Rotem Weinberg Named Visiting Assistant Professor of Conducting and Director of Orchestras
College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean bruce d. mcclung has announced the appointment of Rotem Weinberg as Visiting Assistant Professor of Conducting and Director of Orchestras in CVPA’s School of Music. Rotem Weinberg is an Israeli conductor known for his profound musicality, creative programming,and polished performances. He is a cross-genre musician, at home in […]
New Multi-Sensory Art Project Installed
UNC Greensboro’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) and the Industries of the Blind (IOB) announces the third iteration of a public art piece, which tells the stories of the blind and low-visioned using sight, sound, and touch. The installation is located at the IOB building at the corner of Gate City Boulevard and […]
Nathaniel Mitchell Named Lecturer of Music Theory
College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) Dean bruce d. mcclung has announced the appointment of Nathaniel Mitchell as Lecturer of Music Theory in the School of Music. Dr. Mitchell comes to CVPA from Temple University where he has been Adjunct Professor of Music Theory. He has also held professional appointments at the University of […]
In Memoriam: George Kiorpes
Professor Emeritus George Kiorpes passed away on April 27th. Dr. Kiorpes was Professor of Piano for forty-five years at UNCG from 1965 to 2010. Prior to UNCG, Dr. Kiorpes taught at Greensboro College from 1955 to 1965. Highlights from his UNCG career included serving as head of the keyboard area for twenty years and receiving […]
Commencement Profile Kyrese Washington BM Performance: Woodwinds
Kyrese Washington has played a number of instruments but has always come back to the flute: “From the minute I picked up a flute in sixth grade band class, it just seemed easy for me to make music with it.” Throughout middle and high school in their hometown of Raleigh, Washington played through the woodwind […]
UNC Greensboro Students Receive Awards from Jazz Legend Wynton Marsalis
Students and Faculty from UNC Greensboro’s Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program are bringing home some top prizes from the Jack Rudin Jazz Championship in New York, where they competed as one of “ten of the most well-regarded university jazz programs in the country,” at the invitation of jazz legend Wynton Marsalis. The two-day event took […]
Dr. Daniel Castro Pantoja Named Assistant Professor of Musicology
College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) Dean bruce d. mcclung has announced the appointment of Daniel Castro Pantoja as Assistant Professor of Musicology in CVPA’s School of Music. Castro Pantoja is currently a Research Associate at the Center for Iberian and Latin American Music at the University of California, Riverside. A native of Colombia, […]
Dr. Charles Young Named Director of the School of Music
College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) Dean bruce d. mcclung has announced the appointment of Charles Young as Director of CVPA’s School of Music. Young is currently the Associate Dean and Chief Academic Office of Baldwin Wallace University’s Conservatory of Music. Serving in that capacity since 2016, he has worked collaboratively with faculty, staff, […]
“Black Identities on the Operatic Stage” Spotlights an American Art Form
Professor of Historical Musicology Elizabeth Keathly felt pretty well-versed in opera history, a topic she’d been teaching for at least fifteen years, when a trio of students stoked her curiosity and turned the tables on who was doing some of the learning: “Shonda Devine, Amon Neely, and Charles Williamson knew so much about Black opera […]
Ericourt Residency in Piano to Resume February 21-24, 2022
After a two year hiatus imposed by the pandemic, the UNCG School of Music announces the return of The Daniel Ericourt Residency in Piano February 21-24, 2022 with renowned pianist Lydia Artymiw. A highlight of the residency is Artymiw’s solo recital at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, February 22 in Tew Recital Hall at the UNCG […]