shostakovitch score

School of Music Professor Receives National Humanities Award

Joan Titus (Professor of Musicology, cross-appointed in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies) has been named a Fellow of the National Humanities Center for academic year 2023-2024 for work on her third book project Dmitry Shostakovich and Music for Thaw-Era Cinema. Titus is one of 34 scholars chosen from ...
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Bethany Uhler Thompson teaching violin

Making Music to Connect with Teens In Custody

For Bethany Uhler Thompson (’20 DMA and ’17 MM Cello Performance) music is a connector and an instrument for change, both of which are needed in her music classes at Les Peters Academy and Hillsborough Girls Academy in Tampa, Florida. “When the girls come into class, they’re very ...
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Sara Davis Buechner

Renowned Pianist Sara Davis Buechner in Residency at School of Music

The UNC Greensboro School of Music will welcome renowned pianist Sara Davis Buechner as the featured artist for the 2023-2024 Daniel Ericourt Artist Residency in Piano. Buechner will be on campus Monday, September 25th through Thursday, September 28th for student masterclasses, and a lecture. Ms. Buechner will also ...
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Avery Beckham, Bassoon Student

From Community Lessons Program to a Spot in the School of Music

“Music got me through a lot of things at home and school. Music can change moods and create moods. It fulfills me, and I want to make it my life. I want to be a band director and a performer—I want to do it all.” Avery Beckham’s love ...
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Music Alumnus Conducting an Acclaimed Career in Europe

This summer, when William Kelley (’14 BM Piano Performance) took the podium to conduct Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, it was his second time with that particular opera, with a lot of music and miles in between.  The first experience came when Kelley was a senior in the UNCG ...
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