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 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/
Donato Cuzzato
organ
Guest Recital
Tuesday, September 9, 2003
7:30 pm
Organ Hall, School of Music
Program
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major (BWV 565) Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)
Concerto in G Major, Op. 3 No. 3 Antonio Vivaldi
(from Estro Armonico adapted for the (1678-1741)
keyboard in F Major by Johann Sebastian Bach)
Allegro
Largo
Presto
Suite Jehan Alain
Introduction and Variations (1875-1937)
Scherzo
Choral
from Twelve Pieces Gaston Litaize
Lied (1909-1991)
Finale
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The hall is equipped with a listening assistance system.
Patrons needing such assistance should contact an usher in the lobby.
Donato Cuzzato was educated at the Girolamo Frescobaldi Academy of Music of
Ferrara, Italy, graduating in organ and organ composition with first class honors.
His teacher in organ playing was Liliana Medici Turrini. He then studied
composition with Bruno Coltro and organ-improvisation with Günther Kaunzinger
at the Conservatory in Würzburg, Germany. His music has been broadcast from
national and private radio and television stations.
Cuzzato is an enthusiastic promoter and performer of baroque and present-day
music. He has performed concerts in the most important festivals in Austria,
Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Italy, Malta,
Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States of America, and has
made recordings for radio broadcasts in Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, and
Spain. His concert repertoire consists of organ music from Renaissance to
modern, including the complete organ compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Since 1986, he has been the Artistic Director of the international organ festival "I
Concerti d'Organo" in the area of Venice, Italy.
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The George M. Thompson Organ was hand crafted during a ten-month period
in 1998-1999 by the Andover Organ Company of Methuen, Massachusetts.
Recently, the company celebrated a distinguished half-century of organ building,
restoration, and maintenance. Its “Opus 111” represents the 111th completely
new organ built by the company since its inception in 1948.
About half the instrument’s cost was paid from the George M. Thompson
Memorial Organ Fund, an endowment established by the UNCG Alumni
Association in 1968 to honor a well-remembered music faculty member who
taught at the university from 1923 until his retirement in 1963.
The tracker (mechanical action) instrument was, as befits a school of music,
essentially a teaching instrument: one suitable for performing all styles of organ
music. Its twenty-eight foot height encompasses nearly two thousand individual
tin and wood distributed among thirty-five ranks (sets of pipes) controlled by three
manuals (keyboards) and a pedalboard.
The organ’s stained ash, oak, and mahogany case complements the cherry-stained
wood floor in the 130-seat elliptically shaped hall. Electronically
controlled banners may be lowered from the walls to adjust acoustics when the
hall is utilized for piano, voice, and instrumental performances not involving the
organ.
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Robert Burns King, organ · Faculty Recital
Sunday, September 28 · 5:30 pm, Organ Hall
for tickets, call 334-4849
Donato Cuzzato
organ
Guest Recital
Tuesday, September 9, 2003
7:30 pm
Organ Hall, School of Music
Program
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major (BWV 565) Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)
Concerto in G Major, Op. 3 No. 3 Antonio Vivaldi
(from Estro Armonico adapted for the (1678-1741)
keyboard in F Major by Johann Sebastian Bach)
Allegro
Largo
Presto
Suite Jehan Alain
Introduction and Variations (1875-1937)
Scherzo
Choral
from Twelve Pieces Gaston Litaize
Lied (1909-1991)
Finale
_____
The hall is equipped with a listening assistance system.
Patrons needing such assistance should contact an usher in the lobby.
