID.

The UNC Asheville Wind Ensemble, featuring students under the direction of David Wilken, will perform a concert of music ranging from John Philip Sousa to Claude T. Smith, including a concerto for trombones. The concert will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, at UNC Asheville’s Lipinsky Auditorium. Admission is $5, and free to students with ID.

A recorder and harpsichordist concert will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, at UNC Asheville’s Laurel Forum, Karpen Hall. Charles McKnight, UNC Asheville associate professor of music, and Blake Hobby, UNC Asheville assistant professor of literature, will present three sonatas for recorder and continuo by Benedetto Marcello. Also playing will be Gail Ann Schroeder, formerly of the Royal Conservatory in Brussels. The recital will also include a lecture by McKnight. The concert is free and open to the public.

Student jazz combos, under the direction of Rich Willey and Tom Coppola, will present a concert of jazz selections at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, in UNC Asheville’s Lipinsky Auditorium. Admission is $5, and free to students with ID.

The University Singers will perform music by emerging 21st century composers and Brubeck’s choral jazz at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, at the First Baptists Church of Asheville, located at 50 Oak St. in downtown Asheville. Donations will be accepted.

For more information or to reserve a $40 season ticket, call UNC Asheville’s Music Department at 828/251-6432, or visit www.unca.edu/music.


H1N1 Influenza Information for Those Attending Upcoming Public Events at UNC Asheville

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