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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
MUSC 950.002, Seminar in Musicology: The Work and Power of Tape This graduate seminar uses a focus on one media format—magnetic tape—to think about the power relations inherent in sonic practices, especially recording. The focus will shape our theoretical field … Read more
by Parth Upadhyaya LaToya Lain sits at the desk in her office at Kenan Music Building with her head buried in a book and her back turned to the window overlooking the intersection of Colombia and Franklin Street. Her eyes … Read more
