“The young tenor with the breezy, accented voice is a hard-toned, unsentimental instrumentalist steeped in classical jazz”. – ABC News Winner of the 2013 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition and the first female to take first prize in the event’s … Continued

A leading voice among young composer/performers redefining 21st-century music, Gabriel Kahane has appeared with artists as varied as Sufjan Stevens, Rufus Wainwright, Punch Brothers, Audra McDonald and 2014 Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Luther Adams. A star composer/pianist in his new generation of … Continued

Singer/songwriter/clawhammer banjo player Abigail Washburn (Béla Fleck duo, Sparrow Quartet, Uncle Earl) creates inventive cross-cultural takes on folk and old-time music with haunting, bare-bones songs, evocative vocals and earthy sophistication. Fluent in Mandarin and armed with profound connections to communities across the … Continued

Beyond Sacred: Voices of Muslim Identity Ping Chong + Company’s interview-based theater production Beyond Sacred delves into the diverse stories of young Muslims who came of age in a post-9/11 New York City. The participants personify a range of Muslim identities, from converts to Islam … Continued

The House is Black Inspired by the works of Forough Farrokhzad, one of Iran’s most influential feminist poets and filmmakers, this stirring multimedia piece sheds light on the importance of Iranian contemporary arts. Iranian American performance artist/composer Sussan Deyhim examines the prophetic vision of … Continued

Labels Joe Sellman-Leava’s one-man show Labels is a funny, moving tale about mixed heritage and immigration. Recounting his childhood in rural ’90s England in light of changing political attitudes and the ongoing refugee crisis, the performance melds stand-up comedy, storytelling and poetry. Shortlisted for Amnesty International’s … Continued

Dive into the dreamy multiple worlds of Ghanaian global fusionist Jojo Abot, coupling Afrobeat, jazz, reggae and electronica with fashion, film, literature and performance art. Dividing her time between Accra, Copenhagen and New York City, Jojo Abot's ongoing project FYFYA … Continued

6:30 pm - Talk @ Historic Playmakers Theatre 7:30 pm - Performance @ Memorial Hall Honors Carolina, in partnership with Carolina Performing Arts and Arts@the Core, presents Concerts in Context: a pre-concert lecture series. Prior to the Carolina Performing Arts … Continued

The Chicago-based Spektral Quartet are funny people. Their bios once took the form of Q&As with questions including “Which string quartet in history had the best hair?” and “What should Spektral Quartet’s metal, alter-ego band name be?” (The best answer: … Continued

7:00 pm - Talk in the Pamela Heavner Gallery @ Memorial Hall 8:00 pm - Performance @ Memorial Hall Honors Carolina, in partnership with Carolina Performing Arts and Arts@the Core, presents Concerts in Context: a pre-concert lecture series. Prior to … Continued

Come engage with Dez Mona and Belgian music collective B.O.X (Baroque Orchestration X) for an informal conversation and lunch in Gerrard Hall and then attend the evening performance at Hill Hall. B.O.X gathers some of today’s finest antique instrument virtuosi … Continued

Come engage with Dez Mona and Belgian music collective B.O.X (Baroque Orchestration X) for an informal conversation and lunch in Gerrard Hall and then attend the evening performance at Hill Hall. B.O.X gathers some of today’s finest antique instrument virtuosi … Continued

Off the coast of 16th-century China, Portuguese sailors saw a great verdant mass rising from the sea. Anointing the future Taiwan, they exclaimed, Formosa! Beautiful! Born from land and lore, Formosa is a work of abstract beauty in which only … Continued

Photo credit: Casey Moore Santería chants, complex rhythms, fluid jazz stylings and nuanced Afro-Cuban soulfulness mark singer/composer Daymé Arocena’s impact on the unfolding history of Cuban music. One of the most inviting ambassadors for the country’s contemporary sound, her virtuosity, … Continued

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company’s latest work, What Problem?, explores themes of isolation and community belonging in the context of current politically divisive times. Join us for a pre-performance talk by Dr. Keely Muscatell, UNC’s leading loneliness researcher, on themes revealed … Continued