Dr. Tammy L. Kernodle presents the 2024 James W. Pruett Lecture in Music and Culture “You Can’t Tell It Like I Can: Mary Lou Williams, Black Nationalism, and the Re-framing of Jazz’s History” One of the significant aspects of contemporary … Read more
FEATURING Beautifulish Sam Scranton and Katherine Young make music together as Beautifulish. We fuse free improvisation with composed musical material. Tightly interwoven gestures smudge into expansive textures. Rainbows of noise produced through haptic and breathy friction create proximity and space, … Read more
FEATURING Professor X Professor X is a producer / DJ from Eastern North Carolina who finds inspiration from several musical genres—from house music to jazz to boom-bap hip-hop. He is best known for his soulful and nostalgically textured blends and … Read more
Please join us for Kenan Guest Artist Matthew Turner's presentation on Music, Improvisation, and the Community. We look forward to a wonderful discussion! Matt Turner (Lawrence University) is widely regarded as one of the world's leading improvising cellists. Equally skilled … Read more
Carolina Center for Jewish Studies Emerging Scholars Lecture with Tara Jordan, UNC Music Ph.D. Candidate “Mi, Monastir”: Remembrance and Reconstruction of Jewish Monastir’s Musical Life This lecture, entitled “Mi, Monastir”: Remembrance and Reconstruction of Jewish Monastir’s Musical Life, will … Read more
