Music

Faculty in the UNC Charlotte Department of Music will perform the world premiere of a new “dance-opera” on Saturday, August 19, at 7:00 pm in the Johnson Studio Theater at Winthrop University. Wake—Lucia: a Joycean operatic rite explores the complicated relationship between James Joyce and his brilliant daughter, Lucia. Inspired by multiple works of James […]

Dr. Will Campbell, professor of saxophone and the director of the UNC Charlotte jazz studies program, is featured on a new album to be released next month. Don’t Blink is the second CD by the Unhinged Sextet. The members of the jazz sextet, which formed in 2014, come together from across the country – the […]

Music major James Matens earned third place in the Lower College / Independent Studio Men category at the final round of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) 2017 National Student Auditions, held on Friday, July 21, at the University of Colorado-Boulder College of Music. Matens, a bass, is a student of Dr. Brian […]

Dr. Elizabeth Sullivan, assistant professor of oboe, participated in the 2017 International Fellowship of Conductors, Composers and Collaborators (IFC3), held in June at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. IFC3 was founded in 2014 by Timothy Paul, director of bands at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Through workshops, performances, lectures, and recording sessions, IFC3 promotes wind literature by […]

The UNC Charlotte Department of Music is partnering with the Charlotte New Music Festival to present a composers workshop and series of concerts June 19 – July 1. Founded in 2012 by UNC Charlotte music alumna Elizabeth Kowalski, the Charlotte New Music Festival brings together emerging and established composers and professional musicians for two intensive […]

Dr. Carl DuPont, assistant professor of voice, will participate in the Young Artists Program at Glimmerglass Festival this summer. Founded in 1975, Glimmerglass Festival is a highly regarded summer opera and musical theatre festival in Cooperstown, NY. The Young Artists Program was founded in 1988 to provide training and experience for talented artists in the […]

A series of conference presentations by Associate Professor of Piano Dylan Savage demonstrates the many connections between music performance and the fields of data analytics, STEM, and corporate training and entrepreneurship. Dr. Savage’s research in the areas of biomechanics at the keyboard and entrepreneurship for musicians has long been presented in conservatory masterclasses and music […]

The UNC Charlotte Chamber Orchestra will present “Symphony of Diversity” on Thursday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. in Belk Theater, Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts. Led by Director of Orchestras Jonathan Govias, the concert is a celebration of the diversity of thought, background, life experience, culture, ethnicity, and orientation that exists in American society. […]

Professor Emeritus of Guitar, Hayes School of Music, Appalachian State University

Five voice students have placed in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Mid-Atlantic Region Student Auditions, held on March 17 at UNC-Chapel Hill. Tiffanie Briggs was awarded first place in the Hall Johnson Spiritual Category. Tyrez Dabbs placed first in the Fourth/Fifth Year College Men Division while Phillip Hill took third place. James […]