July 2020
Compose Carolina: Christian Cail
Christian Cail on Angelus Novus, but cut into a million little pieces. It is impossible to “look ahead” without understanding our collective history. This can be conclusively seen in misunderstandings of history which create patently silly interpretations of the present moment, as Fukuyama’s “end of history” thesis shows rather clearly. This means we need accurate measurements of history and its meaning to even imagine what tomorrow will be. Historian and theorist Karl Kautsy, in his 1901 text The Social Revolution,…
Find out more »Compose Carolina: David Green
David Green, on his currently untitled composition, said, "The concept of “Looking Forward” is associated in my mind broadly with optimism. However, the need to look forward, it seems to me, must be spurred by some dissatisfaction with the present; in other words, there must be something to look forward to, something which implicitly is superior to the status quo. In this age of oppression, systemic racism, violence, and disease—to name only a few ubiquities—there is no shortage of issues…
Find out more »Compose Carolina: Alex McKeveny
Compose Carolina: Summer Music Series UNC Department of Music and Carolina Performing Arts are thrilled to co-host Compose Carolina, a weekly livestream concert series highlighting UNC Music’s composition student and alumni musicians’ original compositions, with conversations led by UNC Department of Music faculty members. Each week, we’ll welcome a new Carolina composer, including alumni Eliana Fishbeyn, Noah Balamucki, and Christian Cail and students David Green, Alex McKeveny, and James Larkins, who…
Find out more »Compose Carolina: James Larkins
Compose Carolina: Summer Music Series UNC Department of Music and Carolina Performing Arts are thrilled to co-host Compose Carolina, a weekly livestream concert series highlighting UNC Music’s composition student and alumni musicians’ original compositions, with conversations led by UNC Department of Music faculty members. Each week, we’ll welcome a new Carolina composer, including alumni Eliana Fishbeyn, Noah Balamucki, and Christian Cail and students David Green, Alex McKeveny, and James Larkins, who…
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