MUSC 120: Foundations in Music Professor David Garcia MUSC 120 is our gateway course for music students. It is only offered in the Fall semester and is required for the major (both Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music) and … Continued

Interested in participating in a music department ensemble this semester? Some ensembles require auditions that will happen during the first week of classes in August (August 19 – August 24, 2019). See below for more information on how to sign … Continued

Welcome to the Class of 2023 Kenan Music Scholars! Hailing from across the country, each playing a different instrument, this class of scholars brings an exciting array of talent to the department! We look forward to their studies and performances … Continued

by Catherine Zachary, and contributors Rachel Despard (Class of ’20), Abigail Lloyd (Class of ’20), and Aaron Park (Class of ’21) Welcome, new Tar Heels! We’re so excited you’re here, and can’t wait to see (and hear) all that you … Continued

by Catherine Zachary The 2018-2019 academic year was just the second to host UNC Library’s new Incubator Awards: Research Grants for Creative Artists. Applications are filed in September, awards granted in October, and presentations are made at the Incubator Awards … Continued

by Parth Upadhyaya One hundred seventy-five undergraduate students. Twenty-nine graduate students. All pursuing degrees within the UNC Department of Music. Though all of these Tar Heels frequent the halls of Kenan Music Building, Hill Hall and Person Hall, many lugging … Continued

MUSC 286 (MUSIC AS CULTURE): MUSIC AND THE ENVIRONMENT This five-week course introduces issues concerning music and the natural environment. Through creative projects, short written assignments, and readings on topics from birdsong in medieval music to Childish Gambino’s “Feels Like … Continued

MUSC 112: Richard Luby International Violin Symposium 2019 (Group Lessons in Strings) Named in honor of its founder, violinist Richard Luby, the Symposium offers participants an intensive one-week immersion focused on individual instrumental and musical growth within the context of … Continued

by Parth Upadhyaya Last semester, Arvind Mallikarjunan came to a realization. The UNC senior, double majoring in Music and Exercise and Sports Science, was in the process of working on a piece for saxophone that he planned to use to … Continued

by Catherine Zachary This past weekend former UNC Department of Music Professor Lilian Pruett was awarded the inaugural Honorary Membership of the South-East Chapter of the American Musicological Society. Numerous UNC Music faculty and graduate students were in attendance for … Continued