Music

UNC Charlotte voice professors Carl DuPont and Christina Pier will perform in the Opera Carolina production of Bizet’s Carmen. The opera will be presented on January 19, 20, and 24 in the Belk Theater at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. DuPont, bass-baritone, will perform the role of Zuniga; Pier, soprano, will sing the role of […]

A recent article by Dr. Carl DuPont, assistant professor of voice, identifies some of the first African American professors of singing to integrate the faculties of notable higher education music departments in the United States. “Make the Door Open: Groundbreaking African American Teachers of Singing” appears in the current Journal of Voice and Speech Review, […]

Dr. Elizabeth Sullivan, assistant professor of oboe, will present music by female composers at two spring conferences. At the College Music Society Southern Regional Chapter Annual Conference, to be hosted February 28-March 2 at the University of Central Florida, she will present “Celebrating 21st Century Composers” a recital program that will feature the works of […]

Voice student Chrystle Mactal performed on December 6 in the World Music Asian Concert at Kent State University in Ohio. At the invitation of Dr. Priwan Nanongkham of the Kent State School of Music, Mactal sang two kundiman, art songs from the Philippines: “Ano Kaya ang Kapalaran,” by Francisco Santiago, and “Mutya Ng Pasig,” by […]

The University Chorale, under the direction of Dr. Randy Haldeman, will perform a holiday concert on Monday, December 3, at 7:30 pm in the Anne R. Belk Theater in Robinson Hall. Divided into three themed sections – “Ghosts of Christmas Past,” “Ghosts of Christmas Present,” and “Ghosts of Christmas Future,” the program features beloved traditional […]

Dr. Kelsey Klotz, lecturer in the Department of Music, has published an article in the journal Jazz Perspectives. “On Musical Value: John Lewis, Structural Listening, and the Politics of Respectability” appears in Volume 11 2018 of the journal, published in October. A jazz scholar, Dr. Klotz is currently working on a book manuscript titled Dave […]

The Department of Music will present two concerts that commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. Both concerts are free and open to the public; no tickets are necessary. On November 8 at 7:30 pm, the UNC Charlotte Orchestra will present Prayer for Peace: A Symphonic Remembrance of War, Holocaust, and […]

Assistant Professor of Voice Carl DuPont will sing the role of Hortensius in the upcoming Opera Carolina production of The Daughter of the Regiment. Performances take place November 10, 15, and 18 at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center’s Belk Theater in uptown Charlotte. Dr. DuPont, a bass-baritone, made his singing debut as a child in […]

Dr. Brian Arreola, associate professor of voice, is completing a two-week run in the world premiere of Viva Verdi – The Promised End in Washington, D.C. It opened on September 8 and runs through September 23 at the Source Theater. Part of the In Series 2018-19 r(E)volution! season, Viva Verdi – The Promised End combines […]

Assistant Professor of Voice Carl DuPont’s new album, The Reaction, was recently released by Albany Records. The Reaction features songs by Black composers, most of which have never been recorded. Dr. Gregory Thompson of Winston-Salem State University is the pianist. The Reaction is one dimension of a long-term research project that began when Dr. DuPont, […]