FEATURING UNC Saxophone Studio, taught by Dr. Rahsaan Barber and Dr. Heidi Radtke PROGRAM TBA ADMISSION Free, no reservation required. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING UNC Jazz Combos 4, 5, 6, coached by Dan Davis and Jason Foureman with guest artist Will Campbell PROGRAM TBA PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING Yuki Negishi, piano Clara Yang, piano with Kenan Music Scholar Anna Bray, piano PROGRAM Francis Poulenc Sonata for Piano 4 Hands Igor Stravinsky Petrushka, First Tableau for 4 Hands Franz Schubert Fantasie in F minor for 4 Hands George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue for 4 Hands Bernstein/Duarte “America” from West Side Story with Kenan Music Scholar Anna Bray TICKETS $10-30 Available for purchase online by Mallarmé Music, or at the door 30 minutes prior to the concert start time. Free UNC Music students, faculty, and staff (OneCard ID required) PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This event is part of the 2026-2027 William S. Newman Artists Series, a series of select concerts celebrating the alliance of scholarship and performance that animates the lives of music faculty and students at Carolina. This concert is co-hosted by Mallarmé Music. Tickets can be purchased from Mallarmé or at the door that afternoon.

FEATURING Kelariz Keshavarz, flute Suzanne Polak, piano Luke Ellard, clarinet Jessica Kunttu, bassoon Jeanne Fischer, voice Heidi Radtke, saxophone Brian Seaton, English horn ABOUT THE PROGRAM In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, this chamber music concert brings together UNC faculty and guest artists to celebrate the creativity and contributions of American women composers. Featuring works for flute in a variety of chamber settings, the program highlights the breadth and diversity of American chamber music across generations. Program Jennifer Higdon Song (1995) for solo flute Amy Beach Three Compositions, Op. 40 (1898) for flute and piano Valerie Coleman Rubispheres (2012) for flute, clarinet, and bassoon Intermission Katherine Hoover Seven Haiku (1973) for flute and voice Catherine Rollin Suite Detroit (2018) for flute, saxophone, and piano Amanda Harberg Crossroads (2022) for flute, English horn, and piano PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING TALsounds Natalie Chami (TALsounds) is a Canadian-born Lebanese American musician and educator based in Alexandria, VA. Known for her work in drone, ambient, and improvisational music, she blends vintage analog synthesizers, operatic vocals, and immersive atmospheres into distinctive sound worlds. Chami has released music on Ba Da Bing, NNA Tapes, and Hausu Mountain, toured across the U.S., Canada, and Europe, and received coverage from Pitchfork, The Fader, The Washington Post, and The Chicago Tribune. Her latest album, Shift (2023), departs from her warm analog palette and explores FM and digital synthesis, featuring contributions from SWANA women in production, art, and photography. Chami was founding Vocal Chair at The Chicago High School for the Arts (2009–2021), developing the voice department and trauma-informed, anti-racist curriculum. She also leads workshops at universities, scores films, creates sound installations, and is the Category Content Specialist for Synthesizers at KORG USA. In 2025, she was invited to serve on Experimental Sound Studio’s first-ever Artist Advisory Council, supporting the development of new online programming for artists in electronic and sound art. PROGRAM TBA PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This performance is part of the 2026-2027 Conversations in Modern Music series and is funded by the Jaroslav F. and Barbara S. Hulka Fund for Music in the Chapel Hill community.

FEATURING UNC Symphony Orchestra, directed by Dr. Evan Harger PROGRAM Ferdinand Hérold Overture to Zampa Ingrid Stölzel City Beautiful Gustav Holst Somerset Rhapsody -Intermission- Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges L’Amant Anonyme Overture Léo Delibes Sylvia Ballet Suite TICKETS $10 general admission $5 students, faculty, and staff Free UNC Music students, faculty, and staff $5 live stream Purchase tickets or livestream registration online. Tickets are also available at the door, 30 minutes prior to the concert start time. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This event is part of the 2026-2027 Martha Flowers Ensemble series.

FEATURING UNC Wind Ensemble, directed by Dr. Evan Feldman UNC Symphony Band, directed by Dr. Anna Scott PROGRAM TBA TICKETS $10 general admission $5 students, faculty, and staff Free UNC Music students, faculty, and staff $5 live stream Purchase tickets or livestream registration online. Tickets are also available at the door, 30 minutes prior to the concert start time. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This event is part of the 2026-2027 Martha Flowers Ensemble series.

When was the last time a performance changed the way you looked at the world around you? Voice of Nature: the Anthropocene is an exploration of one of the defining issues of our time—environmental change—through music and imagery. It invites us to consider the beauty and fragility of the natural world and our relationship to it. Performed by acclaimed soprano Renée Fleming, the program pairs classical songs and contemporary works with an original film created in partnership with the National Geographic Society. The experience is both intimate and expansive, sharing landscapes of breathtaking beauty alongside acute reminders of their vulnerability. At a moment when environmental change increasingly shapes everyday life, Voice of Nature reminds us that these challenges are not just scientific or political; they are deeply personal. It is an invitation to consider how rapidly the natural world is changing while reflecting on how much we rely on its constancy for solace, inspiration, and a sense of connection to something larger than ourselves. Student tickets always $11. Eligible for CLE. Find out more and buy tickets at:

Join us for a series of events to commemorate America's 250th anniversary at the nation's first public university. The events run from Oct. 14 to 23 and include performances, poetry readings, lectures, panel discussions and more. Most of the events are free and open to the public. Visit America 250 at Carolina on the history website. Schedule of Events Wednesday, October 14 4:30-6 p.m. (Flyleaf Books) – Discussion with Antwain Hunter (History) on Frederick Douglass’s What to the Slave is the Fourth of July (1852) with Aisha Booze-Hall (Jackson Center) Please purchase tickets for this event. Monday, October 19 12:30-1 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Opening Keynote by Pamela Brewington Cashwell (Secretary, NCDC), North Carolina at 250 1-2 p.m. (Pleasants Room) – Preserving North Carolina’s History for the General Public, a panel discussion with Sec. Pamela Brewington Cashwell, Darin Waters (Dep. Sec. Office of Archives and History), and Biff Hollingsworth (Wilson Library) 2:15-3:30 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Teaching the Foundations of American Democracy in K-12 Schools, a panel discussion with Cori Greer Banks (Carolina K-12, CPH), Jillian La Serna (EPIC/Public Policy); and Mike Henning (Carrboro Elementary) 3:40-3:45 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Poetry Reading by Alexis Clifton (English and Creative Writing class of 2027), You Say the New American Dream is to Leave/Honeysuckle Dosage. 3:45-5 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Poetry and Liberty, a panel discussion with Tyree Daye (English and Comp Lit) Eliza Richards (English and Comp Lit), and Denise Xu (English and Comp Lit) 6-7:30 p.m. (Stone Center Auditorium) – Welcome by LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant (Director, Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and History). Poetry Reading and Conversation with Natasha Trethewey (Pulitzer-Prize Winning Former U.S. Poet Laureate), moderated by Michael A. Betts II (High Point University) and Miguel La Serna (Chair, History). SOLD OUT Tuesday, October 20 10 a.m. - Noon (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Great American Stories: Food, Music, and Folklore of the American South with Amanda J. Cobb (American Studies), Kelly Alexander (American Studies), and Gabrielle Berlinger (American Studies) 2:30-4 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Lecture and conversation with David Crabtree (CEO and General Manager, PBS North Carolina), moderated by Michael A. Betts II 5-5:30 p.m. (Playmakers Lobby) – Colonial Fiddling by Eli Howells 5:30-7 p.m. (Playmakers) – Lecture by Mandy Cooper (History) Hamilton in Historical Context. Conversation with Daveed Diggs, a Tony, Grammy, and Lucille Lortel Award-winning actor, writer, producer, and musician best known for originating the dual roles of Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette in the original cast of the Broadway hit Hamilton, earning a Tony Award for his performance. Moderated by Michael A. Betts II (High Point University), Miguel La Serna (Chair, History), and Katherine Hunter Williams (Chair, Dramatic Arts). Limited tickets will be available by sponsoring departments. Wednesday, October 21 2:30-3:30 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Lecture by Katherine Turk (History), “All Men Would be Tyrants if They Could”: Women and Power in Revolutionary America 3:45-4:30 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Performance by Singer-Songwriter Dawn Landes, The Liberated Woman’s Songbook 6-7 p.m. (Person Recital Hall) – Welcome by Jocelyn Neal (Chair, Music). Lecture and conversation with John Wood Sweet (History), Bancroft-Prize winning author of The Sewing Girl’s Tale, moderated by Michael A. Betts II and Miguel La Serna (Chair, History) 7-8:30 p.m. (Person Recital Hall) – Mending Sampler: Lanah Sawyer and the Cost of Courage in Revolutionary America, a concert featuring C. Leonard Raybon (Director of Choirs, Composer at Tulane University; Founder of Sacred Nine Project), Jeanne Fisher (Music), E. Katherine Hargrove (Colonial Williamsburg interpreter), and undergraduate performers (Music) Thursday, October 22 2:30-3:30 p.m. (University Room, Hyde Hall) – Lecture by Wayne E. Lee (History), The Cutting-Off Way: Indigenous Warfare in the American Revolution 3:45-4:45 p.m. (University Room, Hyde Hall) – Lecture by Amanda J. Cobb (American Studies), Indigenous Perspectives on America 250 Memory and Commemoration 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. (Fearrington Reading Room, Wilson Library) Lecture by Kathleen DuVal (History), author of Native Nations, North Carolina and the War for Independence Friday, October 23 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Love House) – Southern Cultures: Black Freedom Narratives in Place, Publication, and Performance, a conversation between Michelle Lanier (Director, North Carolina Historic Sites), Danielle Purifoy (Geography)and artist and activist Toshi Reagon (NYFA) 1–2 p.m. (Love House) – Lecture by Danita Mason-Hogans (Southern Oral History Program), The Role of Oral History and Community Memory in Interpreting Early American History and its Long Afterlives 2:15-3:30 p.m. (Love House) – SOHP and Civil Rights: Partnering with LDF NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) archivists and SOHP oral historians and project leaders will explore freedom as an ongoing and active pursuit 4-5:30 p.m. (Moeser Performance Hall) Theatrical Performance and Conversation with Mike Wiley (Director and Artist in Residence for the Kenan Institute for Ethics),One Noble Journey: A Box Marked Freedom 7:30-8:30 p.m. (Moeser Performance Hall) Concert by LaToya Lain (Music), Narrative of a Slave Woman, moderated by Michael A. Betts II The events of America 250 at Carolina are presented to you by: College of Arts and Sciences | Center for the Study of the American South | Department of Dramatic Art | Department of English | Department of History | Institute for the Arts and Humanities | Department of Music | Department of Political Science | Office of the Provost | Department of Public Policy | Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and History | University Library Additional support for America 250 at Carolina is provided by: Department for African, African American, and Diaspora Studies | Carolina Performing Arts | Carolina Public Humanities | Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense | Department of Sociology | Southern Cultures | Southern Oral History Program | Triangle Early American History Seminar

Join us for a series of events to commemorate America's 250th anniversary at the nation's first public university. The events run from Oct. 14 to 23 and include performances, poetry readings, lectures, panel discussions and more. Most of the events are free and open to the public. Visit America 250 at Carolina on the history website. Schedule of Events Wednesday, October 14 4:30-6 p.m. (Flyleaf Books) – Discussion with Antwain Hunter (History) on Frederick Douglass’s What to the Slave is the Fourth of July (1852) with Aisha Booze-Hall (Jackson Center) Please purchase tickets for this event. Monday, October 19 12:30-1 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Opening Keynote by Pamela Brewington Cashwell (Secretary, NCDC), North Carolina at 250 1-2 p.m. (Pleasants Room) – Preserving North Carolina’s History for the General Public, a panel discussion with Sec. Pamela Brewington Cashwell, Darin Waters (Dep. Sec. Office of Archives and History), and Biff Hollingsworth (Wilson Library) 2:15-3:30 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Teaching the Foundations of American Democracy in K-12 Schools, a panel discussion with Cori Greer Banks (Carolina K-12, CPH), Jillian La Serna (EPIC/Public Policy); and Mike Henning (Carrboro Elementary) 3:40-3:45 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Poetry Reading by Alexis Clifton (English and Creative Writing class of 2027), You Say the New American Dream is to Leave/Honeysuckle Dosage. 3:45-5 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Poetry and Liberty, a panel discussion with Tyree Daye (English and Comp Lit) Eliza Richards (English and Comp Lit), and Denise Xu (English and Comp Lit) 6-7:30 p.m. (Stone Center Auditorium) – Welcome by LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant (Director, Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and History). Poetry Reading and Conversation with Natasha Trethewey (Pulitzer-Prize Winning Former U.S. Poet Laureate), moderated by Michael A. Betts II (High Point University) and Miguel La Serna (Chair, History). SOLD OUT Tuesday, October 20 10 a.m. - Noon (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Great American Stories: Food, Music, and Folklore of the American South with Amanda J. Cobb (American Studies), Kelly Alexander (American Studies), and Gabrielle Berlinger (American Studies) 2:30-4 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Lecture and conversation with David Crabtree (CEO and General Manager, PBS North Carolina), moderated by Michael A. Betts II 5-5:30 p.m. (Playmakers Lobby) – Colonial Fiddling by Eli Howells 5:30-7 p.m. (Playmakers) – Lecture by Mandy Cooper (History) Hamilton in Historical Context. Conversation with Daveed Diggs, a Tony, Grammy, and Lucille Lortel Award-winning actor, writer, producer, and musician best known for originating the dual roles of Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette in the original cast of the Broadway hit Hamilton, earning a Tony Award for his performance. Moderated by Michael A. Betts II (High Point University), Miguel La Serna (Chair, History), and Katherine Hunter Williams (Chair, Dramatic Arts). Limited tickets will be available by sponsoring departments. Wednesday, October 21 2:30-3:30 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Lecture by Katherine Turk (History), “All Men Would be Tyrants if They Could”: Women and Power in Revolutionary America 3:45-4:30 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Performance by Singer-Songwriter Dawn Landes, The Liberated Woman’s Songbook 6-7 p.m. (Person Recital Hall) – Welcome by Jocelyn Neal (Chair, Music). Lecture and conversation with John Wood Sweet (History), Bancroft-Prize winning author of The Sewing Girl’s Tale, moderated by Michael A. Betts II and Miguel La Serna (Chair, History) 7-8:30 p.m. (Person Recital Hall) – Mending Sampler: Lanah Sawyer and the Cost of Courage in Revolutionary America, a concert featuring C. Leonard Raybon (Director of Choirs, Composer at Tulane University; Founder of Sacred Nine Project), Jeanne Fisher (Music), E. Katherine Hargrove (Colonial Williamsburg interpreter), and undergraduate performers (Music) Thursday, October 22 2:30-3:30 p.m. (University Room, Hyde Hall) – Lecture by Wayne E. Lee (History), The Cutting-Off Way: Indigenous Warfare in the American Revolution 3:45-4:45 p.m. (University Room, Hyde Hall) – Lecture by Amanda J. Cobb (American Studies), Indigenous Perspectives on America 250 Memory and Commemoration 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. (Fearrington Reading Room, Wilson Library) Lecture by Kathleen DuVal (History), author of Native Nations, North Carolina and the War for Independence Friday, October 23 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Love House) – Southern Cultures: Black Freedom Narratives in Place, Publication, and Performance, a conversation between Michelle Lanier (Director, North Carolina Historic Sites), Danielle Purifoy (Geography)and artist and activist Toshi Reagon (NYFA) 1–2 p.m. (Love House) – Lecture by Danita Mason-Hogans (Southern Oral History Program), The Role of Oral History and Community Memory in Interpreting Early American History and its Long Afterlives 2:15-3:30 p.m. (Love House) – SOHP and Civil Rights: Partnering with LDF NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) archivists and SOHP oral historians and project leaders will explore freedom as an ongoing and active pursuit 4-5:30 p.m. (Moeser Performance Hall) Theatrical Performance and Conversation with Mike Wiley (Director and Artist in Residence for the Kenan Institute for Ethics),One Noble Journey: A Box Marked Freedom 7:30-8:30 p.m. (Moeser Performance Hall) Concert by LaToya Lain (Music), Narrative of a Slave Woman, moderated by Michael A. Betts II The events of America 250 at Carolina are presented to you by: College of Arts and Sciences | Center for the Study of the American South | Department of Dramatic Art | Department of English | Department of History | Institute for the Arts and Humanities | Department of Music | Department of Political Science | Office of the Provost | Department of Public Policy | Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and History | University Library Additional support for America 250 at Carolina is provided by: Department for African, African American, and Diaspora Studies | Carolina Performing Arts | Carolina Public Humanities | Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense | Department of Sociology | Southern Cultures | Southern Oral History Program | Triangle Early American History Seminar

Join us for a series of events to commemorate America's 250th anniversary at the nation's first public university. The events run from Oct. 14 to 23 and include performances, poetry readings, lectures, panel discussions and more. Most of the events are free and open to the public. Visit America 250 at Carolina on the history website. Schedule of Events Wednesday, October 14 4:30-6 p.m. (Flyleaf Books) – Discussion with Antwain Hunter (History) on Frederick Douglass’s What to the Slave is the Fourth of July (1852) with Aisha Booze-Hall (Jackson Center) Please purchase tickets for this event. Monday, October 19 12:30-1 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Opening Keynote by Pamela Brewington Cashwell (Secretary, NCDC), North Carolina at 250 1-2 p.m. (Pleasants Room) – Preserving North Carolina’s History for the General Public, a panel discussion with Sec. Pamela Brewington Cashwell, Darin Waters (Dep. Sec. Office of Archives and History), and Biff Hollingsworth (Wilson Library) 2:15-3:30 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Teaching the Foundations of American Democracy in K-12 Schools, a panel discussion with Cori Greer Banks (Carolina K-12, CPH), Jillian La Serna (EPIC/Public Policy); and Mike Henning (Carrboro Elementary) 3:40-3:45 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Poetry Reading by Alexis Clifton (English and Creative Writing class of 2027), You Say the New American Dream is to Leave/Honeysuckle Dosage. 3:45-5 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Poetry and Liberty, a panel discussion with Tyree Daye (English and Comp Lit) Eliza Richards (English and Comp Lit), and Denise Xu (English and Comp Lit) 6-7:30 p.m. (Stone Center Auditorium) – Welcome by LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant (Director, Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and History). Poetry Reading and Conversation with Natasha Trethewey (Pulitzer-Prize Winning Former U.S. Poet Laureate), moderated by Michael A. Betts II (High Point University) and Miguel La Serna (Chair, History). SOLD OUT Tuesday, October 20 10 a.m. - Noon (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Great American Stories: Food, Music, and Folklore of the American South with Amanda J. Cobb (American Studies), Kelly Alexander (American Studies), and Gabrielle Berlinger (American Studies) 2:30-4 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Lecture and conversation with David Crabtree (CEO and General Manager, PBS North Carolina), moderated by Michael A. Betts II 5-5:30 p.m. (Playmakers Lobby) – Colonial Fiddling by Eli Howells 5:30-7 p.m. (Playmakers) – Lecture by Mandy Cooper (History) Hamilton in Historical Context. Conversation with Daveed Diggs, a Tony, Grammy, and Lucille Lortel Award-winning actor, writer, producer, and musician best known for originating the dual roles of Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette in the original cast of the Broadway hit Hamilton, earning a Tony Award for his performance. Moderated by Michael A. Betts II (High Point University), Miguel La Serna (Chair, History), and Katherine Hunter Williams (Chair, Dramatic Arts). Limited tickets will be available by sponsoring departments. Wednesday, October 21 2:30-3:30 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Lecture by Katherine Turk (History), “All Men Would be Tyrants if They Could”: Women and Power in Revolutionary America 3:45-4:30 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Performance by Singer-Songwriter Dawn Landes, The Liberated Woman’s Songbook 6-7 p.m. (Person Recital Hall) – Welcome by Jocelyn Neal (Chair, Music). Lecture and conversation with John Wood Sweet (History), Bancroft-Prize winning author of The Sewing Girl’s Tale, moderated by Michael A. Betts II and Miguel La Serna (Chair, History) 7-8:30 p.m. (Person Recital Hall) – Mending Sampler: Lanah Sawyer and the Cost of Courage in Revolutionary America, a concert featuring C. Leonard Raybon (Director of Choirs, Composer at Tulane University; Founder of Sacred Nine Project), Jeanne Fisher (Music), E. Katherine Hargrove (Colonial Williamsburg interpreter), and undergraduate performers (Music) Thursday, October 22 2:30-3:30 p.m. (University Room, Hyde Hall) – Lecture by Wayne E. Lee (History), The Cutting-Off Way: Indigenous Warfare in the American Revolution 3:45-4:45 p.m. (University Room, Hyde Hall) – Lecture by Amanda J. Cobb (American Studies), Indigenous Perspectives on America 250 Memory and Commemoration 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. (Fearrington Reading Room, Wilson Library) Lecture by Kathleen DuVal (History), author of Native Nations, North Carolina and the War for Independence Friday, October 23 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Love House) – Southern Cultures: Black Freedom Narratives in Place, Publication, and Performance, a conversation between Michelle Lanier (Director, North Carolina Historic Sites), Danielle Purifoy (Geography)and artist and activist Toshi Reagon (NYFA) 1–2 p.m. (Love House) – Lecture by Danita Mason-Hogans (Southern Oral History Program), The Role of Oral History and Community Memory in Interpreting Early American History and its Long Afterlives 2:15-3:30 p.m. (Love House) – SOHP and Civil Rights: Partnering with LDF NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) archivists and SOHP oral historians and project leaders will explore freedom as an ongoing and active pursuit 4-5:30 p.m. (Moeser Performance Hall) Theatrical Performance and Conversation with Mike Wiley (Director and Artist in Residence for the Kenan Institute for Ethics),One Noble Journey: A Box Marked Freedom 7:30-8:30 p.m. (Moeser Performance Hall) Concert by LaToya Lain (Music), Narrative of a Slave Woman, moderated by Michael A. Betts II The events of America 250 at Carolina are presented to you by: College of Arts and Sciences | Center for the Study of the American South | Department of Dramatic Art | Department of English | Department of History | Institute for the Arts and Humanities | Department of Music | Department of Political Science | Office of the Provost | Department of Public Policy | Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and History | University Library Additional support for America 250 at Carolina is provided by: Department for African, African American, and Diaspora Studies | Carolina Performing Arts | Carolina Public Humanities | Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense | Department of Sociology | Southern Cultures | Southern Oral History Program | Triangle Early American History Seminar

Singer-songwriter Dawn Landes will perform songs from the 1971 album The Liberated Woman's Songbook.

Join us for a lecture and conversation with John Wood Sweet, a professor in the Department of History and the Bancroft-Prize winning author of The Sewing Girl’s Tale, moderated by Michael A. Betts II of High Point University, followed by a concert by C. Leonard Raybon, director of choirs and a composer at Tulane University, and UNC-Chapel Hill undergraduate and alumna performers in the UNC Department of Music, featuring E. Katherine Hargrove of Colonial Williamsburg, Mending Sampler: Lanah Sawyer and the Cost of Courage in Revolutionary America.

FEATURING Diya Kayaleh, soprano Beth Allen-Gardner, mezzo-soprano Henry Reacher, tenor Liam O’Laughlin, baritone C. Leonard Raybon, baritone Danny Spiegel, piano PROGRAM Sacred Nine Project: Mending Sampler Sacred Nine Project is excited to celebrate John Wood Sweet’s, The Sewing Girl’s Tale, with a curated vocal concert at The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he is Professor of History. Content warning: descriptions of rape and suicide “Cost of courage,” is Sweet’s turn of phrase. He writes: As a young woman, Lanah Sawyer had a rare kind of courage. Only seventeen, a stepchild in a working family, she was easy to dismiss as a mere “sewing girl.” Yet, when an affluent gentleman showed an interest in her, she dared to image that he might really be interested in her. Violently, he dashed that dream—leaving her disoriented, distressed, and unmoored. Then, she gathered her courage and did what no one else in the nation’s biggest city had done in half a century: she charged a gentleman with rape. Then, as now, most survivors of sexual assaults by acquaintances don’t make any official complaint—and for good reason. But Lanah Sawyer refused to be shamed. She refused to be silenced. What followed was a harrowing ordeal—and a remarkable vindication. THE SEWING GIRL’S TALE is the story of this remarkable young woman’s search for justice, her determination to move beyond what had been done to her, to rebuild her life—to live with the courage of her conviction that she, too, was someone who mattered. Raybon is drawing on historical sources, early American music, and newly written poetry for the presentation. One historical source is Report of the Trial of Henry Bedlow for Committing a Rape on Lanah Sawyer, New York, 1793, by William Wyche; this is a first-hand account of the trial. Charlotte Temple: A Tale of Truth (1791) by Susanna Rowson, containing a narrative not unlike the present account, is a further historical writing. Still another early text, The American Spelling Book (originally published in 1783) by Noah Webster, offers poetry and prose that might shed light on the kind of shame-and-gender-based education that a girl like Lanah would have received. A 1794 tune book, The Harmony of Maine (1794), compiled by Supply Belcher, offers inspiration from the Song of Songs, in which “the voice of my beloved” is seductive, and in our case, dangerous. Finally, Lanah’s story will incite brand new verse to honor her and her legacy. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING Diya Kayaleh, soprano Beth Allen-Gardner, mezzo-soprano Henry Reacher, tenor Liam O’Laughlin, baritone C. Leonard Raybon, baritone Danny Spiegel, piano PROGRAM Sacred Nine Project: Mending Sampler Sacred Nine Project is excited to celebrate John Wood Sweet’s, The Sewing Girl’s Tale, with a curated vocal concert at The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he is Professor of History. Content warning: descriptions of rape and suicide “Cost of courage,” is Sweet’s turn of phrase. He writes: As a young woman, Lanah Sawyer had a rare kind of courage. Only seventeen, a stepchild in a working family, she was easy to dismiss as a mere “sewing girl.” Yet, when an affluent gentleman showed an interest in her, she dared to image that he might really be interested in her. Violently, he dashed that dream—leaving her disoriented, distressed, and unmoored. Then, she gathered her courage and did what no one else in the nation’s biggest city had done in half a century: she charged a gentleman with rape. Then, as now, most survivors of sexual assaults by acquaintances don’t make any official complaint—and for good reason. But Lanah Sawyer refused to be shamed. She refused to be silenced. What followed was a harrowing ordeal—and a remarkable vindication. THE SEWING GIRL’S TALE is the story of this remarkable young woman’s search for justice, her determination to move beyond what had been done to her, to rebuild her life—to live with the courage of her conviction that she, too, was someone who mattered. Raybon is drawing on historical sources, early American music, and newly written poetry for the presentation. One historical source is Report of the Trial of Henry Bedlow for Committing a Rape on Lanah Sawyer, New York, 1793, by William Wyche; this is a first-hand account of the trial. Charlotte Temple: A Tale of Truth (1791) by Susanna Rowson, containing a narrative not unlike the present account, is a further historical writing. Still another early text, The American Spelling Book (originally published in 1783) by Noah Webster, offers poetry and prose that might shed light on the kind of shame-and-gender-based education that a girl like Lanah would have received. A 1794 tune book, The Harmony of Maine (1794), compiled by Supply Belcher, offers inspiration from the Song of Songs, in which “the voice of my beloved” is seductive, and in our case, dangerous. Finally, Lanah’s story will incite brand new verse to honor her and her legacy. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Music and the Department of History.

How can the way we listen change when music is presented as part of a continuing story, rather than one moment in time? Does it make us feel more open, flexible, or curious? Being in the audience for Shifting Ground might feel a bit like standing on the bank of a flowing river: being able to look toward what is coming or to turn and see what has passed, all from one vantage point. Violinist Alexi Kenney invites audiences into this time-traveling musical journey which includes works by J.S. Bach interwoven with those of contemporary creators, including Rafiq Bhatia, Kaija Saariaho, Paul Wiancko, Salina Fisher and Angélica Negrón—all accompanied by projection art by Xuan. Along the way, audiences encounter deeply affecting moments including a work that pairs solo violin with the recorded sounds of a melting glacier. As music and imagery unfold together, familiar sounds take on new meaning and unexpected connections emerge. The result is an experience of music as a living conversation across generations that rewards deep listening. Student tickets always $11. Eligible for CLE. Find out more and buy tickets at:

Join us for a series of events to commemorate America's 250th anniversary at the nation's first public university. The events run from Oct. 14 to 23 and include performances, poetry readings, lectures, panel discussions and more. Most of the events are free and open to the public. Visit America 250 at Carolina on the history website. Schedule of Events Wednesday, October 14 4:30-6 p.m. (Flyleaf Books) – Discussion with Antwain Hunter (History) on Frederick Douglass’s What to the Slave is the Fourth of July (1852) with Aisha Booze-Hall (Jackson Center) Please purchase tickets for this event. Monday, October 19 12:30-1 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Opening Keynote by Pamela Brewington Cashwell (Secretary, NCDC), North Carolina at 250 1-2 p.m. (Pleasants Room) – Preserving North Carolina’s History for the General Public, a panel discussion with Sec. Pamela Brewington Cashwell, Darin Waters (Dep. Sec. Office of Archives and History), and Biff Hollingsworth (Wilson Library) 2:15-3:30 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Teaching the Foundations of American Democracy in K-12 Schools, a panel discussion with Cori Greer Banks (Carolina K-12, CPH), Jillian La Serna (EPIC/Public Policy); and Mike Henning (Carrboro Elementary) 3:40-3:45 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Poetry Reading by Alexis Clifton (English and Creative Writing class of 2027), You Say the New American Dream is to Leave/Honeysuckle Dosage. 3:45-5 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Poetry and Liberty, a panel discussion with Tyree Daye (English and Comp Lit) Eliza Richards (English and Comp Lit), and Denise Xu (English and Comp Lit) 6-7:30 p.m. (Stone Center Auditorium) – Welcome by LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant (Director, Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and History). Poetry Reading and Conversation with Natasha Trethewey (Pulitzer-Prize Winning Former U.S. Poet Laureate), moderated by Michael A. Betts II (High Point University) and Miguel La Serna (Chair, History). SOLD OUT Tuesday, October 20 10 a.m. - Noon (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Great American Stories: Food, Music, and Folklore of the American South with Amanda J. Cobb (American Studies), Kelly Alexander (American Studies), and Gabrielle Berlinger (American Studies) 2:30-4 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Lecture and conversation with David Crabtree (CEO and General Manager, PBS North Carolina), moderated by Michael A. Betts II 5-5:30 p.m. (Playmakers Lobby) – Colonial Fiddling by Eli Howells 5:30-7 p.m. (Playmakers) – Lecture by Mandy Cooper (History) Hamilton in Historical Context. Conversation with Daveed Diggs, a Tony, Grammy, and Lucille Lortel Award-winning actor, writer, producer, and musician best known for originating the dual roles of Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette in the original cast of the Broadway hit Hamilton, earning a Tony Award for his performance. Moderated by Michael A. Betts II (High Point University), Miguel La Serna (Chair, History), and Katherine Hunter Williams (Chair, Dramatic Arts). Limited tickets will be available by sponsoring departments. Wednesday, October 21 2:30-3:30 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Lecture by Katherine Turk (History), “All Men Would be Tyrants if They Could”: Women and Power in Revolutionary America 3:45-4:30 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Performance by Singer-Songwriter Dawn Landes, The Liberated Woman’s Songbook 6-7 p.m. (Person Recital Hall) – Welcome by Jocelyn Neal (Chair, Music). Lecture and conversation with John Wood Sweet (History), Bancroft-Prize winning author of The Sewing Girl’s Tale, moderated by Michael A. Betts II and Miguel La Serna (Chair, History) 7-8:30 p.m. (Person Recital Hall) – Mending Sampler: Lanah Sawyer and the Cost of Courage in Revolutionary America, a concert featuring C. Leonard Raybon (Director of Choirs, Composer at Tulane University; Founder of Sacred Nine Project), Jeanne Fisher (Music), E. Katherine Hargrove (Colonial Williamsburg interpreter), and undergraduate performers (Music) Thursday, October 22 2:30-3:30 p.m. (University Room, Hyde Hall) – Lecture by Wayne E. Lee (History), The Cutting-Off Way: Indigenous Warfare in the American Revolution 3:45-4:45 p.m. (University Room, Hyde Hall) – Lecture by Amanda J. Cobb (American Studies), Indigenous Perspectives on America 250 Memory and Commemoration 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. (Fearrington Reading Room, Wilson Library) Lecture by Kathleen DuVal (History), author of Native Nations, North Carolina and the War for Independence Friday, October 23 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Love House) – Southern Cultures: Black Freedom Narratives in Place, Publication, and Performance, a conversation between Michelle Lanier (Director, North Carolina Historic Sites), Danielle Purifoy (Geography)and artist and activist Toshi Reagon (NYFA) 1–2 p.m. (Love House) – Lecture by Danita Mason-Hogans (Southern Oral History Program), The Role of Oral History and Community Memory in Interpreting Early American History and its Long Afterlives 2:15-3:30 p.m. (Love House) – SOHP and Civil Rights: Partnering with LDF NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) archivists and SOHP oral historians and project leaders will explore freedom as an ongoing and active pursuit 4-5:30 p.m. (Moeser Performance Hall) Theatrical Performance and Conversation with Mike Wiley (Director and Artist in Residence for the Kenan Institute for Ethics),One Noble Journey: A Box Marked Freedom 7:30-8:30 p.m. (Moeser Performance Hall) Concert by LaToya Lain (Music), Narrative of a Slave Woman, moderated by Michael A. Betts II The events of America 250 at Carolina are presented to you by: College of Arts and Sciences | Center for the Study of the American South | Department of Dramatic Art | Department of English | Department of History | Institute for the Arts and Humanities | Department of Music | Department of Political Science | Office of the Provost | Department of Public Policy | Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and History | University Library Additional support for America 250 at Carolina is provided by: Department for African, African American, and Diaspora Studies | Carolina Performing Arts | Carolina Public Humanities | Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense | Department of Sociology | Southern Cultures | Southern Oral History Program | Triangle Early American History Seminar

Violinist Alexi Kenney and pianist Janice Carissa invite audiences to hear familiar works with fresh ears. At the center of the program is The Wild Yes by composer and violinist Michi Wiancko, surrounded by music that spans geography, time, and tradition. The musical voices of composers Sibelius, Piazzolla, and inti figgis-vizueta enter the conversation, creating surprising relationships between sounds that might otherwise seem worlds apart. Kenney and Carissa guide audiences through this remarkable musical landscape and remind us that great music is never fixed in time. Rather, it is continually revitalized by new listeners and fresh perspectives. Student tickets always $11. Eligible for CLE. Find out more and buy tickets at:

Join us for a series of events to commemorate America's 250th anniversary at the nation's first public university. The events run from Oct. 14 to 23 and include performances, poetry readings, lectures, panel discussions and more. Most of the events are free and open to the public. Visit America 250 at Carolina on the history website. Schedule of Events Wednesday, October 14 4:30-6 p.m. (Flyleaf Books) – Discussion with Antwain Hunter (History) on Frederick Douglass’s What to the Slave is the Fourth of July (1852) with Aisha Booze-Hall (Jackson Center) Please purchase tickets for this event. Monday, October 19 12:30-1 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Opening Keynote by Pamela Brewington Cashwell (Secretary, NCDC), North Carolina at 250 1-2 p.m. (Pleasants Room) – Preserving North Carolina’s History for the General Public, a panel discussion with Sec. Pamela Brewington Cashwell, Darin Waters (Dep. Sec. Office of Archives and History), and Biff Hollingsworth (Wilson Library) 2:15-3:30 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Teaching the Foundations of American Democracy in K-12 Schools, a panel discussion with Cori Greer Banks (Carolina K-12, CPH), Jillian La Serna (EPIC/Public Policy); and Mike Henning (Carrboro Elementary) 3:40-3:45 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Poetry Reading by Alexis Clifton (English and Creative Writing class of 2027), You Say the New American Dream is to Leave/Honeysuckle Dosage. 3:45-5 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Poetry and Liberty, a panel discussion with Tyree Daye (English and Comp Lit) Eliza Richards (English and Comp Lit), and Denise Xu (English and Comp Lit) 6-7:30 p.m. (Stone Center Auditorium) – Welcome by LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant (Director, Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and History). Poetry Reading and Conversation with Natasha Trethewey (Pulitzer-Prize Winning Former U.S. Poet Laureate), moderated by Michael A. Betts II (High Point University) and Miguel La Serna (Chair, History). SOLD OUT Tuesday, October 20 10 a.m. - Noon (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Great American Stories: Food, Music, and Folklore of the American South with Amanda J. Cobb (American Studies), Kelly Alexander (American Studies), and Gabrielle Berlinger (American Studies) 2:30-4 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Lecture and conversation with David Crabtree (CEO and General Manager, PBS North Carolina), moderated by Michael A. Betts II 5-5:30 p.m. (Playmakers Lobby) – Colonial Fiddling by Eli Howells 5:30-7 p.m. (Playmakers) – Lecture by Mandy Cooper (History) Hamilton in Historical Context. Conversation with Daveed Diggs, a Tony, Grammy, and Lucille Lortel Award-winning actor, writer, producer, and musician best known for originating the dual roles of Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette in the original cast of the Broadway hit Hamilton, earning a Tony Award for his performance. Moderated by Michael A. Betts II (High Point University), Miguel La Serna (Chair, History), and Katherine Hunter Williams (Chair, Dramatic Arts). Limited tickets will be available by sponsoring departments. Wednesday, October 21 2:30-3:30 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Lecture by Katherine Turk (History), “All Men Would be Tyrants if They Could”: Women and Power in Revolutionary America 3:45-4:30 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Performance by Singer-Songwriter Dawn Landes, The Liberated Woman’s Songbook 6-7 p.m. (Person Recital Hall) – Welcome by Jocelyn Neal (Chair, Music). Lecture and conversation with John Wood Sweet (History), Bancroft-Prize winning author of The Sewing Girl’s Tale, moderated by Michael A. Betts II and Miguel La Serna (Chair, History) 7-8:30 p.m. (Person Recital Hall) – Mending Sampler: Lanah Sawyer and the Cost of Courage in Revolutionary America, a concert featuring C. Leonard Raybon (Director of Choirs, Composer at Tulane University; Founder of Sacred Nine Project), Jeanne Fisher (Music), E. Katherine Hargrove (Colonial Williamsburg interpreter), and undergraduate performers (Music) Thursday, October 22 2:30-3:30 p.m. (University Room, Hyde Hall) – Lecture by Wayne E. Lee (History), The Cutting-Off Way: Indigenous Warfare in the American Revolution 3:45-4:45 p.m. (University Room, Hyde Hall) – Lecture by Amanda J. Cobb (American Studies), Indigenous Perspectives on America 250 Memory and Commemoration 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. (Fearrington Reading Room, Wilson Library) Lecture by Kathleen DuVal (History), author of Native Nations, North Carolina and the War for Independence Friday, October 23 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Love House) – Southern Cultures: Black Freedom Narratives in Place, Publication, and Performance, a conversation between Michelle Lanier (Director, North Carolina Historic Sites), Danielle Purifoy (Geography)and artist and activist Toshi Reagon (NYFA) 1–2 p.m. (Love House) – Lecture by Danita Mason-Hogans (Southern Oral History Program), The Role of Oral History and Community Memory in Interpreting Early American History and its Long Afterlives 2:15-3:30 p.m. (Love House) – SOHP and Civil Rights: Partnering with LDF NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) archivists and SOHP oral historians and project leaders will explore freedom as an ongoing and active pursuit 4-5:30 p.m. (Moeser Performance Hall) Theatrical Performance and Conversation with Mike Wiley (Director and Artist in Residence for the Kenan Institute for Ethics),One Noble Journey: A Box Marked Freedom 7:30-8:30 p.m. (Moeser Performance Hall) Concert by LaToya Lain (Music), Narrative of a Slave Woman, moderated by Michael A. Betts II The events of America 250 at Carolina are presented to you by: College of Arts and Sciences | Center for the Study of the American South | Department of Dramatic Art | Department of English | Department of History | Institute for the Arts and Humanities | Department of Music | Department of Political Science | Office of the Provost | Department of Public Policy | Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and History | University Library Additional support for America 250 at Carolina is provided by: Department for African, African American, and Diaspora Studies | Carolina Performing Arts | Carolina Public Humanities | Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense | Department of Sociology | Southern Cultures | Southern Oral History Program | Triangle Early American History Seminar

FEATURING Mike Wiley Mike Wiley holds a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was the 2010 and 2014 Lehman Brady Visiting Joint Chair Professor in Documentary Studies and American Studies at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Wiley received the University of North Carolina’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2017. PROGRAM One Noble Journey Henry “Box” Brown was an African American born into slavery in 1816 in Louisa County, Virginia. Although he was not subjected to physical violence, Henry’s story (the basis for One Noble Journey) demonstrates the cruelty of slavery was every bit as devastating to the heart as it could be on the body.After his family was torn apart and parceled out to various beneficiaries of the estate, Henry devised an ingenious escape plan – sealing himself in a wooden box for shipment to friends and freedom in Philadelphia. One Noble Journey also recounts the daring and miraculous quest for freedom of Elizabeth Craft and her husband William, who were born into slavery in Georgia.* Ellen Craft, who was very light skinned, disguised herself as a sickly, white gentleman traveling to Philadelphia for medical treatment. Ellen and William, who acted as her slave throughout the journey, bravely traveled on public trains and steamers as they made their way up the eastern seaboard to Philadelphia. Eventually they were forced to sail for England after the Fugitive Slave Law enabled slave hunters to pursue them even in free states. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

Join us for a theatrical performance and conversation with with Mike Wiley, Trio Achiever–winning actor, playwright, and director and artist-in-residence for the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. The event will be modrated by Michael Betts ’11, High Point University assistant professor of media production and studio manager.

FEATURING LaToya Lain, soprano PROGRAM A powerful presentation by soprano LaToya Lain that examines the issue of slavery by combining musical performance with spoken narrative accounts. About the project, Lain says, “In 2003, HBO presented a documentary entitled ‘Unchained Memories’ about the stories of former slaves interviewed during the 1930s’ Federal Writers’ Project. As I read the print version of these slave narratives and later watched the documentary, I began to see how the stories of these men and women are told through the Negro Spirituals. I saw the direct relationship of some of my favorite spirituals and the life stories of remarkable slave women, whose names, if not for these narratives, we would have never known. I was inspired to take these narratives and combine them with concert arranged Negro Spirituals to tell the story of one former slave woman through song.” PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

Join us for a powerful presentation by soprano LaToya Lain that examines the issue of slavery by combining musical performance with spoken narrative accounts. About the project Lain says, “In 2003, HBO presented a documentary entitled ‘Unchained Memories’ about the stories of former slaves interviewed during the 1930s’ Federal Writers’ Project. As I read the print version of these slave narratives and later watched the documentary, I began to see how the stories of these men and women are told through the Negro Spirituals. I saw the direct relationship of some of my favorite spirituals and the life stories of remarkable slave women, whose names, if not for these narratives, we would have never known. I was inspired to take these narratives and combine them with concert arranged Negro Spirituals to tell the story of one former slave woman through song.”

FEATURING UNC Jazz Band with guest Jean Caze PROGRAM TBA TICKETS $10 general admission $5 students, faculty, and staff Free UNC Music students, faculty, and staff Purchase tickets online. Tickets are also available at the door, 30 minutes prior to the concert start time. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING Megan Torti, principal flute of the North Carolina Symphony UNC Flute students of Dr. Kelariz Keshavarz PROGRAM TBA PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING UNC Jazz Faculty with guest Jean Caze PROGRAM TBA TICKETS $20-35 general admission Tickets are sold directly by Sharp 9 Gallery. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING UNC Harp Ensemble, directed by Laura Byrne PROGRAM TBA PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING UNC Jazz Combos, coached by Dan Davis and Jason Foureman with guest Jean Caze PROGRAM TBA PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

The night before Halloween, Memorial Hall transforms into something unsettling and mysterious. Before the performance even begins, audiences are invited to enter BARDO, a haunting, liminal place between death and rebirth. Come dressed in your Halloween finest and venture through spaces rarely open to audiences. Eerie installations. Strange encounters. Unsettling imagery. Around every corner, the sense that something is waiting—and watching—just out of sight. North Carolina performers bring this dreamscape to life to create an experience that haunts long after the night is over. The journey culminates with BLACK LODGE, a dark Lynchian goth-rock opera about a tormented writer trapped in the nightmarish Bardo, where he is forced to confront the darkest moment of his life again and again. Through the blending of music, theater, and film, the performance explores what it means to reckon with the worst thing you have ever done. Together, the two experiences create an evening that feels less like attending a traditional performance and more like stepping into a collective late-night fever dream. Enter if you dare. *This two-part event begins with BARDO at 7 p.m., followed by BLACK LODGE at 9 p.m. A single ticket includes both experiences. *Get in on the spirit of horror movies and Halloween – audience members are encouraged to arrive in costume! Student tickets always $11. Eligible for CLE. Find out more and buy tickets at:

FEATURING Nicholas DiEguenio, violin Mimi Solomon, piano PROGRAM Featuring Allen Anderson’s “Linen,” plus Beethoven Violin Sonatas Nos. 6 and 7 This season, Gut Instinct takes on the large-scale project “To Beethoven Rather Than To Seem,” marking 200 years since Beethoven’s death and 250 since the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Over the course of five concerts, Nicholas DiEugenio and pianist Mimi Solomon will present all ten Beethoven Sonatas on period instruments along with five commissioned works written expressly for them. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. The Gut Instinct Chamber Music Project, now in its third season, is a concert series in the Triangle area which brings UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University’s historical instrument collections together with artists committed to presenting inspired, visceral, historically informed performances of the 19th-century chamber music repertoire. The series features music of female composers and their artistic circles. The name “Gut Instinct” is a play on words. In 19th-century Europe, the violin, viola, and cello were strung with (sheep) gut. All of the artists collaborating with the Pleyel and Graf pianos at UNC-Chapel Hill (built in 19th-century Paris and Vienna, respectively), as well as the Clementi piano at Duke (early 19th-century England) use these gut string materials. The turn of phrase “gut instinct” also refers to the visceral, accessible nature of the musical performances that this series presents. Our mission is to make “Historically Informed Performance” accessible, relatable, and culturally relevant! We also want to feature these special pianos that are rarely heard by the public, along with great music by female composers which has remained lesser known to the greater public for far too long, and living composers who are keeping our art form alive!

Some performances entertain. Others leave audiences seeing the world differently. In EcoTones, music, storytelling, research, personal history, and lived experience come together in an experience that feels less like a performance and more like a gathering. Warm, joyful, and challenging, the work invites audiences to consider what happens when different worlds meet and what becomes possible in the spaces between them. Inspired by the ecological concept of an ecotone—the place where distinct ecosystems overlap and create the conditions for new life—EcoTones explores the intersections that shape our lives, communities, and futures. The result is a shared act of discovery that reveals unexpected connections and invites audiences to see familiar questions from new perspectives. Created by Toshi Reagon in collaboration with UNC-Chapel Hill scholars Danielle Spurlock and Danielle Purifoy and Durham-based writer, scholar, and activist Alexis Pauline Gumbs, the performance places artists and researchers side by side on stage. Their stories, questions, ideas, and experiences become part of the work itself, reflecting Toshi’s belief that important voices and perspectives in our communities belong in shared public conversation. Student tickets always $11. Eligible for CLE. Find out more and buy tickets at:

FEATURING UNC Opera, directed by Timothy Sparks Lara Saldanha, Répétiteur PROGRAM European Travelogue: A musical adventure wandering through Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Egypt, Africa, and India, returning to the USA TICKETS $10 general admission $5 students, faculty, and staff Free UNC Music students, faculty, and staff Purchase tickets or livestream registration online. Tickets are also available at the door, 30 minutes prior to the concert start time. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This event is part of the 2026-2027 Martha Flowers Ensemble series.

FEATURING UNC Opera, directed by Timothy Sparks Lara Saldanha, Répétiteur PROGRAM European Travelogue: A musical adventure wandering through Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Egypt, Africa, and India, returning to the USA TICKETS $10 general admission $5 students, faculty, and staff Free UNC Music students, faculty, and staff Purchase tickets or livestream registration online. Tickets are also available at the door, 30 minutes prior to the concert start time. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This event is part of the 2026-2027 Martha Flowers Ensemble series.

FEATURING UNC Gamelan Nyai Saraswati, directed by John Caldwell UNC Hip-Hop Ensemble, directed by Kerwin Young PROGRAM TBA PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

Sankai Juku creates work that unfolds slowly and deliberately, into what can feel like a new world, where forces like time and gravity seem to act on us in radically new ways. In TOTEM: Void and Height, dancers move with extraordinary presence and precision. Practicing the Japanese dance tradition of Butoh, the company’s performances exist somehow between stillness and action, between gravity and transcendence—and sometimes feel less like watching dance and more like stepping inside a waking dream. The final work choreographed by their founder Ushio Amagatsu before his death in 2024, TOTEM: Void and Height reflects a lifelong exploration of the relationship between the human body, the natural world, and the forces that shape them both. Through striking imagery and breathtaking physical control, the performance invites audiences to slow down, pay attention, and experience time differently. This is a rare opportunity to encounter one of the world’s most influential contemporary dance companies and the final artistic vision of the artist who shaped it for more than five decades. Student tickets always $11. Eligible for CLE. Find out more and buy tickets at:

Celebrate Callaloo’s Southern Voices issue (44.4), commemorating the journal’s 50th anniversary. Guest edited by UNC Creative Writing faculty member Tyree Daye. Refreshments provided. Presented by the Creative Writing Program and Southern Cultures quarterly

FEATURING Carolina Baroque Ensemble, directed by Nicholas DiEugenio PROGRAM TBA PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

Ballet BC transforms a theater full of strangers into a single, collective audience response—a gasp, a silence, a moment of awe. This triple bill explores what it means to be human in relationship to one another, moving from the vulnerable to the virtuosic, exploring deeply personal stories and moments of quiet intimacy to the exhilaration of masses of bodies moving together as one. The evening opens with Obsidian by choreographic collaborators Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber, whose work has been described as “wild and rebellious.” Artistic Director Medhi Walerski’s SWAY follows, inspired by Emily Dickinson’s poem “Hope is the thing with feathers” and set to an original score by Adrien Cronet, creating moments as fleeting and precarious as the hope described in the poem. The evening concludes with Shahar Binyamini’s BOLERO X, set to Ravel’s Boléro, that builds with pulsating drive and excitement as the ranks of Ballet BC dancers multiply their forces, turning the stage into a sweeping, euphoric, collective—and culminating in a finale so extraordinary that a room full of strangers can’t help but respond together. Student tickets always $11. Eligible for CLE. Find out more and buy tickets at:

FEATURING UNC Percussion Ensemble, directed by Juan Álamo PROGRAM TBA PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING UNC Jazz Combos 4, 5, 6, coached by Dan Davis and Jason Foureman with guest artist Brian Miller PROGRAM TBA PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING Charanga Carolina, directed by Juan Álamo PROGRAM TBA PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING Carolina Choir, directed by Susan Klebanow UNC Chamber Singers, directed by Susan Klebanow PROGRAM TBA TICKETS $10 general admission $5 students, faculty, and staff Free UNC Music students, faculty, and staff $5 live stream Purchase tickets or livestream registration online. Tickets are also available at the door, 30 minutes prior to the concert start time. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This event is part of the 2026-2027 Martha Flowers Ensemble series.

FEATURING UNC Guitar Ensemble, directed by Billy Stewart PROGRAM TBA PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING University Chamber Players PROGRAM TBA PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING UNC Wind Ensemble, directed by Dr. Evan Feldman UNC Symphony Band, directed by Dr. Anna Scott PROGRAM TBA TICKETS $10 general admission $5 students, faculty, and staff Free UNC Music students, faculty, and staff $5 live stream Purchase tickets or livestream registration online. Tickets are also available at the door, 30 minutes prior to the concert start time. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This event is part of the 2026-2027 Martha Flowers Ensemble series.

FEATURING UNC Symphony Orchestra, directed by Dr. Evan Harger with Juan Álamo, percussion Rafael Rodriguez, flute Armando Ramirez, Composer-In-Residence Guest conductor Claudio Cohen, Maestro Titular e Diretor Artístico da Orquestra Sinfônica do Teatro Nacional Claudio Santor PROGRAM Armando Ramirez Concerto for Percussion and Flute, featuring Juan Álamo and Rafael Rodriguez Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien -Intermission- Heitor Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 7 with Guest Conductor, Claudio Cohen TICKETS $10 general admission $5 students, faculty, and staff Free UNC Music students, faculty, and staff $5 live stream Purchase tickets or livestream registration online. Tickets are also available at the door, 30 minutes prior to the concert start time. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This event is part of the 2026-2027 Martha Flowers Ensemble series.

FEATURING UNC Flute Studio, taught by Kelariz Keshavarz PROGRAM TBA PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING Paul Sánchez, piano UNC Piano students PROGRAM TBA PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING Paul Sánchez, piano PROGRAM TBA PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING Carolina Bluegrass Band, directed by Russell Johnson TICKETS $10 general admission $5 students, faculty, and staff Free UNC Music students, faculty, and staff $5 live stream PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. PROGRAM TBA This event is part of the 2026-2027 Martha Flowers Ensemble series.

FEATURING UNC Bluegrass Experience, directed by Hank Smith PROGRAM TBA ADMISSION Free, no reservation required. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

Holiday traditions have a way of bringing people together. The best ones feel familiar and fresh at the same time. Dorrance Dance‘s The Nutcracker Suite is set to Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s extraordinary 1960 reinterpretation of the Tchaikovsky score. Part seasonal concert, part tap ballet, the production transforms the Sugar Plum Fairy into a slinky Sugar Rum Cherry, turns the “March of the Toy Soldiers” into a swinging brass “Peanut Brittle Brigade,” and gives the original ballet’s pageant of national dances a fresh 21st-century twist. Drawing on the rich traditions of tap dance to tell the story of one of the most beloved works in the holiday canon, The Nutcracker Suite is filled with rhythm, virtuosity, humor, and heart. The result is a performance that celebrates the joy of tradition while reminding us that the stories we return to year after year still evolve. Student tickets always $11. Eligible for CLE. Find out more and buy tickets at:

Holiday traditions have a way of bringing people together. The best ones feel familiar and fresh at the same time. Dorrance Dance‘s The Nutcracker Suite is set to Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s extraordinary 1960 reinterpretation of the Tchaikovsky score. Part seasonal concert, part tap ballet, the production transforms the Sugar Plum Fairy into a slinky Sugar Rum Cherry, turns the “March of the Toy Soldiers” into a swinging brass “Peanut Brittle Brigade,” and gives the original ballet’s pageant of national dances a fresh 21st-century twist. Drawing on the rich traditions of tap dance to tell the story of one of the most beloved works in the holiday canon, The Nutcracker Suite is filled with rhythm, virtuosity, humor, and heart. The result is a performance that celebrates the joy of tradition while reminding us that the stories we return to year after year still evolve. Student tickets always $11. Eligible for CLE. Find out more and buy tickets at:

FEATURING UNC Consort of Viols, directed by Molly Barnes PROGRAM TBA ADMISSION Free, no reservation required. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING Nicholas DiEugenio, violin Mimi Solomon, piano ADMISSION Free, no reservation required. PROGRAM An evening of violin and piano works by DK Garner, Brahms, and Szymanowski PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING UNC Piano Ensemble, directed by Clara Yang ADMISSION Free, no reservation required. PROGRAM TBA PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING Nicholas DiEguenio, violin Mimi Solomon, piano PROGRAM Featuring Beethoven’s heroic and youthful Violin Sonata No. 3 and the Jesse Jones Scherzo it inspired This season, Gut Instinct takes on the large-scale project “To Beethoven Rather Than To Seem,” marking 200 years since Beethoven’s death and 250 since the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Over the course of five concerts, Nicholas DiEugenio and pianist Mimi Solomon will present all ten Beethoven Sonatas on period instruments along with five commissioned works written expressly for them. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. The Gut Instinct Chamber Music Project, now in its third season, is a concert series in the Triangle area which brings UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University’s historical instrument collections together with artists committed to presenting inspired, visceral, historically informed performances of the 19th-century chamber music repertoire. The series features music of female composers and their artistic circles. The name “Gut Instinct” is a play on words. In 19th-century Europe, the violin, viola, and cello were strung with (sheep) gut. All of the artists collaborating with the Pleyel and Graf pianos at UNC-Chapel Hill (built in 19th-century Paris and Vienna, respectively), as well as the Clementi piano at Duke (early 19th-century England) use these gut string materials. The turn of phrase “gut instinct” also refers to the visceral, accessible nature of the musical performances that this series presents. Our mission is to make “Historically Informed Performance” accessible, relatable, and culturally relevant! We also want to feature these special pianos that are rarely heard by the public, along with great music by female composers which has remained lesser known to the greater public for far too long, and living composers who are keeping our art form alive!

FEATURING earspace earspace is an ensemble consisting of violin, viola, cello, flute, oboe, clarinet, piano, and percussion that performs a combination of conducted and unconducted chamber music of a wide variety of scopes. Passionate producers, the ensemble is dedicated to both commissioning new, immersive works and amplifying rarely-performed gems of the repertoire. Founded in North Carolina, the group is now based across the US and performs regularly around the east coast, collaborating with organizations including the Southern Exposure New Music Series, Towson University, Duke University, UNC Chapel Hill, the Peabody Institute, Asheville Ballet, Carolina Performing Arts, and others. The ensemble seeks to expose the inherent potentials within every moment and space, cultivating visceral reactions unique to every manifestation. Through their projects, they explore the extremities of contemporary performance and work to bring audiences closer to the music they experience. PROGRAM TBA PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This performance is part of the 2026-2027 Conversations in Modern Music series and is funded by the Jaroslav F. and Barbara S. Hulka Fund for Music in the Chapel Hill community.

FEATURING UNC Music students PROGRAM Join students from across the department for a special afternoon recital. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING The Dominican Jazz Project PROGRAM La Isla Hispaniola album release concert PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING Victor Rosenbaum, piano PROGRAM “LAST WORDS, LAST WORKS: The Final Solo Piano Pieces of Beethoven, Brahms, and Schubert” Ludwig van Beethoven Six Bagatelles, Opus 126 Johannes Brahms Four Piano Pieces, Opus 119 Franz Schubert Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960 TICKETS $15 general admission $10 students, faculty, and staff Free UNC Music students, faculty, and staff Purchase tickets online. Tickets are also available at the door, 30 minutes prior to the concert start time. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This event is part of the 2026-2027 William S. Newman Artists Series, a series of select concerts celebrating the alliance of scholarship and performance that animates the lives of music faculty and students at Carolina.

FEATURING UNC Jazz Combos 4, 5, 6, coached by Dan Davis and Jason Foureman with guest artist Wes Parker PROGRAM TBA ADMISSION Free, no reservation required. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING Grace Anderson, cello Nicholas DiEugenio, violin Simon Ertz, viola Leonid Finkelshteyn, bass Eunho Kim, violin Jessica Kunttu, bassoon Anna Lampidis, oboe Rachel Niketopoulos, horn Donald Oehler, clarinet PROGRAM Franz Schubert Octet in F major, D. 803 W.A. Mozart Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370/368b TICKETS $15 general admission $10 students, faculty, and staff Free UNC Music students, faculty, and staff Purchase tickets online. Tickets are also available at the door, 30 minutes prior to the concert start time. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This event is part of the 2026-2027 William S. Newman Artists Series, a series of select concerts celebrating the alliance of scholarship and performance that animates the lives of music faculty and students at Carolina.

FEATURING UNC Symphony Orchestra, directed by Dr. Evan Harger featuring winners of the Annual Concerto and Aria Competition PROGRAM TBA TICKETS $10 general admission $5 students, faculty, and staff Free UNC Music students, faculty, and staff $5 live stream Purchase tickets or livestream registration online. Tickets are also available at the door, 30 minutes prior to the concert start time. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This event is part of the 2026-2027 Martha Flowers Ensemble series.

FEATURING UNC Jazz Faculty with guest Jim Ketch PROGRAM TBA TICKETS $20-35 general admission Tickets are sold directly by Sharp 9 Gallery. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This concert is part of the 2027 Carolina Jazz Festival, February 25–27, 2027.

FEATURING Juan Álamo and Marimjazzia featuring Ivan Renta, Carly Maldonado, and Ramón Vázquez PROGRAM TBA ADMISSION Free, no reservation required. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This concert is part of the 2027 Carolina Jazz Festival, February 25-27, 2027.

FEATURING High school jazz bands and combos UNC Jazz Band with guest Jim Ketch, directed by Rahsaan Barber PROGRAM TBA 3:30-4:15 PM UNC Jazz Band, Rahsaan Barber, Director, featuring guest artist Jim Ketch, Moeser Auditorium 4:30 PM Awards Ceremony, Moeser Auditorium ADMISSION Free, no reservation required. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This concert is part of the 2027 Carolina Jazz Festival, February 25-27, 2027. Register your high school jazz band or combo here.

FEATURING UNC Jazz Combos with guest Jim Ketch PROGRAM TBA PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This concert is part of the 2027 Carolina Jazz Festival, February 25–27, 2027.

FEATURING Nicholas DiEguenio, violin Mimi Solomon, piano PROGRAM Featuring Beethoven’s final Violin Sonata, the elegiac and enigmatic op. 96, along with Tonia Ko’s Tribute: Axis II This season, Gut Instinct takes on the large-scale project “To Beethoven Rather Than To Seem,” marking 200 years since Beethoven’s death and 250 since the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Over the course of five concerts, Nicholas DiEugenio and pianist Mimi Solomon will present all ten Beethoven Sonatas on period instruments along with five commissioned works written expressly for them. This concert is presented as part of the NCHIP Festival. ADMISSION Free, no reservation required. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. The Gut Instinct Chamber Music Project, now in its third season, is a concert series in the Triangle area which brings UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University’s historical instrument collections together with artists committed to presenting inspired, visceral, historically informed performances of the 19th-century chamber music repertoire. The series features music of female composers and their artistic circles. The name “Gut Instinct” is a play on words. In 19th-century Europe, the violin, viola, and cello were strung with (sheep) gut. All of the artists collaborating with the Pleyel and Graf pianos at UNC-Chapel Hill (built in 19th-century Paris and Vienna, respectively), as well as the Clementi piano at Duke (early 19th-century England) use these gut string materials. The turn of phrase “gut instinct” also refers to the visceral, accessible nature of the musical performances that this series presents. Our mission is to make “Historically Informed Performance” accessible, relatable, and culturally relevant! We also want to feature these special pianos that are rarely heard by the public, along with great music by female composers which has remained lesser known to the greater public for far too long, and living composers who are keeping our art form alive!

FEATURING UNC Wind Ensemble, directed by Dr. Evan Feldman UNC Symphony Band, directed by Dr. Anna Scott PROGRAM TBA TICKETS $10 general admission $5 students, faculty, and staff Free UNC Music students, faculty, and staff $5 live stream Purchase tickets or livestream registration online. Tickets are also available at the door, 30 minutes prior to the concert start time. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This event is part of the 2026-2027 Martha Flowers Ensemble series.

For anyone who has ever questioned their place, pushed against expectations, or wondered what it costs to remain true to yourself, The Surge: An Ode to Sinéad O’Connor is for you. Inspired by the music, words, and enduring spirit of Sinéad O’Connor, director and choreographer Sonya Tayeh creates a powerful dance experience performed by ten women over the age of 40. O’Connor’s music and narration, drawn from her memoir Rememberings, weave throughout the performance. The Surge is a reflection on identity, aging, freedom, and the courage required to live authentically in a world that often rewards conformity. What emerges is both deeply personal and unexpectedly communal: a celebration of women who refuse to disappear, soften themselves for others, or surrender the right to define their own lives. Student tickets always $11. Eligible for CLE. Find out more and buy tickets at:

Some performances—especially jazz—invite you to surrender the need to know what’s coming next. You stop trying to predict the next note and simply hold your breath, waiting to discover where the music will lead. That uncertainty is the thrill: performers and audience alike following the sound somewhere unexpected, until you find yourself wondering, How did they do that? The Vijay Iyer Quartet lives in that space of possibility. Performing compositions by composer-pianist Vijay Iyer, the ensemble reveals new possibilities in the music each time it takes the stage. Voted DownBeat‘s Jazz Artist of the Year four times and a MacArthur Fellow, Iyer has spent decades expanding the possibilities of the jazz quartet. His celebrated trio with bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Tyshawn Sorey was praised by The New York Times as “one of the best bands in jazz.” Building on three decades of musical collaboration and experimentation, Iyer expanded the ensemble in 2025 with the addition of trumpeter Adam O’Farrill, a longtime collaborator and member of one of Afro-Latin music’s most revered musical families. Together, the quartet combines acoustic instruments with Fender Rhodes and electronics, creating music that is fearless, unpredictable, and constantly unfolding. Student tickets always $11. Eligible for CLE. Find out more and buy tickets at:

FEATURING UNC Department of Music students and faculty PROGRAM Join UNC Music for an evening showcasing the many sides of the music in the department! See department ensembles and individuals perform and present research, getting a taste of everything. TICKETS $10 general admission $5 students, faculty, and staff Free UNC Music students, faculty, and staff $5 live stream Purchase tickets or livestream registration online. Tickets are also available at the door, 30 minutes prior to the concert start time. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This event is part of the 2026-2027 Martha Flowers Ensemble series.

FEATURING Brass Chamber Music Ensembles, directed by Michael Kris PROGRAM TBA ADMISSION FREE: no reservation required PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

What do you get when you blend Appalachian bluegrass and old-time music with Latin American folk traditions including flamenco, murga, and candombe? You get Che Apalache’s acclaimed Latingrass! Founder Joe Troop grew up in North Carolina and taught music in Buenos Aires after graduating from UNC. His students became his bandmates: Pau Barjau on banjo, Franco Martino on guitar, and Omar Ruiz-Lopez on mandolin. Rooted in traditions that span continents, the band grew out of a willingness to follow interests across languages, cultures, and traditions. What emerged is a sound shaped by relationships, shared experiences, and a genuine openness to learning from one another. Student tickets always $11. Eligible for CLE. Find out more and buy tickets at:

FEATURING Kelariz Keshavarz, flute Grace Anderson, cello PROGRAM J.S. Bach / Gaspar Hoyos: Alemania Latina Bach’s Partita with Latin-groove bass line Villa-Lobos: The Jet Whistle Brazilian folk with counterpoint Gaspar Cassadó: Intermezzo e Danza Finale from Solo Cello Suite Andalusian flamenco on the cello Marin Marais: Les Folies d’Espagne French baroque, variations on an Iberian dance Eve Beglarian: I Will Not Be Sad in This World An Armenian elegy for alto flute and prerecorded audio Reza Vali: Folk Songs set no. 9 Iranian folk with extended techniques TICKETS $15 general admission $10 students, faculty, and staff Free UNC Music students, faculty, and staff Purchase tickets online. Tickets are also available at the door, 30 minutes prior to the concert start time. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This event is part of the 2026-2027 William S. Newman Artists Series, a series of select concerts celebrating the alliance of scholarship and performance that animates the lives of music faculty and students at Carolina.

FEATURING Axel Gremmelspacher, piano PROGRAM TBA ADMISSION FREE, No reservation required PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING UNC Gamelan Nyai Saraswati, directed by John Caldwell PROGRAM TBA ADMISSION FREE, no reservation required PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING UNC Jazz Combos 4, 5, 6, coached by Dan Davis and Jason Foureman with guest artist Greg Hyslop PROGRAM TBA ADMISSION FREE, no reservation required PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING UNC Opera, directed by Timothy Sparks PROGRAM TBA TICKETS $10 general admission $5 students, faculty, and staff Free UNC Music students, faculty, and staff Purchase tickets or livestream registration online. Tickets are also available at the door, 30 minutes prior to the concert start time. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This event is part of the 2026-2027 Martha Flowers Ensemble series.

FEATURING UNC Guitar Ensemble, directed by Billy Stewart PROGRAM TBA ADMISSION Free, no reservation required. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING University Band PROGRAM TBA ADMISSION Free, no reservation required. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING UNC Jazz Combos, coached by Dan Davis and Jason Foureman with guest Felipe Zaccarias de Brito PROGRAM TBA ADMISSION Free, no reservation required PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING UNC Jazz Faculty with guest Felipe Zaccarias de Brito PROGRAM TBA TICKETS $20-35 general admission Tickets are sold directly by Sharp 9 Gallery. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING Charanga Carolina, directed by Rebecca Kleinmann PROGRAM TBA ADMISSION Free, no reservation required. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING UNC Symphony Orchestra, directed by Dr. Evan Harger with Heidi Radtke, saxophone PROGRAM Robert Ward Concerto for Tenor Saxophone and Orchestra, featuring Heidi Radtke -Intermission- Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor TICKETS $10 general admission $5 students, faculty, and staff Free UNC Music students, faculty, and staff $5 live stream Purchase tickets or livestream registration online. Tickets are also available at the door, 30 minutes prior to the concert start time. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This event is part of the 2026-2027 Martha Flowers Ensemble series.

FEATURING UNC Wind Ensemble, directed by Dr. Evan Feldman UNC Symphony Band, directed by Dr. Anna Scott PROGRAM TBA TICKETS $10 general admission $5 students, faculty, and staff Free UNC Music students, faculty, and staff $5 live stream Purchase tickets or livestream registration online. Tickets are also available at the door, 30 minutes prior to the concert start time. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This event is part of the 2026-2027 Martha Flowers Ensemble series.

To be in the room when Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax perform together is to witness a musical relationship shaped by more than four decades of friendship, trust, and curiosity. Ax has described their collaboration as one in which the music leads and the musicians follow. Their performances carry an ease and intimacy that only comes from years of listening closely to one another, responding in the moment, and returning again and again to the joy of making music together. What makes this collaboration remarkable is not simply technical mastery. It is the sense of connection that runs through every note. Audiences can hear it in the way one musician follows the other’s lead, anticipates a phrase, or finds space for an unexpected idea to emerge. Both artists are familiar faces at Carolina Performing Arts; Ma through multiple appearances with the Silkroad Ensemble and Ax through recitals and orchestral performances. Experiencing them together offers a rare opportunity to witness two lifelong friends in conversation through music. Student tickets always $11. Eligible for CLE. Find out more and buy tickets at:

FEATURING Flute students of Dr. Kelariz Keshavarz PROGRAM TBA ADMISSION Free, no reservation required. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING UNC Hip-Hop Ensemble, directed by Kerwin Young PROGRAM TBA ADMISSION Free, no reservation required. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING UNC Percussion Ensemble, directed by Juan Álamo PROGRAM TBA ADMISSION Free, no reservation. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

What can the human body do? Or maybe, what can it not do? In DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME, STREB performers—called “Action Heroes”—dive, fling, flip, and fall off of massive moving structures with split-second timing and fearless precision. Audiences gasp, laugh, tense up, and wonder how what they’re seeing is even possible. Founder Elizabeth Streb has been called the Evel Knievel of dance, a thrill-seeker, and a Superwoman. She is the founder of SLAM—the STREB Lab for Action Mechanics—in Brooklyn, where her company has spent decades developing a movement practice called PopAction: a fusion acrobatics, rodeo, dance and athletics, rooted in a lifelong obsession with what happens to the human body when it is fully, fearlessly committed to motion. Her philosophy: “Anything too safe is not action.” The company transforms physical risk into spectacles of wonder, exploring the outer extremes of human movement, asking what becomes possible when courage, creativity, athleticism, and engineering collide. Student tickets always $11. Eligible for CLE. Find out more and buy tickets at:

FEATURING UNC Baroque Ensemble, directed by Nicholas DiEugenio PROGRAM TBA ADMISSION Free, no reservation. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING Carolina Choir, directed by Susan Klebanow UNC Chamber Singers, directed by Susan Klebanow PROGRAM TBA TICKETS $10 general admission $5 students, faculty, and staff Free UNC Music students, faculty, and staff $5 live stream Purchase tickets or livestream registration online. Tickets are also available at the door, 30 minutes prior to the concert start time. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This event is part of the 2026-2027 Martha Flowers Ensemble series.

FEATURING University Chamber Players PROGRAM TBA ADMISSION Free, no reservation required. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING Carolina Bluegrass Band, directed by Russell Johnson PROGRAM TBA TICKETS $10 general admission $5 students, faculty, and staff Free UNC Music students, faculty, and staff $5 live stream Purchase tickets or livestream registration online. Tickets are also available at the door, 30 minutes prior to the concert start time. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This event is part of the 2026-2027 Martha Flowers Ensemble series.

FEATURING Nicholas DiEguenio, violin Mimi Solomon, piano PROGRAM Featuring Beethoven’s “Spring” Sonata and Robert Honstein’s Olmsted This season, Gut Instinct takes on the large-scale project “To Beethoven Rather Than To Seem,” marking 200 years since Beethoven’s death and 250 since the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Over the course of five concerts, Nicholas DiEugenio and pianist Mimi Solomon will present all ten Beethoven Sonatas on period instruments along with five commissioned works written expressly for them. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. The Gut Instinct Chamber Music Project, now in its third season, is a concert series in the Triangle area which brings UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University’s historical instrument collections together with artists committed to presenting inspired, visceral, historically informed performances of the 19th-century chamber music repertoire. The series features music of female composers and their artistic circles. The name “Gut Instinct” is a play on words. In 19th-century Europe, the violin, viola, and cello were strung with (sheep) gut. All of the artists collaborating with the Pleyel and Graf pianos at UNC-Chapel Hill (built in 19th-century Paris and Vienna, respectively), as well as the Clementi piano at Duke (early 19th-century England) use these gut string materials. The turn of phrase “gut instinct” also refers to the visceral, accessible nature of the musical performances that this series presents. Our mission is to make “Historically Informed Performance” accessible, relatable, and culturally relevant! We also want to feature these special pianos that are rarely heard by the public, along with great music by female composers which has remained lesser known to the greater public for far too long, and living composers who are keeping our art form alive!

FEATURING UNC Consort of Viols, directed by Molly Barnes ADMISSION Free, no reservation. PROGRAM TBA PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.

FEATURING Bluegrass Experience, directed by Hank Smith PROGRAM TBA ADMISSION Free, no reservation required. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.