The School of Music is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Student Artist Competition. The UNCG School of Music Student Artist Competition provides an annual forum for exceptional student performers to audition for the opportunity to appear in concert with the Symphony Orchestra or Wind Ensemble. Preliminary rounds… Continue reading…
Yue Du DMA Piano Performance Yue Du comes from a long line of medical professionals, but she had a different plan for her life: “My whole family is full of doctors. When I was in high school and working on science classes my mom asked me, ‘Do you really love… Continue reading…
Kimberly Councill MM Music Education 1997 BM Music Education 1995 For Kim Councill, the path to UNC Greensboro started with the first-ever Carolina Band Festival created by School of Music Professors Emeriti Kelly Burke and John Locke: “I was seventeen years old and a high school junior when Dr. Burke… Continue reading…
The UNCG Concert and Lecture Series continues on October 18th with a performance by SW!NG OUT, a night of Lindy Hop and social dance accompanied by a live Big Band in the UNCG Auditorium. A New York Times’s Critic’s Pick, SW!NG OUT celebrates the unbridled joy of Lindy Hop and… Continue reading…
Internationally recognized baritone Sidney Outlaw (’04 BM Vocal Performance) and world-renowned pianist Warren Jones are coming “home” to their North Carolina roots for the Homecoming” Benefit Concert in support of Greensboro Opera. The concert takes place on Friday, September 13, 2024, in Tew Recital Hall, in the UNCG Music Building…. Continue reading…
The School of Music, University Bands, and University Orchestras are proud to announce the release of their latest recording project titled Centennial Chimes. A celebration of the School’s 100th anniversary (1921–2021), this new album features the UNCG Wind Ensemble, Casella Sinfonietta, and Symphony Orchestra in premiere recordings of four new works composed for the occasion.
The UNCG Concert and Lecture Series kicks off the 2024-2025 Season on Friday, September 6th with a performance by GRAMMY- and Country Music Association Award-winner Brandy Clark, whose work has made her one of her generation’s most esteemed songwriters and musicians. In the midst of yet another landmark year, Clark… Continue reading…
The new Kotis Music Fund in Piano, created by a gift from Constance “Connie” Hughes Kotis ’65, ’77 MM and her husband, Bill, will provide scholarships for exceptional students majoring in piano and aspiring to pursue piano pedagogy as a career. Learn more here.
College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean bruce d. mcclung has announced the appointment of Zachary Hobin as Visiting Assistant Professor of String Bass. Hobin is a performer and educator with wide-ranging interests and passions. He is a regular guest musician with the North Carolina Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, and Charleston… Continue reading…