Music

Last month, Director of Bands Shawn Smith conducted the Symphonic Band of Córdoba and the Polifonic Choir of Córdoba in a concert on October 15 at the Teatro del Libertador General San Martín, a beautiful 19th-century opera house in Córdoba, Argentina. Both the band and the choir are publicly funded professional ensembles. The band performed […]

On October 29, the UNC Charlotte Department of Music hosted the Carol Brice Branch of North Carolina, the state branch of the National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. Dr. Carl DuPont, assistant professor of voice and vice-president of the Carol Brice Branch, presided over the meeting. After the conclusion of the business meeting, the 20 […]

A small ensemble of music students will perform at the World Association of Arts in Education conference in Auckland, New Zealand, in November. The theme of the conference is Engaging WITH Communities, and its focus is to share and build research and practice that demonstrates creative pedagogies in community and/or institutional contexts. The students’ performance […]

Choral Teacher, Jesse C. Carson High School, China Grove, NC

Singer/Songwriter at Brother Gravity and Film Scorer/Actor at Water from Fire

The Department of Music will honor retiring professor and former department chair Dr. Royce Lumpkin at the Faculty & Friends Concert on Monday, October 16. Lumpkin came to UNC Charlotte in 1998 as the second department chair in the history of the music department, leading the program for 15 years. He will retire in December […]

Voice professors Brian Arreola, tenor, and Carl DuPont, bass-baritone, will perform in the Opera Carolina production of Cyrano in November. A contemporary opera that premiered in 2007, Cyrano is based on the French play, Cyrano de Bergerac, and was composed by David DiChiera, with a libretto by Bernard Uzan. Arreola, the director of the Department […]

Associate Professor of Conducting Shawn Smith, Director of Bands for the Department of Music, has been invited to conduct the Montana All-State Band at the 2017 Montana All-State Band, Chorus and Orchestra Festival, to be held in Bozeman, MT, October 18-20. The annual festival brings the finest high school musicians from around the state together […]

Dr. Evelyn Orman, professor of music education, is the lead author for the article “Feasibility of Using an Augmented Immersive Virtual Reality Learning Environment to Enhance Music Conducting Skills” published recently in the Journal of Music Teacher Education. The article reports on the latest of Dr. Orman’s investigations into the use of immersive virtual reality […]

The Department of Music announces the 2017-18 Masterclass Series. The Masterclass Series will bring seven esteemed instrumentalists, vocalists, and ensembles to campus to work with music students this academic year. As always, the clinicians represent top-notch local musicians, as well as guest artists performing with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and Opera Carolina. Students in the […]