Music

“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 […]

Seven current College of Arts + Architecture faculty members are among the recent recipients of grants from the local Arts & Science Council (ASC). Professor of Voice and Opera workshop Brian Arreola, Professor of Dance E.E. Balcos, Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Audrey Baran, Associate Professor of Clarinet Jessica Lindsey, Assistant Professor of Trumpet Eric […]

A recent informal music concert at EPIC, the Energy Production & Infrastructure Center, demonstrated the social impact of singing together. Performing as part of UNC Charlotte’s celebration of International Education Week, three groups of students showed how creating music together teaches teamwork and expands the understanding of different places and peoples. On November 14, civil […]

The College of Arts + Architecture had nine students compete in the recent Musical Theatre Student Auditions for the North Carolina Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Signing (NATS), which took place on November 10 and 11 at Meredith College in Raleigh. Founded in 1944, the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) […]