Welcome back to Book Notes! The series that shines a light on recent book publications by music department faculty and alumni. This installment dives into Associate Professor Michael Figueroa’s latest book, City of Song: Music and the Making of Modern Jerusalem, … Continued

For most of his life, Juan Álamo has used music to connect to and communicate with others. As a skilled marimba player, he uses his talent and passion to teach the next generation of musicians to do the same. By … Continued

Eduardo Tadafumi Sato is a PhD candidate in the Department of Music within the UNC College of Arts & Sciences. He studies how music is defined across national borders and unpacks the social and political definitions of what makes music … Continued

When a research project centered on evolution within spadefoot toads fell through, Emily Harmon shifted her focus to microscopic swimmers called rotifers. The biology PhD student is studying an animal’s ability to adapt in one generation, which could inform conservation … Continued

The department is proud to welcome Elliott Chandler as the new department Accounting Technician! Elliott graduated in May 2021 from Carolina with a degree in mathematics and Russian language and culture and started working with the department this past December. … Continued

Dr. Marc Callahan, assistant professor of music, was recently awarded the Charles Nelson Reilly Prize for UNC Opera’s production of II sogno di Scipione.  Callahan was extremely honored and surprised to find out he had received this award. The Charles … Continued

The department congratulates alumnus David VanderHamm, Ph.D. 2017, on winning the 2021 Richard Waterman Junior Scholar Prize by the Society for Ethnomusicology Popular Music Section. Vanderhamm’s winning article “‘I’m Just an Armless Guitarist’: Tony Melendez, Disability, and the Social Construction … Continued

The Department of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is seeking a Lecturer of Bassoon and a Lecturer of Double Bass who will teach classical bassoon and double bass lessons, respectively, to undergraduate majors, minors, and … Continued

The department is proud to share that Dr. LaSaundra Booth, music education lecturer, will be featured this coming weekend as the National Association for Music Educators (NAfME) 2021 All-National Honors Orchestra Conductor. “It’s an honor to serve as this year’s … Continued

The Department of Music is saddened to announce the recent passing of Professor Emeritus Stafford Wing. Professor Wing served on faculty as a voice professor for 40 years from 1969-2009. As described in his obituary, “he was chair of the … Continued