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Department of Music Collaborates with Central Piedmont to Present Opera

Opera Workshop students join the cast of “Susannah” for three performances at Halton Theater.
   March 29, 2022

Nine UNC Charlotte music students will join the cast of Carlisle Floyd’s opera, Susannah, in a production presented through a partnership with Central Piedmont Community College’s Opera Theatre program. Performances will take place April 1-3 in the Halton Theater on the main campus of Central Piedmont.

The voice students – Nicholas Andruzzi, Sarah Freeman, Kathryn Goretzka,...

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Students to Perform at International Music by Women Festival

Five clarinet students will travel to Columbus, Mississippi, March 3-5.
   February 26, 2022

Five clarinet students from UNC Charlotte were selected through blind peer review to attend and perform at the Music by Women Festival at Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Mississippi. The sixth annual international Music by Women Festival will be held March 3-5 and will feature concerts of music written by contemporary...

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CoA+A Announces 2022 Distinguished Alumni

The College of Arts + Architecture will honor five Distinguished Alumni on Friday, March 18
   February 3, 2022

The College of Arts + Architecture (CoA+A) will honor five Distinguished Alumni on Friday, March 18, in the eighth annual celebration of alumni achievement. The award ceremony will take place at 11:30 am in Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts and will be open to the public.

The Distinguished Alumni Awards were created by the College of Arts + Architecture in 2015 to recognize the...

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Professor Discusses His Book in Music Podcast Interview

Dr. Dylan Savage’s “The Transposed Musician” demonstrates life skills learned through music.
   January 30, 2022

Professor of Piano Dylan Savage was the featured guest in Episode 122 of the podcast Enhance Life with Music, which aired on January 25. In the interview, he explained how the skills necessary for learning music effectively are transferable to many settings and situations throughout one’s life.

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Voice Professor Joins Opera Carolina Cast

Sequina DuBose will sing the role of Donna Elvira in a new production of Don Giovanni.
   January 17, 2022

Assistant Professor of Voice Sequina DuBose, lyric soprano, will sing the role of Donna Elvira in Opera Carolina's upcoming production of Mozart's Don Giovanni. Performances will take place February 3, 5, and 6 at the Belk Theater in the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. It is DuBose's debut in the virtuosic role of...

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Clarinet Professor’s New CD Celebrates Diverse Collection of Contemporary Composers

Jessica Lindsey is one half of Spatial Forces Duo, which has created “Little Spectacle."
   January 5, 2022

Associate Professor of Clarinet Jessica Lindsey, with her musical partner Christy Banks, recently released a new CD of electroacoustic music – the first for the pair of clarinetists, who have performed together as Spatial Forces Duo since 2008....

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Student Wins State Music Competition

Kira Wagner is the NC winner of the MTNA Young Artist Solo Competition in the Brass Area.
   November 2, 2021

Student Kira Wagner has been named the North Carolina state representative for 2021-2022 Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Young Artist Solo Competition in the Brass Area. The three-tiered competition begins with a state round in the fall, followed by a division round...

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Virtual Exchange Joins Choirs from UNC Charlotte and Japanese University

The Women’s Chorus and a choir from Tohoku University worked together for two weeks.
   October 8, 2021

The UNC Charlotte Women’s Chorus, The Charlotteans, recently spent two weeks in a virtual exchange with choral students from Tohoku University, a UNC Charlotte institutional exchange partner since 2014. Through Zoom, the two choirs met for joint rehearsals and group discussions and together have created a combined performance...

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Marsalis Leads Masterclass at UNC Charlotte

Branford Marsalis tells students, "Listen to as much music as you can."
   September 5, 2021

Three-time Grammy Award® winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis led a masterclass for music students in Rowe Recital Hall on August 30. Visiting campus the day after Charlie Parker's 101st birthday, Marsalis launched the Department of Music's "Charlie Parker 101" project with the class and a public event in the Anne R...

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Grymes Named Scholarship and Research Editor of College Music Society Journal

College Music Symposium is a peer-reviewed international journal that publishes twice a year.
   September 3, 2021

Dr. James Grymes, professor of musicology, has been named the Scholarship and Research Editor for the College Music Symposium: Journal of the College Music Society, effective immediately. 

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