UNCG College of Visual and Performing Arts

10/09/2026

Join the College of Visual and Performing Arts for Jazz at Oden featuring the Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program and a Triad Alumni & Friends Gathering on Thursday, October 15th!

We’ll be set up at 6pm, music begins at 7pm.

Oden Brewing Company is at 802 Gate City Blvd. No registration is required to attend. Stop by our table for your special alumni gift and a $1 off drink ticket.

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10/05/2026

UNCG Jazz Ensembles 1 and 2 absolutely blew the house down Thursday night with their tribute to the legendary John Coltrane 🔥‼️

What was your favorite song?

10/03/2026

Join us tomorrow for our Alumni & Friends Reception following the matinee performance of Guys and Dolls in the UNCG Auditorium!

Come meet the members of the cast, crew, and artistic teams—and enjoy some light refreshments.

There is no cost to attend the post-show reception but tickets to Guys and Dolls matinee performance on Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 2:00 PM need to be purchased separately. We kindly as those who plan to attend the reception RSVP to [email protected].

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09/29/2026

Come see the leading U.S. street dance theater company, Rennie Harris Puremovement American Street Dance Theater (RHPM), as part of the lineup for our 26-27 UCLS Season.

For over thirty-five years, Rennie Harris Puremovement American Street Dance Theater has been dedicated to preserving and disseminating hip-hop aesthetics and street dance culture through workshops, classes, history, lecture demonstrations, long-term residencies, mentoring programs, and public performances. With inner-city roots and a mission to re-educate the public about hip-hop culture and street dance, Harris and RHPM present unique stories that are riveting, intimate, and honest— sharing the essence and spirit of street dance, rather than the commercially exploited stereotype portrayed by the media.

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Read more about Alex Newell, add the event to your calendar, and purchase your tickets: https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/rennie-harris-puremovement/

UNCG students, faculty, and staff can purchase tickets at exclusive rates. Get UCLS Season Tickets for the rest of our 2026-2027 lineup: http://ucls.uncg.edu/

*Tickets to CVPA and UCLS events are sold exclusively through our box office locations and ETix website, and nowhere else. Tickets purchased through third-party vendors cannot be honored.

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09/21/2026

This fall, Clarence Morgan will be spending time on the UNCG campus as part of the School of Art’s Falk Visiting Artist Program, as well as presenting his work in the Weatherspoon’s Art on Paper exhibition.

Don’t miss Morgan’s Artist Talk at the Weatherspoon Art Museum on October 1st, supported by the UNCG School of Art’s Falk Visiting Artist Program and UNCG’s College of Visual and Performing Arts and is presented as part of the University Concert and Lecture Series. Free and open to the public!

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Clarence “Morgan” Morgan is an American abstract painter whose work spans painting, drawing, printmaking, and an ongoing reflective writing practice. Rooted in gesture, intuition, and process, his work explores shifting relationships between order and improvisation. Through pattern, repetition, and fluid mark-making, he examines perceptual experience and the ways visual systems echo larger questions of time, space, and the natural and cosmic world. His parallel writing practice—composed of notes, essays, and studio reflections—further articulates the metaphysical and perceptual concerns that inform his visual work.

Read more about Morgan at https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/clarence-morgan/.

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09/18/2026

Folk Fest is here, and UNC Greensboro is once again at the heart of it all.

Head downtown this weekend for a full immersion in the music, dance, crafts, and food that celebrate the many cultures of Greensboro and North Carolina.

You’ll find Spartans throughout the festival—from faculty and alumni performers to Chancellor Franklin D. Gilliam Jr., who will introduce The Roots on Saturday night. Don’t miss these UNCG artists and events:

𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁. 𝟭𝟵

Karla Davis ’08
Up-and-coming country artist  
3–4 p.m. | NC By Train Stage at the Depot

The Dance Project
UNCG School of Dance alumni Anne Morris ’11, Lauren Joyner ’05, and Magalli Morano ’20 have curated a series of dance classes and performances.  
11:30 a.m.–8 p.m. | T-Fiber Stage, LeBauer Park

Irish Seisiún with Gavin Douglas
Featuring UNCG professor of ethnomusicology Gavin Douglas.  
1–2 p.m. | Revity Jams Stage, Miriam P. Brenner Children’s Museum parking lot

𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁. 𝟮𝟬

d.a.l.i.a.
Catch d.a.l.i.a. at 5:30 p.m. on the NC By Train Stage at the Depot. The band is led by Greensboro songwriter, two-time UNCG alum, and music education faculty member Dalia Razo. Fresh off winning the 2026 N.C. Folk Festival’s Not Your Average Folk Contest, the group is made entirely of Spartans: Scott Glasser, assistant professor of string music education, and alumni Zach Baker, Cameron Rabb, and Jennifer Aikey.

Old Time Jam with Christen Blanton
With the director of the UNCG Old Time Ensemble.  
12:30–1:30 p.m. | Revity Jams Stage

H***y Tonk Jam with Mark Dillon
Featuring the songwriting instructor and UNCG composition faculty member.  
2–3 p.m. | Revity Jams Stage

Come celebrate, move, groove, and support your fellow Spartans all weekend long.  

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08/31/2026

Get your tickets now for the opening performance of our 26-27 UCLS Season by Tony Award winning and Grammy nominated actor and singer, Alex Newell (Alex Newell)—known for their roles in “Glee” and “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist.”

Alex Newell recently made history with their Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical in “Shucked,” which has received glowing reviews and praise of Alex’s performance of the song “Independently Owned” that resulted in a Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Performer in a Broadway Musical. Prior to this, Alex’s role as the god Asaka in the Broadway revival of “Once on This Island” granted Alex a Grammy nomination for Best Musical Theatre Album, nominated for nine Tony Awards in 2018, won Best Revival, and featured Alex’s song “Mama Will Provide,” which they performed live at the Tonys.

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Read more about Alex Newell, add the event to your calendar, and purchase your tickets: https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/alex-newell/

UNCG students, faculty, and staff can purchase tickets at exclusive rates. Get UCLS Season Tickets for the rest of our 2026-2027 lineup: http://ucls.uncg.edu/

*Tickets to CVPA and UCLS events are sold exclusively through our box office locations and ETix website, and nowhere else. Tickets purchased through third-party vendors cannot be honored.

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08/26/2026

Mark your calendars for the 2026-2027 UCLS lineup!!!

Tickets for our 114th season are on sale now—visit our or ucls.uncg.edu for more details and performance information.  

UCLS is the longest running series of its kind in North Carolina and includes dedicated interactions between world-renowned artists and UNC Greensboro students. Keep an eye out for upcoming offerings of unique learning opportunities— sometimes once-in-a-lifetime experiences—in the form of moderated conversations, jam sessions, and masterclasses. We bring artists to our campus for the education of our students and engagements with our broader community with the support of several generous sponsors and the University. 

UNCG students, faculty, and staff can purchase tickets at exclusive rates. Collage tickets are purchased separately as 100% of ticket proceeds go towards student scholarships.

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UNC Greensboro’s Concert and Lecture Series (UCLS), the longest running series of its kind in North Carolina, offers an exciting line-up of both up-and-coming and world renowned artists. Live Your Life With Live Arts!

06/19/2026

From childhood performances on small-town theater stages to returning home to a sold-out crowd at Bank of America Stadium, it’s safe to say that Aslan Freeman (’11, School of Music) has made it.

With North Carolina music roots and college days spent in Greensboro, Freeman’s success is a testament to when preparation meets opportunity—or in his words, when “stubbornness met luck.”

From the small town of Sanford, N.C. to wrapping up the Whirlwind World Tour with Lainey Wilson, Freeman has come a long way from playing in Greensboro dive bars and UNCG dorm events. He said ‘yes’ to every opportunity that presented itself in Greensboro’s music scene, that with some hard work and a little luck led to being a touring bandleader on the world’s biggest stages. 

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