The UNCG School of Music has been recognized for years as one of the elite
music institutions in the United States. Fully accredited by the National
Association of Schools of Music since 1938, the School offers the only
comprehensive music program from undergraduate through doctoral study in
both performance and music education in North Carolina. From a total
population of approximately 14,000 university students, the UNCG School of
Music serves nearly 600 music majors with a full-time faculty and staff of more
than sixty. As such, the UNCG School of Music ranks among the largest
Schools of Music in the South.
The UNCG School of Music now occupies a new 26 million dollar music building
which is among the finest music facilities in the nation. In fact, the new music
building is the second-largest academic building on the UNCG Campus. A large
music library with state-of-the-art playback, study and research facilities houses
all music reference materials. Greatly expanded classroom, studio, practice
room, and rehearsal hall spaces are key components of the new structure. Two
new recital halls, a large computer lab, a psychoacoustics lab, electronic music
labs, and recording studio space are additional features of the new facility. In
addition, an enclosed multi-level parking deck is adjacent to the new music
building to serve students, faculty and concert patrons.
Living in the artistically thriving Greensboro—Winston-Salem—High Point “Triad”
area, students enjoy regular opportunities to attend and perform in concerts
sponsored by such organizations as the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, the
Greensboro Opera Company, and the Eastern Music Festival. In addition,
UNCG students interact first-hand with some of the world’s major artists who
frequently schedule informal discussions, open rehearsals, and master classes
at UNCG.
Costs of attending public universities in North Carolina, both for in-state and out-of-
state students, represent a truly exceptional value in higher education.
For information regarding music as a major or minor field of study, please write:
Dr. John J. Deal, Dean
UNCG School of Music
P.O. Box 26167
Greensboro, North Carolina 27402-6167
(336) 334-5789
On the Web: www.uncg.edu/mus/
Ruskin Cooper
piano
Guest Recital
Thursday, February 12, 2004
7:30 pm
Organ Hall, School of Music
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Program
Etude No. 3 in D Major, “Un sospiro” Franz Liszt
from Trois grandes études de concert (1811-1886)
Grande Sonate in G minor, Op. 3 Ludwig Schuncke
dedicated to Robert Schumann (1810-1834)
Allegro
Scherzo: Molto allegro
Andante sostenuto
Finale: Allegro
Toccata, Op. 7 Robert Schumann
(1810-1856)
Intermission
Toccata, Op. 38 William Sterndale Bennett
(1816-1875)
Prelude in G minor, Op. 32 No. 10 Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in D Major, Op. 23 No. 4 (1873-1943)
Prelude in G minor, Op. 23 No. 5
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The hall is equipped with a listening assistance system.
Patrons needing such assistance should contact an usher in the lobby.
Ruskin Cooper is a native of Savannah, Georgia. He holds degrees from the
Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, the University of South Florida, the
Hochschule für Musik in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro. His teachers include James Ambrose, Lydia
Frumkin, Jacques Abram, Leonard Hokanson, Hartmut Höll, Rainer Hoffmann
and John Salmon. His doctoral dissertation on the piano music of Ludwig
Schuncke received the Outstanding Dissertation Award at UNCG and was
published in German and English in 1997. Since 1997, he has taught at
Davidson College. A CD of American piano music is available on Centaur
Records, and he recently finished a new recording of music of Schuncke and
Schumann.
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Chenny Gan, piano
MM Recital
Friday, February 13 · 5:30 pm
Recital Hall
Reneé Sokol, soprano
DMA Recital
Friday, February 13 · 7:30 pm
Recital Hall
Hal Sargent, percussion
MM Recital
Saturday, February 14 · 5:30 pm
Recital Hall
Nathan Kling, tenor
BM Recital
Saturday, February 14 · 7:30 pm
Recital Hall
Connie Ignatiou, oboe
MM Recital
Sunday, February 15 · 3:30 pm
Organ Hall
Kim Carper, mezzo-soprano
MM Recital
Sunday, February 15 · 5:30 pm
Organ Hall
upcoming performances
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Ruskin Cooper
piano
Guest Recital
Thursday, February 12, 2004
7:30 pm
Organ Hall, School of Music
Program
Etude No. 3 in D Major, “Un sospiro” Franz Liszt
from Trois grandes études de concert (1811-1886)
Grande Sonate in G minor, Op. 3 Ludwig Schuncke
dedicated to Robert Schumann (1810-1834)
Allegro
Scherzo: Molto allegro
Andante sostenuto
Finale: Allegro
Toccata, Op. 7 Robert Schumann
(1810-1856)
Intermission
Toccata, Op. 38 William Sterndale Bennett
(1816-1875)
Prelude in G minor, Op. 32 No. 10 Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in D Major, Op. 23 No. 4 (1873-1943)
Prelude in G minor, Op. 23 No. 5
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The hall is equipped with a listening assistance system.
Patrons needing such assistance should contact an usher in the lobby.
