Music

Inspiring Love for Life through Music

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MJR Jazz Scholar Adam Kallestad is ready to teach the next generation.

Krish Sood

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Degree: BM in Vocal Performance Graduation Year: 2027 Hometown: East Windsor, NJ How did you first get interested in music?I have had a passion for music since I was very young. I feel the happiest when I am singing or listening to music or just doing anything connected to music. Since elementary school, I have […]

Roberto Gutierrez

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Degree: B.M. in Music Performance Graduation Year: 2027 Hometown: Charlotte, NC How did you first get interested in music?I got into music because I was captivated by the beauty and emotions that music can convey, and how it has the power to bring people together. I was also fascinated by the strength and expression of […]

Krista Whinnie

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Degree: B.M. in Music Education Graduation Year: 2026 Hometown: Concord, NC How did you first get interested in music?I first got started in music when I was 8 years old playing the piano. I eventually started in a middle school band, and my love for music grew from there. I took part in a high […]

Piano Professor Wins State Teaching Award

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Dylan Savage is the NC Music Teachers Association Teacher of the Year.

Rebecca Cotrone

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Hometown: Brown Summit, NC Degree: B.M in Instrumental Music Education Graduation Year: 2027 How did you first get interested in music? I didn’t grow up in a musical family, so my first musical introduction was watching the nearby high school bands march in the Greensboro Winter Parade. I started playing the tuba in sixth grade, […]

Professor of Piano Dylan Savage.

Department of Music Launches “What’s Music Got to Do with It?”

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The series is an interdisciplinary demonstration of universal skills using live music.

Abraham Latner (Niño) and Elizabeth Mondragón (Natividad Zavala-Zavala) in ‘Zavala-Zavala’ at GALA Hispanic Theatre.  Photo by Camilo Montoya.

Voice Professor’s Opera Receives Second D.C. Production

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Brian Arreola’s Zavala-Zavala is based on a true story.

Ash Herail

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Hometown: Charlotte, NC B.A. in Music and a Minor in French 2027 How did you first get interested in music?I’ve been singing since I could talk, though I never imagined I’d be able to pursue it. It always seemed too frivolous, like someone else’s lucky dream come true that I couldn’t possibly have. Then one […]

Gabriella Korotasz

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Hometown: Fayetteville, NC Degree: BM in Music Education Graduation Year: 2026 How did you first get interested in music?When I was in elementary, middle, and high school I loved participating in music however I could. It was in high school that I really fell in love with it though, I participated in concert band, marching […]