NCCMI Internal Calendar

Groups perform for a panel of teachers, receiving written feedback and scores.

Confirmed Groups: Wieck, Adolpha, Walker, Baker, Andrée, Moore, Harrison, Mayer, Marie

Faculty Artists and Guest Musicians perform music by Black Composers in Honor of MLK, Jr. Day. Curated by Dr. Timothy Holley, NCCMI Faculty and student musicians will perform

While there is no charge for admission, there is a suggested donation of $15. Registration for seat reservation can be completed here.

James Dargan will return to Raleigh to perform alongside NCCMI faculty in a concert that includes important and influential works by composers of color. Immediately prior to the concert (6:00pm), NCCMI will present, Conversation with the Composer! Anyone interested in how someone becomes a composer should plan to attend this interactive event. Students are especially encouraged to attend the free and informal event.

Additional Livestream of Concert Video: February 2 at 5:00pm on the NCCMI YouTube Channel

This two-hour master class offers students applied theory and ear training both within the context of the repertoire they are currently working on and through an exploration of improvisation. For many musicians, music theory is a task learned and practiced away from their instruments. This gap in music education can lead to a lack of harmonic recognition while playing. Yet through live verbal harmonic analysis and improvisation games, we can discover both the science and the meaning of the music, the latter of which is unique to every individual. But how do we discover this meaning? In this workshop, we will choose key areas and modulations of particular relevance in the pieces students are working on, and then together improvise between the chosen key areas. In this manner, we will discover the music’s distinguishing characteristics by articulating the emotional qualities or psychological moods per key and discussing the best way to technically achieve these ideas through the instrument. By the time we return to the repertoire, the music will have transformed to a more personal level for the student, who can then play it with more confidence. A more specific and therefore sophisticated interpretation thus emerges.
Interested students should register here.

3-4 Ensembles play at Searstone Retirement Community.

Confirmed groups: Animato, Marie

1 NCCMI Ensemble plays before a showing of Paint Me this House. Comp tickets for the show are available.

Confirmed group: Harrison

NCCMI groups perform at the library.
Confirmed group: Animato