MUSC 168: Conducting I Professor Evan Feldman Tuesday/Thursday, 11-12:15 pm Have you always dreamed of conducting an ensemble? Learn how in MUSC 168! This class provides an introduction to the fundamental technical, analytical, and artistic skills of conducting. It is … Read more
by Jocelyn Neal The Society for Music Theory’s Lifetime Membership Award is the highest honor bestowed by the organization on a music theorist, given not only for their exceptional scholarly contributions but also their work as teachers and mentors, and … Read more
MUSC 125: Diction for Singers III: German Lecturer Tim Sparks Monday/Wednesday, 10:10 – 11:00 am For the craft of singing, one of the most important aspects, secondary only to consistent vocal technique, is the ability to produce vernacular language sounds. … Read more
by Nicole Gagliardi At the end of the last blog post, I left you and myself with a question that many of us seem to wonder about and don’t exactly know the answer to it: why someone’s singing voice can … Read more
by Emilie Poplett, University Communications Mike Levine grew up in a seaside community in New Jersey best known as the birthplace of Bruce Springsteen. His dad was a music instructor who played the alto-saxophone and conducted the local concert band. … Read more
MUSC 284: Beethoven and His Era Professor Mark Evan Bonds Monday/Wednesday, 10:10 am – 12:15 pm Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine. -Ludwig van … Read more
The department is pleased to share that the album Unraveling Beethoven is on the GRAMMY® ballot in two categories: Best Contemporary Composition and Best Chamber Music Album. UNC Music Assistant Professor Nicholas DiEugenio, violin, and Lecturer Mimi Solomon, piano, had … Read more
MUSC 233: Studies in Performance Practices Dr. Tim Carter (with Dr. Nicholas DiEugenio, violin) The study of performance practice marks a point where the performer and the musicologist come into direct contact, whether as allies (one hopes) or as enemies … Read more
by Parth Upadhyaya In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, UNC Opera is reimagining a classic. As the culminating event of its Mozart on the Moon series, UNC Opera will perform Scipio’s Dream in Hill … Read more
MUSC 156: Beat Making Lab Lecturer Joseph Latterner This introductory hands-on study of the composition of electronic instrumental tracks for hip-hop and dance music. Students make beats, learn about the history and culture of the art form, and examine beat … Read more
