University Band: MUSC 213, section 4 Only offered in the spring semester, The University Band is composed of approximately one-hundred students and performs a variety of literature ranging from orchestral transcriptions and original works for winds to popular music. Conductor … Read more
by Catherine Zachary There aren’t many opera stars who can credit their big break to a karaoke performance, but Lucas Meachem can do just that! As the Wall Street Journal recounted in 2015, Karaoke led to his big break in … Read more
Our Course of the Week is MUSC 131: Music Theory 1! Music Theory I is the jumping off point for almost all of our music majors and minors into the world of melody, counterpoint, rhythm, meter, notation, aural skills training, … Read more
by Catherine Zachary There aren’t many opera singers who can travel the world doing what they love, and still get to spend almost every day with their spouse. Power couple Lucas and Irina Meachem get to do just that. Irina … Read more
From piano to voice to jazz bass to fiddle the Department of Music has private instruction available in a wide array of instruments! To see a full list of instrument offerings and faculty contacts for each, click here. Separate fees … Read more
by Catherine Zachary The Department of Music is thrilled to announce that North Carolina native, Grammy® Award-winning baritone Lucas Meachem, will be Artist in Residence with us from February 24 through March 1. Beginning on Sunday Evening, Feb. 24, in recital … Read more
Congratulations to Associate Professor Anne MacNeil, co-PI of The Virtual Studiolo, and her colleagues on their recent award from the National Endowment for the Humanities! Thanks to the generous support of the NEH, The Virtual Studiolo team will undertake the … Read more
In light of Chancellor Folt and the Board of Trustees’ Recommendation for the Disposition and Preservation of the Confederate Monument, on December 5th the Department of Music faculty voted to reaffirm our position against any public display of the statue. The … Read more
MUSC 155: The Art and Culture of the DJ Led by Professor Mark Katz, this course is an exploration of the important, often misunderstood role of the DJ in modern musical life, with particular attention to the ways in which DJing … Read more
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Nicholas DiEugenio, violin, and Lecturer Mimi Solomon, piano, on their album Unraveling Beethoven being honored as Best of Show of the Gold Medal Winners by Global Music Awards! “Best of Show honors go to Nicholas DiEugenio … Read more
