In honor of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day this past Monday, we wanted to revisit some of our favorite DWW installments highlighting women this year. Do you know a BIPOC woman musician we should highlight in the future? … Read more

by Audrey Ladele On March 6th at 7:30 pm, live-streamed on YouTube, the UNC Department of Music will present the Winterreise Concert, featuring faculty member Marc Callahan, and guest artists Keiko Sekino (piano) and Andrew Myers (art). Since Callahan’s first … Read more

by Professor Jocelyn Neal Music theory is not the sort of discipline that regularly makes headlines, but in the past year, it has shown up in the spotlight regularly. The catalyst for all this attention has been an increasingly passionate … Read more

by Catherine Zachary, Communications Coordinator In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death this past summer, many musicians across the country and the world found themselves asking “What can I do?”. Here in the department, it has spurred numerous conversations about … Read more

As we look forward to our first live-streamed concert of the semester, we wanted to take a look back at the revolutionary technology that makes it all possible during these unprecedented times. First used by our jazz faculty for their … Read more

Assistant Professor LaToya Lain recently participated in the songSLAM Festival with Sparks and Wiry Cries in New York City. In this special interview for “Do the Work Wednesdays” she discusses what it was like to record a newly commissioned piece … Read more

by Audrey Ladele The UNC Department of Music is elated to host the 44th Annual Carolina Jazz Festival. The festival will look a little different than in years past but will contain the same spark and vibrancy. The festival will … Read more

Congratulations to first-year graduate student Drew Borecky on his first journal publication! His article “Dungeons, Dragons, and Music: The Immersive Qualities of Sound in Dungeons & Dragons” appears in the latest issue of the Journal for Sound and Music in Games. … Read more

In honor of Black History Month, this week’s installment of “Do the Work Wednesdays” is a challenge to our department community to explore the music of a new (to you) Black composer. Learn about their life, the context surrounding their … Read more

Alumna Channing McCullough (BMus ’09, MAT ’10) was recently named Head of Middle School at Franklin Road Academy in Nashville, TN. McCullough is currently serving as Director of Bands and Grade Level Dean at Princeton Day School in Princeton, NJ. … Read more