In honor of Black History Month, this week’s installment of “Do the Work Wednesdays” is a challenge to our department community to explore the music of a new (to you) Black composer. Learn about their life, the context surrounding their … Read more

Alumna Channing McCullough (BMus ’09, MAT ’10) was recently named Head of Middle School at Franklin Road Academy in Nashville, TN. McCullough is currently serving as Director of Bands and Grade Level Dean at Princeton Day School in Princeton, NJ. … Read more

Fiddle lecturer Tatiana Hargreaves released her latest album, Soledad, on Band Camp this past Friday, February 5. Soledad is an original four-movement suite inspired by the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez. To preview/purchase the album, … Read more

by Crystal Wu & Catherine Zachary In this monthly concert series created by Arts Everywhere and the Department of Music in the fall of 2019, First Fridays gives students and student chamber ensembles an opportunity to perform and share their … Read more

by Dr. Erin Colleen Cooper, Assistant Director of University Bands As we have been in remote learning for nearly a year, teachers and students have had to completely change their expectations for education. This has certainly been true for music … Read more

by Catherine Zachary “This album represents a return to jazz, having gained quite a bit of knowledge about both the saxophone and composition that I’m eager to share.” One of the bright spots of the pandemic has been the extra … Read more

by Alterity Seminar Graduate Students It’s right there in the title—Doctor of Philosophy. When you think of what it might be like to be a graduate student in musicology, exhaustive knowledge of European philosophers and their theories might not come … Read more

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 … Read more

As 2020 came to an end, many of us felt hopeful that 2021 would bring much better times for our campus, our state, and our country. I remain hopeful, even though the alarming surge of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in … Read more

Voice alumna Haley Swindal will be performing in a virtual performance on Thursday, January 14 at 7:00 pm. The solo concert, titled “To New York, With Love,” is directed by Will Nunziata with musical arrangements by Scott Cady. All proceeds … Read more