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November 2019
Charanga Carolina at the Durham Hotel
Join us on the Roof for a performance from UNC-Chapel Hill’s Cuban music ensemble, Charanga Carolina. Charanga is traditionally associated with danzón, a musical and dance style with roots in European classical and Afro-Cuban music. Charanga played a central role in the development of the New York salsa scene in the ‘60s and ‘70s and continues to play an important part in contemporary Cuban and Latin dance music. UNC’s Charanga Carolina specializes in Cuban danzón, contemporary Cuban salsa, New York-style…
Find out more »UNC Harp Ensemble
Join the UNC Harp Ensemble for an evening of gorgeous music! Directed by Laura Byrne. Music by Bizet, Debussy, Haydn, Salzedo, and others
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James W. Pruett Summer Research Fellows Presentation
Please join us for the 2019 James W. Pruett Summer Research Fellows Presentation. Sophia Maria Andricopulos, a 2nd-year graduate student, worked with music from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries relating to baseball, including materials from the Music Division’s Gershwin Collection and Danny Kaye Collection. Emily Hynes, a 2nd-year graduate student, worked in the American Folklife Center, transcribing John Lomax and Herbert Halpert’s field recordings from women’s prisons in the southern United States. Kelli Smith, a 2nd-year graduate student,…
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Guest Lecture: Dr. Imani Sanga
Dr. Imani Sanga (University of Dar es Salaam and the National Humanities Center) This lecture is part of the Carolina Symposia for Music and Culture series.
Find out more »Flute Studio Recital
The UNC Flute Studio presents their fall recital. The program will include solos, duos, and trios by Bach, Coleman, Debussy, and many more.
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UNC Opera: Il Sogno di Scipione (Scipio’s Dream)
UNC Opera performs Mozart's Il Sogno di Scipione (Scipio's Dream). Performed in Italian with English supertitles. We meet our hero, Scipione, as he is getting ready for bed—milk and cookies in hand, sitting down to read his favorite book on the universe. As he drifts off to sleep, he wakes up in a dream, encountering the Goddesses Fortune and Constancy. He is told that he must chose only one of them to worship throughout his life on earth, but first,…
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UNC Opera: Il Sogno di Scipione (Scipio’s Dream)
UNC Opera performs Mozart's Il Sogno di Scipione (Scipio's Dream). Performed in Italian with English supertitles. We meet our hero, Scipione, as he is getting ready for bed—milk and cookies in hand, sitting down to read his favorite book on the universe. As he drifts off to sleep, he wakes up in a dream, encountering the Goddesses Fortune and Constancy. He is told that he must chose only one of them to worship throughout his life on earth, but first,…
Find out more »Brass Chamber Music Concert
Join us in Kenan Rehearsal Hall for an evening of brass chamber music! The Tuba Quartet is performing transcriptions of music by Percy Grainger, Tomás Luis de Victoria, and others. The Brass Quintet will play music of Anders Hillborg and Ludwig Mauer.
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Javier Martínez Campos, cello, and Clara Yang, piano
Guest artist Javier Martínez Campos, cello, and UNC Music faculty Clara Yang, piano, join together for an exciting evening of cello and piano works. Featuring the U.S. premiere of Campos' Cello Sonata with other works by Kodaly, Shostakovich, and de Falla. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t-ASRAPguU Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 students/UNC faculty and staff. Tickets available at the door.
Find out more »An Evening With Hank, Pattie & The Current featuring the UNC String Quartet
Hank Smith, banjo presents a faculty recital joined by string students Waverly Leonard, Sophie Nachmann, Ian Mayes and Akul Narang, as well as his band, The Current. Program for the evening, Windmills | B. Feather, arr. B. Feather, A. Hill Prelude in Gm | H. Smith, arr. J. Keeton Earl in Vienna | H.Smith, arr. P. Kinlaw, H. Smith Prelude in D | H. Smith Southern Mountain Sky | B. Parker, arr. P. Kinlaw Prelude in Eb | H. Smith…
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