November 2019
Charanga Carolina at the Durham Hotel
Join us on the Roof for a performance from UNC-Chapel Hill’s Cuban music ensemble, Charanga Carolina. Charanga is traditionally associated with danzón, a musical and dance style with roots in European classical and Afro-Cuban music. Charanga played a central role in the development of the New York salsa scene in the ‘60s and ‘70s and continues to play an important part in contemporary Cuban and Latin dance music. UNC’s Charanga Carolina specializes in Cuban danzón, contemporary Cuban salsa, New York-style…
Find out more »UNC Harp Ensemble
Join the UNC Harp Ensemble for an evening of gorgeous music! Directed by Laura Byrne. Music by Bizet, Debussy, Haydn, Salzedo, and others
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James W. Pruett Summer Research Fellows Presentation
Please join us for the 2019 James W. Pruett Summer Research Fellows Presentation. Sophia Maria Andricopulos, a 2nd-year graduate student, worked with music from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries relating to baseball, including materials from the Music Division’s Gershwin Collection and Danny Kaye Collection. Emily Hynes, a 2nd-year graduate student, worked in the American Folklife Center, transcribing John Lomax and Herbert Halpert’s field recordings from women’s prisons in the southern United States. Kelli Smith, a 2nd-year graduate student,…
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Guest Lecture: Dr. Imani Sanga
Dr. Imani Sanga (University of Dar es Salaam and the National Humanities Center) This lecture is part of the Carolina Symposia for Music and Culture series.
Find out more »Flute Studio Recital
The UNC Flute Studio presents their fall recital. The program will include solos, duos, and trios by Bach, Coleman, Debussy, and many more.
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UNC Opera: Il Sogno di Scipione (Scipio’s Dream)
UNC Opera performs Mozart's Il Sogno di Scipione (Scipio's Dream). Performed in Italian with English supertitles. We meet our hero, Scipione, as he is getting ready for bed—milk and cookies in hand, sitting down to read his favorite book on the universe. As he drifts off to sleep, he wakes up in a dream, encountering the Goddesses Fortune and Constancy. He is told that he must chose only one of them to worship throughout his life on earth, but first,…
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UNC Opera: Il Sogno di Scipione (Scipio’s Dream)
UNC Opera performs Mozart's Il Sogno di Scipione (Scipio's Dream). Performed in Italian with English supertitles. We meet our hero, Scipione, as he is getting ready for bed—milk and cookies in hand, sitting down to read his favorite book on the universe. As he drifts off to sleep, he wakes up in a dream, encountering the Goddesses Fortune and Constancy. He is told that he must chose only one of them to worship throughout his life on earth, but first,…
Find out more »Brass Chamber Music Concert
Join us in Kenan Rehearsal Hall for an evening of brass chamber music! The Tuba Quartet is performing transcriptions of music by Percy Grainger, Tomás Luis de Victoria, and others. The Brass Quintet will play music of Anders Hillborg and Ludwig Mauer.
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Javier Martínez Campos, cello, and Clara Yang, piano
Guest artist Javier Martínez Campos, cello, and UNC Music faculty Clara Yang, piano, join together for an exciting evening of cello and piano works. Featuring the U.S. premiere of Campos' Cello Sonata with other works by Kodaly, Shostakovich, and de Falla. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t-ASRAPguU Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 students/UNC faculty and staff. Tickets available at the door.
Find out more »An Evening With Hank, Pattie & The Current featuring the UNC String Quartet
Hank Smith, banjo presents a faculty recital joined by string students Waverly Leonard, Sophie Nachmann, Ian Mayes and Akul Narang, as well as his band, The Current. Program for the evening, Windmills | B. Feather, arr. B. Feather, A. Hill Prelude in Gm | H. Smith, arr. J. Keeton Earl in Vienna | H.Smith, arr. P. Kinlaw, H. Smith Prelude in D | H. Smith Southern Mountain Sky | B. Parker, arr. P. Kinlaw Prelude in Eb | H. Smith…
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Carolina Choir and UNC Chamber Singers: Music of Peace, War, and Remembrance
Featuring the premiere performance of Songs of War by Kenneth Frazelle, from poems and diaries of Paul Green, commissioned by the Paul Green Foundation. Also with music of Byrd, Parry, Warner, and Milhaud. Tickets are $10 general admission, $5 students/UNC faculty and staff. Tickets available at the door.
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UNC Glee Club
UNC Glee Club in concert! Repertoire TBA Tickets are $10 general admission, $5 students/UNC faculty and staff. Tickets available at the door.
Find out more »UNC Guitar Ensemble
Join the UNC Guitar Ensemble for an evening gorgeous guitar music. Repertoire TBA
Find out more »University Chamber Players
Student chamber ensembles, coached by Professors Nicholas DiEugenio, Brent Wissick, Tonu Kalam, Mimi Solomon, and Laura Stevens, in performance. Repertoire TBA
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UNC Wind Ensemble and UNC Symphony Band
UNC Wind Ensemble, conducted by Evan Feldman and UNC Symphony Band, conducted by Erin Cooper Featuring guest conductor Francisco Javier Martínez Arcos from Banda Sinfoníca Municipal de Madrid UNC Symphony Band repertoire includes, The Sinfonians | Clifton Williams Symphonic Songs for Band | Robert Russell Bennett My Soul to Keep | Julie Giroux, dedicated to everyone who has been touched by gun violence & more! The UNC Wind Ensemble, with guest conductor, Francisco Javier Martínez Arcos, will present an all…
Find out more »UNC Percussion Ensemble
UNC Percussion Ensemble, directed by Juan Álamo, presents their fall concert.
Find out more »December 2019
UNC Symphony Orchestra with Annual Concerto Competition Winners
In addition to the winning concerto selections, the orchestra will present the premiere performance of Durham composer Maxwell Ramage’s atmospheric tone poem, Taiga. 2019-2010 UNCSO Concerto Competition Winners Lila Dunn, soprano, performing arias by Verdi and Donizetti Bradley Barefoot, baritone, performing songs by H. Leslie Adams & Cody Qiu performing Movement III of Scriabin's Piano Concerto in F sharp minor Tickets are $10 general admission, $5 students/UNC faculty and staff. Tickets available at the door.
Find out more »Gamelan Nyai Saraswati Ensemble
Be sure to stay for the instrument petting zoo after the performance!
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Carolina Bluegrass Band
The Carolina Bluegrass Band, directed by Russell Johnson presents its fall concert. https://www.facebook.com/1263812903660704/videos/1253843778115587/
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First Fridays Concert
Bring your lunch, take a seat, and enjoy some beautiful music in a great space! Featuring Holiday caroling by members of Carolina Choir and the UNC Chamber Singers
Find out more »UNC Jazz Combos
Student jazz combos directed and coached by UNC Jazz Faculty present their second concert of the fall.
Find out more »UNC Baroque Ensemble and Consort of Viols
UNC Baroque Ensemble and Consort of Viols, directed by Brent Wissick, present their fall concert.
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UNC Jazz Band: Holiday Concert
Get in the holiday spirit with the UNC Jazz Band, directed by Jim Ketch!
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January 2020
Men’s Choral Invitational: Final Concert
Organized by Professor Dan Huff. Clinician and repertoire TBA. Tickets are $5 general admission, available at the door.
Find out more »Guest Artist Recital: Keith Koons, clarinet
Guest artists Keith Koons, clarinet, and pianist Steve Chicurel-Stein with UNC Music clarinet professor Don Oehler performing music for clarinet and piano. Richard Rodney Bennet | Crosstalk for two clarinets in B-flat, 1966 William O. Smith | Five Pieces for Solo Clarinet, 1973 Louis Cahuzac | Cantilène pour Clarinette en Si b et Piano Gary Schocker | Sonata for Two Clarinets and Piano, 1966 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy | Konzertstücke No. 2 für zwei Klarinetten und Klavier, Op. 114, 1833 A native…
Find out more »Pruett Lecture: Dr. Nina Eidsheim
Dr. Nina Eidsheim, University of California at Los Angeles
Find out more »Guest Lecture: Dr. T. Carlis Roberts
Dr. T. Carlis Roberts, University of California at Berkeley
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February 2020
Carolina Wind Quintet with Molly Morkoski, piano
The Carolina Wind Quintet performs the music of Poulenc with pianist Molly Morkoski (UNC Music Alumna). Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 students/UNC faculty and staff. Tickets available at the door.
Find out more »Lecture Recital: Madama Europa, the first Jewish Opera Singer
Featuring Jeanne Fischer, soprano, with Brent Wissick, cello. This lecture-recital is part of the NC HIP (Historically-Informed Performances) Festival with Mallarmé players.
Find out more »Guest Artists Recital: Pedro Maia, violin, and Christina Lai, piano
Violinist Pedro Maia and UNC alumna Christina Lai, piano, present underperformed works, including Szymanowski's Mythes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZmUnri7spg&feature=youtu.be&t=36
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UNC Wind Ensemble and UNC Symphony Band
UNC Wind Ensemble, directed by Evan Feldman, and UNC Symphony Band, directed by Erin Cooper Featuring the North Carolina premiere of Peter Van Zandt Lane's Echo Chambers, for winds and electronics. Tickets are $10 general admission, $5 students and UNC faculty/staff. Please note: Memorial Hall ticket purchases (online, by phone, and at the box office) incur a $2 processing fee per ticket. This fee does not apply to UNC student tickets. Tickets available at the door and in advance.…
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UNC Jazz Combos
Student jazz combos, directed and coached by UNC Jazz faculty, with guitarist Dave Stryker and saxophonist Steve Wilson. This concert is part of the 43rd Carolina Jazz Festival, February 20-22, 2020.
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UNC Jazz Band
UNC Jazz Band, directed by Jim Ketch, performs with Artists-in-Residence Dave Stryker, guitar, and Steve Wilson, alto saxophone. This concert is part of the 43rd Carolina Jazz Festival, February 20-22, 2020.
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15th North Carolina Regional Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Festival
A full day of adjudicated big band and combo performances, as well as, as post-performance clinics, and concerts. This event is part of the 43rd Carolina Jazz Festival, February 20-22, 2020.
Find out more »Guest Artists Concert: El Fuego
Early music ensemble, El Fuego, performs music from the Spanish and British Golden Age. Salome Sandoval, director To learn more about the ensemble, check out the video below from 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6orO4do7yR4
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The Doppler Effect: Music for Two Flutes and Keyboard
Featuring artists Laura Dangerfield Stevens, flute Brooks de Wetter-Smith, flute & Ināra Zandmane, keyboard Performing works by Doppler, Bach, and Mozart. Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 students/UNC faculty and staff. Tickets available at the door.
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Annual Spectrum Concert
Get a taste of the many flavors of UNC Music with performances by many of the department ensembles and presentations by department scholars. Don't miss this delightful evening celebrating the variety that is UNC Music. Tickets are $10 general admission, $5 students/UNC faculty and staff. Tickets available at the door.
Find out more »March 2020
Prose, Poetry, and Music from Across the Centuries
Renowned German actor and writer Hanns Zischler with Stefan Litwin, piano Tickets are $15 general admission, $5 students/UNC faculty and staff. Tickets available at the door.
Find out more »Society for Ethnomusicology, Mid-Atlantic Chapter Annual Meeting
The 39th annual chapter meeting of the Mid-Atlantic chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology (MACSEM) will be held at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, March 7-8, 2020. This year's keynote address will be delivered by Anne Rasmussen, Professor of Ethnomusicology at the College of William and Mary. Prof. Rasmussen’s broad research interests include music of the Arab world, the Middle East and the Islamicate world, music, and multiculturalism in the United States, music patronage and politics, issues…
Find out more »Society for Ethnomusicology, Mid-Atlantic Chapter Annual Meeting
The 39th annual chapter meeting of the Mid-Atlantic chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology (MACSEM) will be held at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, March 7-8, 2020. This year's keynote address will be delivered by Anne Rasmussen, Professor of Ethnomusicology at the College of William and Mary. Prof. Rasmussen’s broad research interests include music of the Arab world, the Middle East and the Islamicate world, music, and multiculturalism in the United States, music patronage and politics, issues…
Find out more »Faculty Recital: Bach Violin Sonatas at 300
Presented by Nicholas DiEugenio, violin
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Five Piano Premieres: Clara Yang, piano
Professor Clara Yang, piano UNC Music piano faculty Clara Yang performs world premieres of solo piano works by Allen Anderson, Stephen Anderson, Peter Askim, Lee Weisert, and Phil Young in a program exploring the impact and meaning of modern technology in our lives.
Find out more »1843 Pleyel Piano Concert
The Department of Music presents the fifth annual concert featuring the Department’s 1843 Pleyel piano. Donated to the Department by Tom Kenan, the restored Pleyel was purchased directly from the Pleyel piano-manufacturing company in Paris. Pleyel’s instruments were favorites of Frédéric Chopin and many of his nineteenth-century contemporaries, and reflect a touch and sound quite different from the modern grand piano. The concert will feature UNC faculty and students in performances of works hailing from the era of this historic…
Find out more »The Elliston Trio
The Elliston Trio (members of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra), Keith Nicholas, cello (UNC Music Alumnus) Erin Hall, violin Matthew Phelps, piano performing Gabriel Fauré | Piano Trio, Op. 120 Joan Tower | For Daniel Ludwig van Beethoven | "Ghost" Trio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_XlQQRpng8 Tickets are $15 general admission, $5 students/UNC faculty and staff. Tickets available at the door.
Find out more »April 2020
UNC Opera: Atlas
UNC Opera presents Meredith Monk's Atlas (1991). An opera in 3 acts, written for 18 voices and small chamber orchestra. The opera is loosely based on the life and writings of Alexandra David-Néel, and includes wordless songs and text in Mandarin Chinese and English. To get a preview, check out the video below from the Loïc Pierre and Mikrokosmos' production from 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-eFaoVo7TM Tickets are $10 general admission, $5 students/UNC faculty and staff. Tickets available at the door.
Find out more »UNC Opera: Atlas
UNC Opera presents Meredith Monk's Atlas (1991). An opera in 3 acts, written for 18 voices and small chamber orchestra. The opera is loosely based on the life and writings of Alexandra David-Néel, and includes wordless songs and text in Mandarin Chinese and English. To get a preview, check out the video below from the Loïc Pierre and Mikrokosmos' production from 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-eFaoVo7TM Tickets are $10 general admission, $5 students/UNC faculty and staff. Tickets available at the door.
Find out more »Gamelan Nyai Saraswati Ensemble
Join the ensemble in action after the concert at the instrument petting zoo!
Find out more »UNC Percussion Ensemble
UNC Percussion Ensemble, directed by Professor Juan Álamo, presents their spring concert.
Find out more »Carolina Choir and UNC Chamber Singers
Directed by Susan Klebanow. Tickets are $10 general admission, $5 students/UNC faculty and staff. Tickets available at the door.
Find out more »13th Annual Bass Blast
Join the bass studio for their annual Bass Blast concert!
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UNC Glee Club
UNC Glee Club, directed by Dan Huff and Laura Alexander, presenting their spring concert. Tickets are $10 general admission, $5 students/UNC faculty and staff. Tickets available at the door.
Find out more »UNC Guitar Ensemble
UNC Guitar Ensemble, directed by Billy Stewart, presenting their spring concert.
Find out more »University Band
University Band, directed by Jeff Fuchs, present their spring concert.
Find out more »UNC Wind Ensemble and UNC Symphony Band
UNC Wind Ensemble, directed by Evan Feldman, with winners of the Annual Bands Concerto Competition UNC Symphony Band, directed by Erin Cooper Tickets are $10 general admission, $5 students and UNC faculty/staff. Please note: Memorial Hall ticket purchases (online, by phone, and at the box office) incur a $2 processing fee per ticket. This fee does not apply to UNC student tickets. Tickets available at the door and in advance. Call (919) 843-3333 for more information.
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UNC Symphony Orchestra
UNC Symphony Orchestra, directed by Tonu Kalam, will present the North American premiere of UNC Music faculty Stephen Anderson’s Concerto for Puerto Rico, written for UNC Music percussion professor Juan Álamo, marimba soloist. Also, on the program is Sibelius’ magnificent Symphony No. 2 in D major. Tickets are $10 general admission, $5 students and UNC faculty/staff. Please note: Memorial Hall ticket purchases (online, by phone, and at the box office) incur a $2 processing fee per ticket. This fee…
Find out more »UNC Jazz Band
UNC Jazz Band, directed by Jim Ketch, with Gabe Evans, piano. Tickets are $10 general admission, $5 students/UNC faculty and staff. Tickets available at the door.
Find out more »UNC Jazz Combos
Student jazz combos, directed and coached by UNC Jazz faculty, present their final concert of the year.
Find out more »University Chamber Players
Student chamber ensembles, directed by faculty coaches Nicholas DiEugenio, Brent Wissick, Tonu Kalam, Mimi Solomon, and Laura Stevens.
Find out more »UNC Baroque Ensemble and Consort of Viols
UNC Baroque Ensemble and Consort of Viols, directed by Brent Wissick, present their spring concert.
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Carolina Bluegrass Band
yoThe Carolina Bluegrass Band, directed by Russell Johnson, presents their spring concert. https://www.facebook.com/1263812903660704/videos/433492877397418/ Tickets are $10 general admission, $5 students/UNC faculty and staff. Tickets available at the door.
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