El Fisseha received the 2022-2023 Award in Management in the College of Arts and Sciences for her outstanding accomplishments in the Department of Music. El Fisseha, business manager for the Department of Music, received the 2022-2023 Award in Management in … Read more
Eduardo Sato, Ph.D. Candidate in Musicology, was recently awarded the Robert Walser and Susan McClary Fellowship from the Society for American Music. This prestigious fellowship provides a generous stipend for the Ph.D. Candidate recipient. According to their website, this fellowship … Read more
Junior Madi Marks was one of five students selected this year for Honors Carolina‘s prestigious Burch Fellowship. Billed as the “ultimate ‘go anywhere’ fellowship,” according to their website, the application and interview process for the fellowship is rigorous and the … Read more
Congratulations to Professor Suzi Analogue on her phenomenal scoring of the second season of NPR Music’s hip-hop podcast Louder Than A Riot! The second season premiered in mid-March and there are currently five full episodes available for listening. The second season … Read more
Praised for their collaboration of “technical brilliance,” Korean-American violinist, Dr. Sunmi Chang, and Chinese-American pianist, Dr. Clara Yang, will present a concert of music by women composers on Wednesday, March 23rd at 7:30 PM. These artist-scholars aim to raise awareness … Read more
Alumnus Andrew Skinner, B.S. in Business Administration 2018, was recently awarded a Preservation Grant by the Latin GRAMMY Foundation! Andrew, although not a music major, was heavily involved in the music department. Having taken lessons and performed in the jazz … Read more
Until just a few weeks ago, it had been three years since the UNC Glee Club had gone on a multi-city tour. In January 2020, as the group toured the Southeast with a finale concert in Savannah, GA, no one … Read more
The UNC Bands Alumni Association created a new scholarship in honor of UNC Bands Director Jeffrey Fuchs. The scholarship’s creation was first announced at the Marching Tar Heels’ annual alumni band reunion at Homecoming 2022. Fuchs was stunned when he … Read more
The department is thrilled to announce a new partnership with the Department of Dramatic Art to create the Musical Theater Minor! Musicals were something that both departments were missing. Many first-year students come to Carolina having primarily worked on musicals … Read more
The department is saddened to announce the passing of former professor Michael Zenge. Professor Zenge taught piano, keyboard literature, and the history and interpretation of Lieder in the department for 34 years. His colleagues and students remember him as a … Read more
