UNCG’s School of Music produces excellent performers, K-12 teachers, and collegiate educators. It’s “extraordinary” says Professor Emerita Nancy Walker. Now, she and her husband, Tim Lindeman, will do more. They’re supporting undergraduates majoring in voice who exemplify remarkable academic, artistic, and professional promise through the newly-established Nancy Walker and Timothy Lindeman Scholarship Endowment in Music.
The curtain is rising on a new endowed fund for opera at UNC Greensboro. The Thurston Family Opera Theatre Production Endowment will provide production support for the Opera Theatre Program in the School of Music. The endowment comes from a gift by Nancy and Bob Thurston,…
The saying “All the world’s a stage” rings particularly true for UNC Greensboro alumnus Gavin J. Smith ’82 MFA. Smith credits three years at UNCG earning his master’s in theatre design and technical production with launching his multi-decade career in the entertainment industry.
To acknowledge his education and the professional success that followed, Smith and his wife, Mary Mertz-Smith, established the Gavin J. Smith and Mary C. Mertz-Smith Scholarship Endowment in Theatre Design and Technical Production with a planned gift to UNCG’s College of Visual and Performing Arts.
The four-year fund dramatically raises the bar for the caliber of students entering the UNCG School of Music’s piano program. The fund was created by a gift from Constance “Connie” Hughes Kotis ’65, ’77 MM and her husband, Bill.
Leigh Wells Seager ’72 was a friend to many in Greensboro. Although she passed away in March of 2022, Leigh’s capacity for doing good left an indelible imprint on the community and the people she knew. She gave countless hours of service to UNC Greensboro’s Jackson…
Robert Slater knows that music can create strong ties of friendship, family, and community. He learned this from his mother, Emma Gibbs Morisey Slater ’36. Now, he and his wife, Jane, are continuing his mother’s legacy through annual support of the Emma Gibbs Slater Scholarship in Music.
“Music is such an important part of life,” says Robert Slater. “It’s a gift to the community and a gift to other people.”
Imagine a world without music! For Ruth Heyd ’99 and Stephanie Frazier, that would be unthinkable. They are proud to establish the Ruth Darling Heyd ’99 and Stephanie Frazier Scholarship Endowment in Collaborative Piano at UNCG’s School of Music with a $600,000 planned gift. It is their hope the scholarship will inspire future students to major in this area.
Mrs. Martha C. Hodge and Mr. Royce C. Hodge have given $50,000 to the Dennis AsKew Endowed Scholarship in Music. The endowment was established last year in memory of Dr. Dennis AsKew, who died unexpectedly Jan. 28, 2021. Their gift commemorates Dennis AsKew’s 29 years of commitment and excellent service to the… Continue reading…
When Ward Robinson, MD, retired, he turned to a different challenge: music. As an infectious disease expert, Robinson served for two decades at Moses Cone Health System and five years as medical director for the Guilford County Department of Public Health. “I was trying to find ways for each individual… Continue reading…
