Congratulations to Assistant Professor Chérie Rivers Ndaliko on winning the Society for Ethnomusicology’s Kwabena Nketia Book Prize for her book Necessary Noise: Music, Film, and Charitable Imperialism in the East of Congo. According to the SEM, the purpose of the Kwabena Nketia Book Prize … Read more
By Parth Upadhyaya When former UNC Department of Music chair Louise Toppin asked Professor John Caldwell if he wanted to revive Gamelan Nyai Saraswati in the fall of 2017, he knew it wouldn’t be easy. But after an almost two-year … Read more
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Nicholas DiEugenio, violin, and Lecturer Mimi Solomon, piano, on their album Unraveling Beethoven being honored as one of the Top Ten Albums of 2018 by Global Music Awards! “In this brilliant album, the duo DiEugenio (violin) … Read more
MUSC 212.004, Gamelan Nyai Saraswati Ensemble The Gamelan Nyai Saraswati Ensemble was founded in 2001 after a donation of the instruments was received in December of 2000. Ever since there has remained a devoted group to this ensemble, both on campus … Read more
Congratulations to the UNC Harp Ensemble on their feature story on Carolina Connection! Click the play button below to hear the full audio story. Click here to read more on the Carolina Connection website.
Congratulations to Associate Professor David Garcia who was awarded the Bruno Nettl Prize from the Society for Ethnomusicology for his book Listening for Africa: Freedom, Modernity, and the Logic of Black Music’s African Origins. Listening for Africa, in April of … Read more
This week we’re featuring our Choral Ensembles, MUSC 211, sections 4-7! Carolina Choir, MUSC 211.004 Chamber Singers, MUSC 211.005 UNC Men’s Glee Club, MUSC 211.006 UNC Women’s Glee Club, MUSC 211.007 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and … Read more
Eugene Falk Distinguished Professor Emeritus Dr. Severine Neff received the Ruth A. Solie Award from the American Musicological Society for her book, The Rite of Spring at 100, co-edited with Maureen Carr and Gretchen Horlacher, along with John Reef. Congratulations … Read more
MUSC 212.001, UNC Opera UNC Opera performs a wide range of opera, operetta, and musical theater repertory, including both standard and new works. UNC Opera generally presents one mainstage production per semester, often double-cast with orchestra, in Hill Hall Auditorium, … Read more
By Parth Upadhyaya Halloween is over and the hundreds of students in costumes have cleared Franklin Street, but UNC Opera is still casting spells. Director Marc Callahan’s group will perform a condensed version of Handel’s Alcina, a Baroque opera, on … Read more
