CANCELLED: Concerts in Context: What is “Home?”

Gerrard Hall 226 E Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

In anticipation of award-winning theater maker Geoff Sobelle’s performance HOME, Carolina Performing Arts and the Honors Carolina Student Association invite you to a conversation on what makes a house a home. Panelists including Habitat for Humanity of Orange County President Jennifer … Continued

Raga Rock-Stars: Tradition and Modernity on the Sarod, Pre-Performance Talk with Professor Afroz Taj and Professor John Caldwell

Gerrard Hall 226 E Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Across the Indian classical spectrum, musicians are struggling to retain audiences without betraying their ancient traditions. Ayaan Ali Khan and Amaan Ali Khan are India’s biggest classical music rock-stars. On the one hand, they have inherited their father Amjad Ali … Continued

Concerts in Context: Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah

Gerrard Hall 226 E Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Love jazz? Come kick off the Carolina Jazz Festival with Honors Carolina! Join us for a performance by New Orleans jazz trumpet player, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah.  Known for his hybrid of jazz, trap music, Cuban rhythms, and African American … Continued

Concerts in Context: Abigail Washburn and Wu Fei (Talk)

Gerrard Hall 226 E Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Grammy-winning singer/songwriter and banjo player Abigail Washburn returns to the Memorial Hall stage with Beijing-born vocalist and guzheng prodigy Wu Fei. This enchanting duo is a musical resolution to specific and differing issues about home. Prior to the Carolina Performing … Continued

Dez Mona and B.O.X: Lunch with the Artists

Gerrard Hall 226 E Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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

Concerts in Context A Pre-Concert Lecture Series – Steep Canyon Rangers

Gerrard Hall 226 E Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Honors Carolina, in partnership with Carolina Performing Arts and Arts@the Core, presents Concerts in Context: A Pre-Concert Lecture Series.  This series features a 30-minute lecture style talk led by one arts faculty member and one faculty member from another department … Continued