Music

WFAE radio features the Charlotte Strings Collective, which includes CoA+A alumni Alice Silva, Matt Primm, and Malik Johnson and cello professor Mira Frisch. The group got started in August 2020 after the murder of George Floyd. Silva and the other musicians wanted to contribute to the Black Lives Matter movement. They performed a piece virtually […]

James Grymes has a distinguished career as a professor of musicology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The Knoxville News Sentinel interviews Grymes about his book,  “Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust ‒ Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind’s Darkest Hour,” published in 2014.

Masterclasses and conversations with star professional artists are a key part of performing arts students’ education in the College of Arts + Architecture. This semester, we are pleased to welcome a range of extraordinary guest artists to enhance the curricular experiences of our students. Lorenzo Pagano Lorenzo Pagano is an international award-winning contemporary dancer whose […]

The College of Arts + Architecture (CoA+A) will honor five Distinguished Alumni on Friday, March 14, in the eleventh annual celebration of alumni achievement. The award ceremony will take place at 11:00 am in the Anne R. Belk Theater in Robinson Hall. The event is open to the public. The Distinguished Alumni Awards were created by the […]

Degree: B.A. Music with a Clarinet ConcentrationGraduation Year: 2025Hometown: Kings Mountain, NC How did you first get interested in music?In elementary school, I really enjoyed music class but did not realize that this could be a career. As a young child, I originally wanted to be some type of first responder until my parents allowed […]

Opera tours to area schools and community centers.

Director of Bands at Southeast Alamance High School in Haw River, NC

General Music Teacher at an elementary school Irwin Academic Center

Degree: BA in Music Performance and Bachelor in Computer ScienceGraduation Year: 2027Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC How did you first get interested in music?I grew up surrounded by music. My mom worked directly with the Marching Tar Heels for years, so I would go see their halftime shows for almost every football game for years. What […]

Director of Bands at Willow Spring High School in Fuquay-Varina, NC