The Steve Anderson Trio just released their third album, "Believe" (Summit Records), featuring renowned saxophone player Joel Frahm and a collection of original compositions by Anderson. Prof. Anderson (photo, right) recently talked with UNC's Endeavors magazine about the compositional process behind the new album, and you can check out that article via the link below.

Prof. Evan Feldman has been selected to participate in the University's pilot program for MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), offered for the first time this fall through the online educational platform Coursera. A growing trend in distance learning, MOOCs are offered for free worldwide to anyone with an internet connection.  Prof. Feldman's course, "Fundamentals of Rehearsing Music Ensembles," was one of only four courses from across the University selected for this new initiative.

Yole!Africa U.S. is an educational non-profit organization created by UNC students and Prof. Chérie Ndaliko that brings awareness to the conflict in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo through artistic exchange. In celebration of the launch of Yole!Africa US on 2 December 2012, students created this song and music video (http://yoleafrica.us/music/) dedicated to the people of Congo and to artists around the world who stand against injustice!

Alongside his interests in acoustic and electronic music composition, UNC composer Lee Weisert is developing sound installations that explore the manifold sounds created by water. Weisert's 2008 installation "The Argus Project" (in collaboration with Jonathan Kirk) examined the sound sources beneath the surface of a natural pond.

The UNC Wind Ensemble (Evan Feldman and Jeff Fuchs, conductors) was selected to perform at the 2012 CBDNA Conference. The program featured music faculty Louise Toppin and Matt McClure, as well as a premiere of "Edge," by faculty composer Stephen Anderson. See a video via the link below.

Students from Prof. David Garcia's "Musical Movements: Migration, Exile, & Diaspora" have produced ¡Viva Cackalacky! Latin Music in the New South, a CD that pays homage to the growing Latino community in North Carolina.

"My time at UNC has been an amazing growing and learning experience.  I've met Wynton [Marsalis], Sonny Rollins, Tim Armacost, and Terrence Blanchard.  It's really unreal the people I've gotten to meet since I've been here."  

Ryan Raven (class of 2012)
Bachelor of Music, Music Education
and Jazz Studies emphasis 

When music professor Mark Katz says he wants his students to have a hands-on learning experience, he means it.

UNC Opera performs a wide range of opera, operetta, and musical theater repertory, including both standard and new works.  The company not only serves the educational and artistic needs of the University, but also provides affordable and accessible performances for the community.

Jim Ketch: A Distant View

World premiere recordings of six new works by five young composers.  [Anderson's, "Quest,"] is the most innovative work on the CD, and is really quite striking in its originality -- David DeBoor Canfield, Fanfare Magazine.

Whispers

Billy Stewart, guitarist and composer

Release Date: January 27, 2011 |  BlueGreenInk Music [ASCAP] | available on Itunes

A strong tradition of jazz at UNC.  Each year students perform with guest artists who have included: Marcus Roberts Trio, Wycliffe Gordon, Jamey Aebersold, Terri Lyne Carrington, Joel Frahm, Tim Armacost, Don Braden, Greg Gisbert, the Lynn Seaton Trio, Harry Waters, and many others.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Department of Music are proud of a long tradition of excellence and leadership in choral music in the state and region, exploring the finest in choral literature from all periods.

A spirit of discovery and an infusion of new faculty are building the Music Department's reputation as a center for musical innovation.