Music
Director of Bands Leads Concert and Symposium in Portugal
Director of Bands Shawn Smith recently led a conducting symposium in Tomar, Portugal, leading seven conductors, students and professionals, in a week-long series of seminars. The symposium concluded on August 25 with a concert in which Dr. Smith conducted the 120-piece Wind Orchestra of Medio Tejo. The program, presented in the 16th-century Convento de Cristo […]
Faculty & Friends Series Opens with Tribute to Nina Simone
The Department of Music Faculty & Friends Concert Series will open August 28 with “Revolution & Revival,” a tribute to Nina Simone that features A Sign of the Times jazz band and the Madison Park String Quartet. The concert will take place at 7:30 pm in Rowe Recital Hall. A Sign of the Times (ASOTT) […]
Work by Percussion Professor to be Performed in London
A composition by percussion professor Rick Dior will be performed in January by the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. The concert, which will take place on January 5, 2019, at London’s Barbican Hall, will also feature music by John Adams and Jean Sibelius. Dior’s 12-minute work, Science Fiction, pays tribute to science fiction and […]
Voice Major Wins First Place in Regional NATS Auditions
Josh Coleman, a student of Dr. Alissa Deeter, won first place in the Second-Year Studio Men category at the Student Auditions hosted by the Mid-Atlantic Region of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS). James Matens, a student of Dr. Brian Arreola, placed second. Tiffanie Briggs tied for fourth place in the Hall Johnson […]
Band to Present Flag Ceremony Prior to Normandy Departure
On Thursday, May 31, the UNC Charlotte “Pride of Niner Nation” Marching Band will depart for Normandy, France, where the band will officially represent the United States at the 74th-anniversary D-Day commemoration. Prior to its departure from Charlotte, the band will present a flag-planting ceremony at 10:30 am to honor veterans. Each year, one band […]
Women’s Chorus to Sing National Anthem at April 16 Knights Game
The Charlotteans, the UNC Charlotte Women’s Chorus, will sing the National Anthem for the Charlotte Knights baseball game on Monday, April 16, at the Knights’ BB&T Ballpark. The game, against the Rochester Red Wings, starts at 7:04 pm. Directed by Ginger Wyrick, The Charlotteans is a Liberal Studies course open to students in any major. […]
War Requiem to Commemorate WWI Centennial
The College of Arts + Architecture will join Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I with performances of Benjamin Britten’s powerful War Requiem on April 13 and 14. Britten’s War Requiem was commissioned for the 1962 consecration of the Coventry Cathedral in England, which had […]
Arreola Reprises “Champion” Role at New Orleans Opera
Dr. Brian Arreola, associate professor of voice, is reprising the role of Luis Rodrigo Griffith in a current production of the jazz opera, Champion, at the New Orleans Opera, March 9 and 11. Champion, by Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard, is based on the true story of world welterweight champion Emile Griffith, who killed boxer […]
Voice Students Win in State NATS Auditions
Four voice students placed and four received Honorable Mention at the 2018 North Carolina Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) auditions, held February 16 and 17 at the UNC School of the Arts in Winston-Salem. The award winners were: Chrystle Mactal: First Place, 4th Year Women Division Natalya Balashova: Second Place, […]
Music Professor Named Emerging Scholar by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
Dr. Carl DuPont, an assistant professor of voice in the Department of Music, has been named a 2018 Emerging Scholar by the publication Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. The magazine’s January 25 edition profiled 15 scholars from colleges and universities from around the country, many of them under 40, who are making their mark at […]