WINSTON-SALEM – For the ninth consecutive season, Maestro John Mauceri, chancellor of the North Carolina School of the Arts, returns to the legendary Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig, Germany, this week.

At 8 p.m. on May 15 and 16, Maestro Mauceri will conduct a program called “Time and Space” (”Zeit und Raum”). The program is inspired by the imagery of Richard Wagner (“You will see, my son, space shall become time” - Parsifal) and Albert Einstein. The concert explores the control of physical and emotional time within various orchestral densities, and includes a number of German premieres.

The first half of the concert will include "The River and the Rainbow" (arr: Mauceri) from Wagner's opera Das Rheingold, György Ligeti's "Atmospheres," Philip Glass' music from the film THE HOURS, and Ravel's "Bolero."

The second half of the concert will include Alan Silvestri’s music from the film BACK TO THE FUTURE; Jerry Goldsmith’s music from the film PLANET OF THE APES (ed: Mauceri) (European premiere); and John Williams’ music from the film CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND.

The concert will also feature two works by Danny Elfman, who was NCSA’s 2007 commencement speaker and recipient of an honorary doctorate: music from the film DEEP SEA 3-D: “I Forget” from Serenada Schizophrana (European premiere), and a new suite from the film SPIDERMAN (German premiere).

The Gewandhaus Kinderchor will join the Gewandhaus Orchestra for the concert.

Chancellor Mauceri has made it his practice to share his professional experiences with NCSA students, and this performance is no different. Also making the trip to Leipzig is student Leo Hurley of Rollinsford, N.H., a college freshman in the composition program of the NCSA School of Music. He will be assisting Maestro Mauceri.

For more information about the concert, visit: http://www.gewandhaus.de/

An arts conservatory of international renown, the North Carolina School of the Arts was the first state-supported, residential school of its kind in the nation. Established by the N.C. General Assembly in 1963, NCSA became part of the University of North Carolina in 1972. More than 1,100 students from middle school through graduate school train for careers in the arts in five professional schools: Dance, Design and Production (including a Visual Arts Program), Drama, Filmmaking, and Music. Maestro John Mauceri, founding director of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, has served as chancellor of NCSA since July 1, 2006. For more information, visit the School’s website at www.ncarts.edu.