Music News
Register Now for CVPA’s Summer Sessions
April 30, 2020
Want to learn more about web design? Dig deeper into the roots of rock and roll? Appreciate the finer points of dance? Now’s your chance! In March, UNCG and the UNC System announced that all campuses would deliver Summer 2020 classes online only, to support the public health mandates for … Continued
CVPA Honors Retirees
April 28, 2020
In a virtual ceremony this spring, CVPA recognized five faculty members and one staff member who are retiring this year. Collectively, James Fisher, David Nelson, George Dimock, Robert Hansen, Gregory Carroll, and Jeff Gillis have contributed 159 years to the life of UNC Greensboro. Watch the presentation here.
Commencement Profile: Yophi Bost BM Music Education, Minor in Musical Theatre
April 27, 2020
Yophi Bost says that majoring in music education was a pretty predictable path for her: “My mom is an Actors’ Equity Assocation actress, so my younger sister and I were pushed into professional musical theatre as toddlers. I was singing before I learned to talk, and music has always been … Continued
Lorena Guillén Tango Ensemble and UNCG University Chorale
March 30, 2020
A collaborative concert in October 2019 between the UNCG University Chorale, conducted by Carole Ott, and the Lorena Guillen Tango Ensemble, led by Artistic Director and School of Music lecturer Lorena Guillen. In 2020-2021 the Lorena Guillen Tango Ensemble is collaborating with UNCG Sinfonia, conducted by Rebecca MacLeod, to create … Continued
Podcast Featuring Steve Haines, Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program
March 30, 2020
The ‘Yes, And Cafe Podcast’ with UNCG faculty Omar Ali and Nadja Cech, recently featured Professor of Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program, Steve Haines. Steve talks about improvising as a performer, a dad, and as champion of UNC Greensboro’s 2020 theme, “She can, We can.” Check out Episode 2: Improvisation … Continued
CVPA alumni couple making beautiful music together
March 27, 2020
Antonio Truyols ’12 BM Piano Performance and Gizem Yucel ’13 DMA Viola Performance share this video of Duke Ellington Sound of Viola! This is us passing the time that would be spent commuting. This is what arrangers/composers do in quarantine. https://www.facebook.com/truyolsmusic/videos/2949116995111145/UzpfSTE4MzYzOTg0ODMzMzY5NTozMTU3MjI4NDkwOTc0ODAx/
Teaching piano, no matter what
March 27, 2020
Dr. Annie Jeng, Assistant Professor of Piano, creates an innovative way of continuing piano lesson with her students during the coronavirus pandemic! Check out this article on UNCG News.
An Old Time Ensemble for these new times
March 27, 2020
A quarantine isn’t going to keep this group from rehearsing. Read and see more here about how the Old Time Ensemble practicing music while practicing social distancing. Faculty Musian Leads Old Time Ensemble From Home on UNCG News