by Ryan Ebright, Ph.D. ’14 American opera underwent tremendous changes in the 1980s. Spurred on the one hand by an influx of money from the National Endowment for the Arts and various philanthropic foundations, and on the other by a … Read more
by Crystal Wu & Catherine Zachary First Fridays is a concert series created by Arts Everywhere and the Department of Music in the fall of 2019. The series has featured pop-up performances by different student and chamber ensembles on the … Read more
This week’s feature is one of our anti-racism music resources: Philip Ewell’s series of six blog posts titled, “Confronting Racism and Sexism in American Music Theory.” Asst. Prof. Aaron Harcus also addresses the racist backlash that has occurred in response … Read more
by Kendall Winter, Third-Year Musicology Graduate Student It’s been said many ways that communal singing brings people together in music, in mind, and in action. And I can think of no artist who has worked longer or harder to take … Read more
Graduate alumnus William Robin, Ph.D. ’16, published an article in May in the New York Times on the very timely subject of pandemics and their musical impact. Specifically, Robin’s research looks at the effects of the 1918 influenza pandemic and … Read more
by Catherine Zachary Over the summer, the faculty and staff of the music department have been hard at work examining our internal systemic racism and looking for ways that we can begin to enact real and meaningful change. Over the … Read more
The IBMA Foundation announced the winners of the first-ever Sally Ann Forrester Scholarships this week and senior banjo player Anne Frances Jarrell was one of five recipients from across the country. Sally Ann Forrester is widely considered the first female … Read more
The best part about August is getting to see all of the returning students again and meeting all of the new students! We were thrilled to get to know the incoming class of Kenan Music Scholars during their audition process … Read more
by Scott Jared This excerpt was published as part of the full article “Roll out the welcome mat” on The Well, Monday, August 3rd, 2020. Their interests range from neurodegenerative diseases to eating disorders to race, class and gender to playing and … Read more
On Saturday, August 1, Professor Brent Wissick was awarded Lifetime Membership by the Viola da Gamba Society of America at the closing session of the 2020 (virtual) National Conclave “for his devotion to the VdGSA, musicianship, humility, and care for … Read more
