Today we get to know Jay Harper, media technician for the music department! Jay is the newest staff member of the department, having just started in October 2019. However, he was with the communication department before moving to our department … Read more
Charanga Carolina reminds us with this performance of Ray Barretto’s “Indestructible” that together, we can do hard things. Together we will overcome. Dear Charanga Carolina community, I am very pleased to announce Charanga Carolina’s music video, “Indestructible” (Ray Barretto), which … Read more
by Eli Hornback, Class of 2021 As I left for spring break in New York and Cape Cod, I had no idea that I’d spend the rest of my semester like this. If I had, I would have brought my … Read more
Today we get to know El Fisseha, business manager for the music department! El runs the business operations of the department, including finance and personnel management. On most days, you’ll find El in her office, Hill Hall 105C. “I am a … Read more
by Scott Jared, The Well, Tuesday, May 12th, 2020 Carolina music professor Jim Ketch talks teaching, performing and basketball as he nears retirement. “Life is like a trumpet. If you don’t put anything into it, you don’t get anything out.” … Read more
Connect with Your Fellow Music Alumni Join our UNC Department of Music Alumni Facebook Group!To the Class of 2020, we will be together to celebrate one day soon, but until then, we hope these videos will help show you how … Read more
by Parth Upadhyaya Yadira Rodríguez-Cruz clicked send on the morning of April 20. And that was it. Her final project as a music student-teacher was submitted. She had nothing else to turn in for her last semester at UNC. It … Read more
Although we had to finish the year apart, we still found a way to create music together. Thank you to all of our students, faculty, and staff for your hard work in making this project possible! Hark the Sound!
In honor of Professor Allen Anderson’s service as chair of the Department of Music, and in recognition of his exemplary and tireless leadership during this time, the faculty and staff of the department put together the following video and card … Read more
by Nicole Gagliardi If you asked me year ago what I thought would be happening right now, being right in the middle of a global pandemic would have been the last thing I would have told you. As a current … Read more
