May 1and May 2 (Friday and Saturday)

"The Importance of Being Earnest"

Directed by Gerald Freedman

Featuring members of Studio IV

Using the same pseudonym “Ernest”, two gentlemen living in England in the 1890s fall in love with two different women leading all four of them into a web of mistaken identities and comedic entanglement, in what is widely considered one of the towering comedies in the English language.

May 1 and May 2

8:00 p.m. at Patrons Theatre, Performance Place

May 2

2:00 p.m. at Patrons Theatre, Performance Place

$12 adults / $10 seniors and students

May 1 - May 3 (Friday and Sunday)

“The Time of Your Life” by William Saroyan

Directed by Caroline Kava

Featuring members of Studio III

A kaleidoscope of vivid, unforgettable characters stumble in and out of Nick’s San Francisco waterfront saloon searching for happiness and meaning in their lives in this quintessential American classic.

May 1 and May 2

8:00 p.m. at Catawba Theatre, Performance Place

May 3

2:00 p.m. at Catawba Theatre, Performance Place

$12 adults / $10 seniors and students

May 2 (Saturday)

Young Composers Concert

UNCSA’s new music ensemble, nu, performs works by UNCSA composition students.

May 2

7:30 p.m. at Watson Chamber Music Hall

FREE

May 5 (Tuesday)

Flute Class Concert

Students of Tadeu Coelho. 

May 5

7:30 p.m. at Watson Chamber Music Hall

FREE

May 6 and May 8 (Wednesday and Friday)

May 10 (Sunday)

“Il mondo della luna” (The World on the Moon)

Music by Joseph Haydn, Libretto after Carlo Goldoni

James Allbritten, Music Director

Angela Ward, Music Preparation

Steven LaCosse, Stage Director

Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Haydn’s death, we present Haydn’s infectious opera that tells the story of an astrologer and his desire to free his young love interest from her father by tricking him into thinking he has been mysteriously transported to the moon.

May 6 and May 8

8:00 p.m. at Agnes de Mille Theatre

May 10

2:00 p.m. at Agnes de Mille Theatre

$12 adults / $10 seniors and students

May 7 - May 10 (Thursday - Saturday)

Spring Dance Concert

The p rogram will feature a new piece by faculty member Susan McCullough and “Act II” of the ballet classic “Swan Lake," featuring Tchaikovsky’s beloved music.  The performances will also include a contemporary work by one of the genre’s leading choreographers.

May 7 - May 9

8:00 p.m. at Stevens Center

May 10

2:00 p.m. at Stevens Center

$12 adults / $10 seniors and students

May 12 (Tuesday)

UNCSA Jazz Ensemble

Ron Rudkin leads the student ensemble.

May 12

7:30 p.m. at Thrust Theatre, Performance Place

$12 adults / $10 seniors and students

May 16 (Saturday)

Guitar Class Concert

Students of Gerald Klickstein perform.

May 16

7:30 p.m. at Watson Chamber Music Hall

FREE

May 17 (Sunday)

Preparatory Dance Program:  Workshop Performance

See the talent and future of UNCSA’s School of Dance on display in the Preparatory Dance Program’s Workshop Performance. 

May 17

1:00 and 4:00 p.m. at Agnes de Mille Theatre

Reservations required.  FREE

May 17 (Sunday)

UNCSA Wind Ensemble

Faculty artist Mark Norman leads the student ensemble in music by Karel Husa, Leonard Bernstein, James Syler, Dan Welcher, and Michael Daugherty's tribute to Georgia O'Keefe, Ladder to the Moon, featuring faculty artist Kevin Lawrence.

May 17

7:30 p.m. at Stevens Center

$12 adults / $10 seniors and students

May 19 (Tuesday)

Guitar Class Concert

Students of Joseph Pecoraro perform.

May 19

7:30 p.m. at Watson Chamber Music Hall

FREE

May 22 (Friday)

UNCSA Grand Symphony Orchestra

Maestro Ransom Wilson conducts the combined forces of the UNCSA Symphony and the UNCSA Philharmonia in  Yefgeniy Sharlat’s Nocturne for violin and orchestra (with soloist Angela Story) and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4.  Also, concerto competition winner Hsin-I Huang is the piano soloist for Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

May 22

7:30 p.m. at Stevens Center

$12 adults / $10 seniors and students

May 28 (Thursday)

3rd Year Student Film Screenings

Come and enjoy an evening of selected short films by up-and-coming young 3rd year filmmakers from the School of Filmmaking.

May 28

7:00 p.m. at Main Theatre, ACE Exhibition Complex

8:00 p.m. at Babcock Theatre, ACE Exhibition Complex

$5 adults / seniors / students

May 29 (Friday)

4th Year Student Film Screenings

Come and enjoy an evening of short films by our graduating 4th year filmmakers which showcase the culmination of their education!

May 29

3:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m. at Main Theatre, ACE Exhibition Complex

8:00 p.m. at Babcock Theatre, ACE Exhibition Complex

$5 adults / seniors / students