FEATURING UNC Flute Studio, students of Dr. Laura Stevens PROGRAM "Flutes in Nature" UNC Flute Studio Spring Recital PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s … Read more
FEATURING UNC Harp Ensemble, directed by Laura Byrne PROGRAM Bach/Gounod Ave Maria Bruder Choral Book/Pratt Lambs Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits Grandjany Eleanor and Marcia Duet Grix Hidden Within the Flower Owens Dance of the Little Fish Roberston … Read more
FEATURING Bassoon students of Lecturer Jessica Kunttu PROGRAM Leroy Anderson Bassoonist’s Holiday (1954) W.A. Mozart “Vedrai, carino” from Don Giovanni, K. 527 (1787) Eva Coens “Year Twenty, Year Forty-four” for electric bassoon and piano (2024)*world premiere Peter Schickele Last … Read more
FEATURING TALSounds Natalie Chami is a Canadian-born Lebanese American musician and educator. Known for her work in drone, ambient, and improvisational music, she has cultivated a distinguished solo career over the past 14 years, crafting a distinctive blend of personal … Read more
FEATURING Viola students of Lecturer Simon Ertz Jacob Bandy Abbey Benzinger Natalie Druffner William Jackson Andrew Jensen Lauren Southwell Charlotte Spurr PROGRAM Reger Suite Brahms Songs for Alto, Viola and Piano Veiuxtemps Elegy Bridge Berceuse Bartok Concerto Hindemith Sonata … Read more
"Afrobeats and the Popular Incredible in Nigeria" Dr. Adeshina Afolayan, University of Ibadan and the National Humanities Center Afrobeats, as the current preeminent articulation of popular music in Nigeria, participates in and embodies the reign of the postcolonial incredible in Nigeria. In … Read more
FEATURING Carrina Macaluso, mezzo-soprano Maria Paulina Garcia, piano with special guest Howard Fishman, author of To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse (Penguin Random House 2023) PROGRAM This lecture-recital explores the life and music of … Read more
"Music at the Limits of Political Efficacy" Dr. Matt Sakakeeny, Tulane University and the National Humanities Center This talk identifies four principal themes that arose from a “political turn” in music studies at the turn of the twenty-first century: dissent, … Read more
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this concert has been canceled. FEATURING Brent Wissick, baryton with faculty and guest artists PROGRAM The Baryton is an instrument with 16 strings (both bowed and plucked) that was played in 18th-century Austria and Germany. … Read more
Dr. Tammy L. Kernodle presents the 2024 James W. Pruett Lecture in Music and Culture “You Can’t Tell It Like I Can: Mary Lou Williams, Black Nationalism, and the Re-framing of Jazz’s History” One of the significant aspects of contemporary … Read more
