The department congratulates alumnus David VanderHamm, Ph.D. 2017, on winning the 2021 Richard Waterman Junior Scholar Prize by the Society for Ethnomusicology Popular Music Section. Vanderhamm’s winning article “‘I’m Just an Armless Guitarist’: Tony Melendez, Disability, and the Social Construction … Read more

The Department of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is seeking a Lecturer of Bassoon and a Lecturer of Double Bass who will teach classical bassoon and double bass lessons, respectively, to undergraduate majors, minors, and … Read more

The department is proud to share that Dr. LaSaundra Booth, music education lecturer, will be featured this coming weekend as the National Association for Music Educators (NAfME) 2021 All-National Honors Orchestra Conductor. “It’s an honor to serve as this year’s … Read more

The Department of Music is saddened to announce the recent passing of Professor Emeritus Stafford Wing. Professor Wing served on faculty as a voice professor for 40 years from 1969-2009. As described in his obituary, “he was chair of the … Read more

The Department of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is seeking a Lecturer of Saxophone who will teach classical saxophone lessons to undergraduate majors, minors, and non-majors. This person will teach individual lessons to 4-12 students … Read more

The department extends a hearty congratulations to Ryan Ebright, Ph.D. 2014, who received one of this year’s Kurt Weill Prizes from the Kurt Weill Foundation for his article “Doctor Atomic or: How John Adams Learned to Stop Worrying and Love … Read more

Renowned soprano Alexandra LoBianco returns to the Department of Music on November 17 to give a master class to UNC voice students. Prior to the master class, Ms. LoBianco can be seen in performance with North Carolina Opera at Leonore … Read more

“I’ve always known this is what I wanted to do, who I wanted to be.” ~Rissi Palmer by Catherine Zachary, B.Mus. ‘10 Singer-songwriter Rissi Palmer visited Professor Jocelyn Neal’s songwriting class in early October, opening up about her journey in … Read more

by Catherine Zachary, BMus ‘10 Trigger warning: suicide At this point, it’s a well-known story. The pandemic hit the Americas in March 2020 and musicians’ gigs were canceled, quarantine began, and connection to others became more valued than ever before. … Read more

by Rey Perez Introducing the business assistant, communication assistant, and events managers for the UNC Department of Music! These students work in the main department office helping with administrative tasks, answering student and visitor questions, making content for the department … Read more