Music

Director of Bands at East Burke High School in Connelly Springs, North Carolina

Band Director at Holbrook Middle School in Gaston County

Dr. James A. Grymes, professor of musicology, will present his research in a panel at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The program, Music and the Holocaust: History, Memory and Justice will take place on November 10. Grymes is the author of Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust—Instruments of Hope and Liberation […]

Nine UNC Charlotte students, including singers, dancers, and actors, have been chosen to attend the All-In-One (A1) Conference, where they will attend classes and workshops, meet with industry professionals, and audition for top casting agents and producers for summer stock theatre, cruise lines, and more. The conference will be held January 13-16, 2023, at The […]

Just two days into their two-week exchange trip to Charlotte, the 17 students from Japan’s Tohoku University were scattered across the floor of Robinson Hall lobby, sitting in circles with members of the Women’s Chorus and laughing as they discussed foods they would “never eat.” Professor Ginger Wyrick, director of the Women’s Chorus, also known […]

Senior music education major Emily Sheffield has been invited to present her paper, “Hedda Grab-Kernmayer and the Intersectionality of Gender and Cultural Identity in the Nazi Ghetto of Theresienstadt,” at the Southeast Chapter conference of the American Musicological Society. The conference will be held on October 1 at N.C. State University. Sheffield began her research […]

Administrative Support Associate, UNC Charlotte

Musical Theatre Certificate students Logan Pavia and Charity Williams had the opportunity this summer to participate in the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, a prestigious, international professional development program for emerging artists. Now in its 17th season, the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival offers tuition-based training in which students participate in workshops, voice lessons, and classes with […]

Dr. Brian Arreola will perform the lead tenor role of “Yoshizo” in the Japanese opera Hebionna (Snake Woman) by Asako Hirabayashi. The opera will receive its world premiere on June 27 in a production in Rowe Recital Hall and will be filmed for future distribution. The performance is the latest project in Arreola’s ongoing creative […]

The Department of Music has announced that Hunter Kopczynski will join the faculty as Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music this fall. He will conduct the UNC Charlotte Wind Ensemble, teach courses in conducting and music education, and oversee the university bands program. Kopczynski comes to Charlotte after his role as Director of […]