In light of Chancellor Folt and the Board of Trustees’ Recommendation for the Disposition and Preservation of the Confederate Monument, on December 5th the Department of Music faculty voted to reaffirm our position against any public display of the statue. The … Continued

MUSC 155: The Art and Culture of the DJ Led by Professor Mark Katz, this course is an exploration of the important, often misunderstood role of the DJ in modern musical life, with particular attention to the ways in which DJing … Continued

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Nicholas DiEugenio, violin, and Lecturer Mimi Solomon, piano, on their album Unraveling Beethoven being honored as Best of Show of the Gold Medal Winners by Global Music Awards! “Best of Show honors go to Nicholas DiEugenio … Continued

By Parth Upadhyaya Tonu Kalam has been the Music Director and Conductor of the UNC Symphony Orchestra for 31 years, and most years, Kalam’s group has collaborated with a faculty performer for concerts. But the collaboration on the UNC Symphony … Continued

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—Students in MUSC 381: Analysis of Songcraft will be presenting original songs they wrote over the course of the semester at the Downbar at Linda’s Bar & Grill on Dec. 7 at 1 p.m. The event is free … Continued

MUSC 211.003, UNC Symphony Band The Symphony Band, conducted by Erin Cooper, is composed of approximately sixty students and performs a variety of original wind literature and orchestral transcriptions. Membership is open to all university students regardless of major. The … Continued

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Chérie Rivers Ndaliko on winning the Society for Ethnomusicology’s Kwabena Nketia Book Prize for her book Necessary Noise: Music, Film, and Charitable Imperialism in the East of Congo. According to the SEM, the purpose of the Kwabena Nketia Book Prize … Continued

By Parth Upadhyaya When former UNC Department of Music chair Louise Toppin asked Professor John Caldwell if he wanted to revive Gamelan Nyai Saraswati in the fall of 2017, he knew it wouldn’t be easy. But after an almost two-year … Continued

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Nicholas DiEugenio, violin, and Lecturer Mimi Solomon, piano, on their album Unraveling Beethoven being honored as one of the Top Ten Albums of 2018 by Global Music Awards! “In this brilliant album, the duo DiEugenio (violin) … Continued

MUSC 212.004, Gamelan Nyai Saraswati Ensemble The Gamelan Nyai Saraswati Ensemble was founded in 2001 after a donation of the instruments was received in December of 2000. Ever since there has remained a devoted group to this ensemble, both on campus … Continued