Music

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 […]

Hometown- Raleigh, NC B.A. in Music and B.S. in Computer Science 2026 How did you first get interested in music?My sister played bass clarinet while she was in high school and encouraged me to join my middle school band. After being in a large middle school band, I transferred to a small middle school where […]

Faculty and alumni from the College of Arts + Architecture are among 54 artists to receive 2024 Creative Mecklenburg Grants from the Arts & Science Council (ASC). The grants were open to Mecklenburg County-based artists of all disciplines and provide funding of up to $3,000. Grantees represent creative disciplines from visual art and music to […]

“There are so many great opportunities as a result of being in Charlotte,” says Christian Souza. “Say yes to everything that you can.” His openness to opportunity has placed Souza, who graduates this month with a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance, on stages and in spaces across the city and in competitions along the […]

Voice students Christian Souza and DeLenn Rumbolo recently brought home prizes from the Mid-Atlantic NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) Student Auditions, held March 7-22 at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. Souza, a student of Brian Arreola, was awarded First Place in the Advanced Post-Baccalaureate Classical Tenor, Baritone, Bass division, and Rumbolo, a […]

Assistant Principal at Sun Valley High School in Monroe and Director of Music at Quail Hollow Presbyterian Church

This academic year, five UNC Charlotte music students are getting a taste of the touring life. Nicholas Andruzzi, Nathaniel Corner, Mckeila Ortiz, DeLenn Rumbolo, and Christian Souza have been hired by Opera Carolina for its educational outreach program, Opera Xpress, which each year takes an opera production into local schools and community centers to perform […]

The College of Arts + Architecture (CoA+A) will honor five Distinguished Alumni on Friday, April 12, in the tenth annual celebration of alumni achievement. The award ceremony will take place at 1:00 pm in Rowe Recital Hall and will be open to the public. The Distinguished Alumni Awards were created by the College of Arts […]

Professors Sequina DuBose and Laura Waringer have received a Cultural Vision Grant from the Arts & Science Council in support of their project to create a new musical theatre work based on the story of the 1929 strike at the Loray Mill in Gastonia. The $20,000 grant was announced on December 6. Cultural Vision Grants […]

Hometown: Misenheimer, NC BA in Music and a Minor in Japanese 2025 How did you first get interested in music?Starting in church choirs from a young age, I’ve always had a love and passion for music. During my high school years, that passion grew greatly thanks to the nurturing guidance of my choir teacher. She […]