The Department of Music is excited for the 2018 Richard Luby Violin Symposium, an annual workshop named in honor of the founder of the workshop. This year marks the Symposium’s 11th Anniversary. We are thrilled to welcome violinist Laurie Smukler, … Continued

Tim Carter, the David G. Frey Distinguished Professor of Music, was recently named an honorary member of the Royal Music Association in the United Kingdom. The RMA is the professional association for musicologists in the U.K. and the British equivalent of the … Continued

Several members of the UNC graduate program in musicology traveled to Bern, Switzerland, last week to present at the “Branding ‘Western Music’” conference held by the University of Bern. Dr. Annegret Fauser, who was recently named the Harold J. Glass … Continued

Over the summer, Acis Productions released “Confluence” by Ensemble Collina, a group of artists primarily made up of UNC music faculty members. Ensemble Collina is made up of UNC professors Michael Kris (trombone), Leah Peroutka (violin), and Brent Wissick (viola … Continued

The North Carolina Arts Council this week named Lee Weisert, associate professor of composition, one of its recipients of the 2017-18 Artist Fellowship Awards in composition. Weisert, who is a composer of instrumental and electronic music and a multimedia sound … Continued

The UNC Department of Music is once again bringing back the best music bargain in town for the 2017-18 year. Subscription passes for the William S. Newman Artists Series and Scholarship Benefit Concert Series are now on sale in the … Continued

By Trevor McPherson Throughout all of my exposure to the niche field of musical neuroscience, I have noted that the vast majority of research centers around western musical culture. Studies are conducted by western-trained musicians, examine the effects of western … Continued

This is the second and final part of the journal entries chronicling the travels of three members of the UNC Sackbut Ensemble. In Part One, Becca Clemens (BM ’14) described her experience playing in the Salzburg Festival along with Michael Kris, director … Continued

Associate Professor David F. Garcia’s new book Listening for Africa: Freedom, Modernity, and the Logic of Black Music’s African Origins (Duke University Press) explores how a diverse group of musicians, dancers, academics, and activists engaged with the idea of black music … Continued

A few members of the UNC Sackbut Ensemble recently traveled to Austria to play in the famous Salzburg Festival. The trio on the trip is made up of Michael Kris, director of the UNC Sackbut Ensemble, Becca Clemens (BM ’14), and … Continued