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Lucas Notes: Finishing Things Up

April 24, 2020

by Ashley Lucas Last week of classes. Sometimes I find it hard to believe that I am about to finish my junior year of college. Other times I feel like I have been at it forever and it is just … Read more

UNC Music Keeps Playing with Carolina Stomp

April 24, 2020

by Parth Upadhyaya Shortly after UNC announced in mid-March that it would extend spring break and transition to online instruction, ensemble directors from the Department of Music met to come up with a plan. They had to find a way … Read more

#CourseOfTheWeek: Piano Ensemble, Duet

April 21, 2020

MUSC 211.009: Piano Ensemble, Duet Associate Professor Clara Yang Tuesday, 4:00-5:50, Kenan 2011 The repertoire written for piano ensembles, such as one piano four hands, two pianos, and one piano multiple people, is incredibly rich and exciting. We will explore … Read more

Lucas Notes: We Can Do the Hard Things

April 17, 2020

by Ashley Lucas Remember last week when I said that I was lacking motivation to do schoolwork? This week, I am feeling the consequences of my procrastination in full force. As the last week of school approaches, I am flailing … Read more

#CourseOfTheWeek: Survey of Western Music

April 14, 2020

MUSC 141: Survey of Western Music Instructor | Eduardo Sato Summer Session 1 | May 5 – June 18 | Carolina Courses Online This course offers a broad overview of Western music history from the Middle Ages until today. We … Read more

Lucas Notes: A Tale of Two People

April 10, 2020

by Ashley Lucas I feel like there are two sides to me at this point. The student and the person and they are in two different stages in this quarantine. Student Ashley is doing okay. I am still stressed but … Read more

Giving voice to the marginalized

April 7, 2020

by Catherine Zachary A graduate student is using digital humanities tools to examine musical recordings from prisons in the American South to bring the true stories of the recordings to light. Emily Hynes is examining musical recordings made in prisons … Read more

#CourseOfTheWeek: Applied Lessons

April 7, 2020

MUSC 100/200/300: Applied Lessons To see a list of applied lessons instructors, click here. Individual instruction for academic credit (private lessons) in piano (classical), organ, woodwind, brass, percussion, string instruments, and voice is available to all University students regardless of … Read more