The department extends a hearty welcome to Baron Tymas, the new Adjunct Associate Professor of Jazz Guitar! Tymas is an Associate Professor of Music at North Carolina Central University, where he has taught jazz and guitar courses since 2001.
Tymas has performed, lectured and taught around the world, and is privileged to have played with many internationally known artists and groups. Tymas has released three CDs as a leader: Montréal (2017), Insight at Midnight (2009) and Blues for the Tribe (2007). He won an NC Arts Council Jazz Composer Fellowship in 2008.
Tymas has taught at North Carolina State University, The University of Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Union University and J. Sergeant Reynolds Community College.
He holds Master of Music and Bachelor of Arts degrees from Howard University and is a native of Washington, D.C.
To learn more about Tymas, please visit https://www.tymasmusic.com/. And tune in to our UNC Jazz Faculty concert on Thursday, February 18 at 7:30 PM, live-streamed on our YouTube channel, to see him perform!