Contact Amy Sawyers-Williams, arts outreach & engagement, to set up a connection (e.g. offer extra credit for your students who attend a virtual workshop). acsawyer@ncsu.edu
Celebrating 50 years.
A legacy of imagination, innovation and community activation.
Spring 2023
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Thursday, February 2
7:30pm in Stewart Theatre
Pre-Show Talk at 6:30pm
Rolling Stone dubbed her “one of the greatest jazz singers of her generation.”
In just under the span of a decade she has evolved from a darling of jazz critics and fans to a three-time Grammy Award winner and MacArthur Fellow, to a prescient and fearless voice in music today.
Her new album Ghost Song, released in March 2022, marks her debut with Nonesuch Records. The album features an innovative interpretation on the themes of ghosts, nostalgia and yearning.
Class Connections
- AFS 342 Introduction to the African Diaspora
- AFS 346 Black Popular Culture
- ANT 252 Cultural Anthropology
- ARS 351 / ARS 494 Arts, Ideas And Values / Special Topics
- ARS 353 Arts and Cross-Cultural Contacts
- COM 304 Audio Production
- COM 362 Communication and Gender
- COM 417 Communication & Race
- DS 100 Design in Culture and Context
- ENG 327 Language and Gender
- FLE 401 Advanced Oral Communication in English for International Students
- MUS 103: Theory and Musicianship
- MUS 105: Introduction to Music in Western Society
- MUS 111: University Singers
- MUS 120: Introduction to Music Theory
- MUS 141 & 144 Jazz Combo II and Jazz Ensemble I/II
- MUS 150: Vocal Techniques
- MUS 200: Understanding Music: Global Perspectives
- MUS 211: Introduction to Popular Music: 1980s-Present
- MUS 360 Women in Music
- PRT 200: Health, Wellness and the Pursuit of Happiness
- PRT 238: Diversity and Inclusion in Recreation and Sport
- PSY 416: Psychology of Emotion
- WGS 200 Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Sylvia Milo’s
The Other Mozart
Friday, February 17 at 8pm
Saturday, February 18 at 3pm & 8pm
Titmus Theatre
This delightful play is the true story of Nannerl Mozart, the sister of Amadeus – a prodigy, keyboard virtuoso and composer, who performed throughout Europe with her brother to equal acclaim, but her work and her story faded away, almost lost to history.
Described by The New York Times as “strikingly beautiful,” the one woman drama is set in and on a magnificent 18-foot dress, created to fill and spill over the entire stage. The Other Mozart is based on facts, stories and lines pulled directly from the Mozart family’s humorous and heartbreaking letters.
Class Connections
- ANT 252: Cultural Anthropology
- ARS 351 / ARS 494 Arts, Ideas And Values / Special Topics
- ARS 353 Arts and Cross-Cultural Contacts
- COM 362 Communication and Gender
- DS 100 Design in Culture and Context
- ENG 327 Language and Gender
- FLE 401 Advanced Oral Communication in English for International Students
- HON 297 Writing the Self
- HON 347 Freedom and the Self
- IS 200 Introduction to International Studies Introduction to International Studies
- MUS 360 Women in Music
- PRT 200 Health, Wellness and the Pursuit of Happiness
- PRT 238 Diversity and Inclusion in Recreation and Sport
- PSY 416 Psychology of Emotion
- THE 103 Introduction to the Theater
- THE 203 Theory and Practice of Acting
- WGS 200 Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Red Baraat
Festival of Colors
Friday, March 3
8pm in Stewart Theatre
Red Baraat is a pioneering band from Brooklyn, New York. Conceived by dhol player Sunny Jain, the group has drawn worldwide praise for its singular sound, a merging of hard driving North Indian bhangra with elements of hip-hop, jazz and raw punk energy. Created with no less a purposeful agenda than manifesting joy and unity in all people, Red Baraat’s spirit is worn brightly on its sweaty and hard-worked sleeve (redbaraat.com).
Class Connections
- AFS 305 Racial and Ethnic Relations
- AFS 342 Introduction to the African Diaspora
- ANT 252 Cultural Anthropology
- ARS 351 / ARS 494 Arts, Ideas And Values / Special Topics
- ARS 353 Arts and Cross-Cultural Contacts
- COM 304 Audio Production
- COM 417 Communication & Race
- DS 100 Design in Culture and Context
- ED 508 Exploring Diversity in Classroom and Community
- FLE 401 Advanced Oral Communication in English for International Students
- FLN 102 Elementary Hindi-Urdu II
- HI 233 The World Since 1750
- HI 264 Modern Asia: 1800 to Present
- IS 200 Introduction to International Studies Introduction to International Studies
- MUS 10: Theory and Musicianship I
- MUS 111 University Singers
- MUS 120 Introduction to Music Theory
- MUS 150 Vocal Techniques
- MUS 200 Understanding Music: Global Perspectives
- MUS 211 Introduction to Popular Music: 1980s-Present
- PRT 200 Health, Wellness and the Pursuit of Happiness
- PRT 238 Diversity and Inclusion in Recreation and Sport
- PSY 416 Psychology of Emotion
- REL 230 Asian Religions
CONTRA-TIEMPO and
Arturo O’Farrill
World Premier
Friday, March 31
8pm in Stewart Theatre
For their 50th Anniversary, NC State LIVE invited two powerful artists from their past seasons to create a world premiere together: Ana Maria Alvarez, choreographer and artistic director of CONTRA-TIEMPO, and Afro Latin jazz composer and pianist Arturo O’Farrill.
Enjoy two world premiere’s in one evening! Created in collaboration with NC State LIVE audience members, the new duet, danced by Ana Maria with Arturo on piano, will be performed alongside ¡Azúcar!, CONTRA-TIEMPO’s powerful new piece performed by the full company. With Celia Cruz’s music as inspiration and explosive salsa dancing, ¡Azúcar! explores our complex relationship with sugar and is a celebration of ancestral wisdom.
Class Connections
- AFS 305 Racial and Ethnic Relations
- AFS 342 Introduction to the African Diaspora
- ANT 252 Cultural Anthropology
- ARS 351 / ARS 494 Arts, Ideas And Values / Special Topics
- ARS 353 Arts and Cross-Cultural Contacts
- COM 362 Communication and Gender
- COM 417 Communication & Race
- ED 508 Exploring Diversity in Classroom and Community
- HI 345 American Popular Culture
- HUMU 295 Humanities and U.S. Diversity Special Topics
- MUS 141 Jazz Combo II
- MUS 144 Jazz Ensemble I/II
- MUS 200 Understanding Music: Global Perspectives
- MUS 211 Introduction to Popular Music: 1980s-Present
- PRT 238 Diversity and Inclusion in Recreation and Sport
- WGS 200 Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- WGS 739 Social Psychology Of Inequality