Music

Born in Brooklyn, NY, Rick Dior began his professional music career at the age of thirteen, freelancing in and around the metropolitan area in various small ensembles, orchestras, and theater productions. He is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music where he studied with timpanist Fred Hinger and jazz composer Bob Mintzer. He also […]

Jennifer Dior is a graduate of Manhattan School of Music where she earned a bachelor of music performance degree in 1987. She has lived in Charlotte NC since 1990.  She’s been teaching at UNC-Charlotte since 2002. Mrs. Dior also teaches younger students for Community School of the Arts and at her home studio in Charlotte. […]

Faculty Research Connections Profile Dr. Sequina DuBose serves as Assistant Professor of Classical and Contemporary Voice and Coordinator of the Musical Theatre Certificate Program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her research focuses on performance practice and pedagogy for 21st-century hybrid vocal literature. She has presented her research at the NATS Summer Workshop, […]

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 Carolina and Florida, he enjoyed eight years as a successful high school choral music teacher in Newport News and Williamsburg, Virginia. He was a Conductor Fellow in the […]

Rachel Engstrom is the Costume Lab Supervisor and a lecturer at UNC Charlotte, where she has designed the recent fall and spring dance concerts. She is also a freelance costume designer with local credits including The Producers, Spring Awakening, and Memphis at Theatre Charlotte, The Mousetrap, The Bridges of Madison County, James and the Giant […]

Dr. Michael Figgers was born in Quincy Florida and is the second oldest of 10 siblings.  Dr. Figgers earned a BS in vocal music from Florida A & M University.  He also earned a Master’s degree in Music Education and a Doctorate degree in Choral Conducting from Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. Michael has taught […]

Matthew Fraiser is proud to have received his MFA in Technical Production from Florida State University (FSU). During his time at FSU, he worked as Technical Director for The Love of the Nightingale and Romeo and Juliet. In the summers of 2013 and 2014, Matthew worked at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, serving as an Assistant Technical Director in the Adams Memorial […]

Mira Frisch, Professor of Cello and Director of String Chamber Music at UNC Charlotte, previously taught cello and chamber music at Truman State University in Missouri and at the summer festival Musicale della Toscana in Italy. She has performed as a recitalist and chamber musician throughout the United States and in Bermuda, Italy, and France. Her recordings as […]