Dr. Brian Arreola, professor of voice, will premiere the lead role in a chamber opera by Vietnamese American composer P.Q. Phan and his wife, librettist Anvi Hoàng. Presented by the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, What the Horse Eats will be performed and live-streamed from the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in Bloomington, Indiana, on August 21 at 7 pm.
What the Horse...
The Department of Music has announced the appointment of two visiting band directors for the 2021-22 academic year, filling positions left vacant by Director of Bands Shawn Smith, who has accepted a position at Brigham Young University, and Associate Director of Bands/Director of Athletic Bands Shayna Stahl, who has accepted a position at the University of Kentucky.
Brett Penshorn...
Assistant Professor of Trumpet Eric Millard has received recognition in two recent music competitions: the King's Peak International Music Competition and The American Prize.
Millard won first place in trumpet in the brass division, ages 23 and up, of the King’s Peak International Music Competition. The virtual...
Assistant Professor of Voice Sequina DuBose has become vice president of the board of the International Florence Price Fest, a new initiative dedicated to promoting the music of Black American composer Florence Price (1887-1953). The International Florence Price Fest was...
Two UNC Charlotte students who competed at the state and regional levels of the National Association for Teachers of Singing (NATS) Student Auditions have advanced to the national level of the competition in the Music Theater category. Sam Pomerantz (student of Assistant Professor of Voice Sequina DuBose) and Migdalia Ramirez (student of...
The Department of Music has announced that Dr. Jason Dungee will join the faculty in August as Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities.
A conductor, tenor, and music educator, Dr. Dungee holds degrees from the University of Arizona, Westminster Choir College, and Hampton University (Virginia). Prior to appointments as Director of Choral Studies in South...
Music professors Jessica Lindsey, associate professor of clarinet, and Mira Frisch, professor of cello, have created a recorded performance of Ruth Schonthal's Love Letters in celebration of Women’s History...
In its first truly livestreamed production, the Department of Music will present its annual “Spotlight” concert on Monday, March 8, performed live from the stage of the Anne R. Belk Theater in Robinson Hall and streamed simultaneously on Vimeo. Featuring music majors in solo performances, the program celebrates student achievement.
“While the pandemic experience has asked of all of us...
The Milken Archive recently published an article by Dr. Kelsey Klotz, lecturer in the Department of Music, that explores the 1969 work by Dave Brubeck, The Gates of Justice. "...