By Parth Upadhyaya The UNC Department of Music is taking a new approach this year to recruit high school students for its concert bands. Arris Golden, Assistant Director of University Bands and conductor of the Symphony Band, has been instrumental … Read more
Several members of the UNC graduate program in musicology traveled to Bern, Switzerland, last week to present at the “Branding ‘Western Music’” conference held by the University of Bern. Dr. Annegret Fauser, who was recently named the Harold J. Glass … Read more
Over the summer, Acis Productions released “Confluence” by Ensemble Collina, a group of artists primarily made up of UNC music faculty members. Ensemble Collina is made up of UNC professors Michael Kris (trombone), Leah Peroutka (violin), and Brent Wissick (viola … Read more
The North Carolina Arts Council this week named Lee Weisert, associate professor of composition, one of its recipients of the 2017-18 Artist Fellowship Awards in composition. Weisert, who is a composer of instrumental and electronic music and a multimedia sound … Read more
The UNC Department of Music is once again bringing back the best music bargain in town for the 2017-18 year. Subscription passes for the William S. Newman Artists Series and Scholarship Benefit Concert Series are now on sale in the … Read more
By Trevor McPherson Throughout all of my exposure to the niche field of musical neuroscience, I have noted that the vast majority of research centers around western musical culture. Studies are conducted by western-trained musicians, examine the effects of western … Read more
This is the second and final part of the journal entries chronicling the travels of three members of the UNC Sackbut Ensemble. In Part One, Becca Clemens (BM ’14) described her experience playing in the Salzburg Festival along with Michael Kris, director … Read more
Associate Professor David F. Garcia’s new book Listening for Africa: Freedom, Modernity, and the Logic of Black Music’s African Origins (Duke University Press) explores how a diverse group of musicians, dancers, academics, and activists engaged with the idea of black music … Read more
A few members of the UNC Sackbut Ensemble recently traveled to Austria to play in the famous Salzburg Festival. The trio on the trip is made up of Michael Kris, director of the UNC Sackbut Ensemble, Becca Clemens (BM ’14), and … Read more
The UNC Department of Music has announced that local bluegrass musician Hank Smith will join the faculty as a banjo instructor starting this fall. Smith will add to the Bluegrass Initiative at UNC by providing individual banjo lessons and collaborating … Read more
