Location: Weis Center Atrium Saxophonist Brent Birckhead is an award-winning artist, whose aesthetic is an intersectional amalgam of traditional and popular styles. Birckhead’s approach to woodwind artistry is driven by his compulsion for creative risk and deep respect for legacy. His place in a storied lineage begins with his surname, Birckhead, and extends to his […]

This performance is part of the Weis Center’s year-long Trees Series. Charly Lowry, a musical powerhouse from Pembroke, N.C., is proud to be an Indigenous woman belonging to the Lumbee/Tuscarora Tribes. She is passionate about raising awareness around issues that plague underdeveloped and under-served communities. Since her teenaged years, Lowry has been a professional singer-songwriter […]

The Paris-based Modigliani Quartet, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2023, is a regular guest at the world’s top venues and finest string quartet and chamber music series. In 2017 they were the first string quartet to perform in the big hall of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany. In 2020, the quartet became artistic directors […]

This performance is part of the Weis Center’s year-long Trees Series. One of the premier Indian dance ensembles performing today, the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble had the distinction of making The New York Times’ Best Dance of the Year list two consecutive years (2015 and 2016). More than a dance company, Nrityagram (pronounced NRI-thyuh-graam) was founded […]

This performance is part of the Weis Center’s year-long Trees Series. Kurbasy channels contemporary connections to an archaic past with its time-bending Songs of the Ukrainian Forest. The folk-based multimedia performances vibrate in tight vocal harmonies, resonant lyrics, distinctive instrumentation and phantasmagoric visual imagery. Songs of the Ukrainian Forest draws on the repertoires of the […]

Ailey II is universally renowned for merging the spirit and energy of the country’s finest early-career dance talent with the passion and creative vision of today’s outstanding and emerging choreographers. At the Weis Center, they will perform a mixed repertoire ideal for all ages, including Revelations. Since its creation in 1960, Revelations has enraptured audiences […]

This engagement is part of the Weis Center’s year-long Trees Series. National Geographic Explorer at Large Nalini Nadkarni interweaves her research on rainforest canopy biota with innovative public engagement. A biology professor at the University of Utah, she has written 150 scientific papers and books, and has presented new insights on the importance of canopy […]

Dynamic and soothing four-piece vocal group Kings Return takes pride in crafting a diverse yet supremely cohesive a-cappella sound. The blend of their unique vocal timbres is so rich and so smooth that, at times, it sounds more like a full choir than merely four men. Their brand of rhythm and blues is entwined with […]