Music

Dr. Jeffrey Miller, Director of Athletic Bands, will present at the College Band Directors National Association Athletic Band Symposium, to be held at the University of Minnesota June 2-4. Dr. Miller will present a clinic session on starting new collegiate marching bands, in partnership with Debra Traficante of Kennesaw State University (Georgia). Dr. Miller joined […]

Dr. Brian Arreola, associate professor of voice and director of the opera workshop program, recently sang the role of Romeo in Charles Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet, performed by Toledo Opera in Toledo, Ohio, April 6-10. “Tenor Brian Arreola created a Romeo whose persona churned from petulant adolescent to ardent lover, and finally impetuous hero,” reported […]

The Department of Music will celebrate the music of women composers on April 21 with Set No Limits, a free concert at UNC Charlotte Center City at 7:30 pm. Developed by Assistant Professor of Clarinet Jessica Lindsey, the program presents music by eight composers, performed by Lindsey and guest artists Christian Bohnenstengel, piano, and Christy […]

Choral Director at Deep Run High School in Glen Allen, VA

Three faculty from the Department of Music will be presenting at International Society for Music Education conferences this summer. Fred Spano’s research project. “A Content Analysis of the Status of Music Literature Regarding Students with Exceptionalities,” has been selected for poster presentation at the International Society for Music Education Commission on Special Music Education and […]

Faculty in the Department of Music will be presenting in multiple upcoming conferences. Dr. Jonathan Govias, director of orchestras, will be a featured speaker and conference advisor for the “Reframing El Sistema” conference that will be held April 8 and 9 at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. The conference is a forum for practice […]

UNC Charlotte music students Tyrez Dabbs, Mary Layton, Tiffanie Briggs and Adrian Fullerwinder recently competed in the statewide scholarship competition hosted by the North Carolina Branch of the National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM) and held at UNC Chapel Hill on January 30. Tyrez Dabbs and Mary Layton won second and third place, respectively. The […]

The Department of Music will present a Faculty & Friends Concert on February 8, featuring Associate Professor of Voice Brian Arreola, tenor. The program, which takes place on the Chinese New Year’s Day, is a celebration of music by Asian and Asian-American composers, with songs sung in Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and English. Performing with Arreola […]

Dr. Brian Arreola, associate professor of voice and the director of Opera Workshop, will sing the role of Tybalt in Opera Carolina’s production of Charles Gounod’s Romeo & Juliet. The performances take place in the Belk Theater of the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center on January 24, 28, and 30. Gounod’s treatment of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy […]

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