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Faculty Features: Buxton, Fischer, Johnson, Kalam, and Neal

April 30, 2021

Welcome back to the Faculty Features series! Every Friday during this eight-week series we’ll be sharing a short interview with some of our faculty members; highlighting their teaching, upcoming courses, and getting to know them better! Today we’re featuring Professors … Read more

Exploring the art and culture of hip hop

April 29, 2021

by Ashley Lucas In 2019, Professor Mark Katz helped launch The Carolina Hip Hop Institute at UNC. The Carolina Hip Hop Institute is an 11-day intensive summer program that immerses students into the art and culture of hip hop. As … Read more

DWW: Decolonizing “Intro to World Music?”

April 28, 2021

by Assistant Professor Michael A. Figueroa Where does “Intro to World Music” stand in an era of political crisis, globalization, and technological (post)modernity, when relations between self and other are in constant flux? In this article, I critique the colonial … Read more

Remembering Calvin F. Morrow Sr.

April 22, 2021

The Department extends our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Calvin F. Morrow, Sr, member of the famed B-1 Navy Band. We are humbled by Mr. Morrow and his fellow servicemen and musicians’ service to our country and … Read more

DWW: A drop in the bucket

April 21, 2021

by Crystal Wu, BMus ’13, Arts Everywhere Marketing & Development Communications Manager In one of my music classes in graduate school, I had a professor who referred to some of the most famous classical pieces as “money tunes.” This brings … Read more

Alum Paapa Berko on finding his voice through music

April 15, 2021

by Audrey Ladele Alumni from the UNC Department of Music never cease to amaze, and recent graduate, Paapa Berko, definitely embodies this. Paapa graduated from Chapel Hill in the fall as a double major in Exercise & Sports Science and … Read more

DWW: Juan Álamo’s Ensoñación

April 14, 2021

Coming soon to speakers near you: Associate Professor Juan Álamo‘s latest album project Ensoñación. Scheduled for release on Summit Records this summer, Ensoñación (Reverie), features original compositions and new arrangements of Bach and Beethoven works by Álamo himself. This incredible fusion of … Read more

Faculty Features: Figueroa, Foureman, Fuchs, Klebanow, and Smith

April 9, 2021

Welcome back to the Faculty Features series! Every Friday during this eight-week series we’ll be sharing a short interview with some of our faculty members; highlighting their teaching, upcoming courses, and getting to know them better! Today we’re featuring Professors … Read more