Music News
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In Memoriam: J. Kent Williams
January 25, 2023
Professor Emeritus J. Kent Williams, a member of the School of Music’s faculty for 42 years from 1970 to 2012, passed away on Monday, January 9th at the age of 79. A native of South Bend, Indiana, Kent Williams attended Butler University’s Jordan School of Music and transferred to Indiana … Continued
Indigo Girls Share Stories and Answer Questions from Students
January 20, 2023
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Ruth Darling Heyd ’99 and Stephanie Frazier Scholarship Endowment in Collaborative Piano at UNCG’s School of Music
January 13, 2023
Let the music play! At UNCG, new scholarship in collaborative piano
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A Journey of 0.4 Miles in Twenty Years
October 4, 2022
Kevin Lawson jokes that it took him twenty years to go zero-point-four miles—that’s the distance from the Music Building to Taylor Theatre—from a freshman piano performance major to the School of Theatre’s first MFA student with a concentration in Musical Theatre Directing—with a lot of stops along the way. Lawson … Continued
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Viola Professor Scott Rawls Talks About His Friendship with Joshua Bell and Previews the Upcoming UCLS Performance
September 27, 2022
“His playing was something so special. Really an old soul kind of playing for someone who was so young. It was no surprise when things took off for him.” That is what UNCG Viola Professor Scott Rawls thought the first time he heard GRAMMY® Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell—who will … Continued
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Pop Tech: Expanding the Repertoire
September 6, 2022
After a century of excellence in classical music and jazz, the UNCG School of Music is adding a new degree concentration in Popular Music and Technology or “PopTech” as the students call it. Composition Professor Mark Engebretson, who is also a member of the band The Difficulties, says the time … Continued
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CVPA Welcomes New Students, Faculty, and Staff
August 19, 2022
The College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) at UNC Greensboro has admitted the largest freshman class since 2018—275 in the Class of 2026—plus transfer and graduate students for a total of 451 new students. Dean bruce mcclung and the Directors of the Schools of Art, Dance, Music, and Theatre, … Continued
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Spartans Win Spot in North Carolina Folk Festival
August 12, 2022
A group led by a School of Music student has won a spot to perform in the North Carolina Folk Festival this fall. Anna Vtipil is a composition student under Professors Mark Engebretson and Alejandro Rutty. Her group is made up of two other UNCG students – Gracie Zielinski (’23 … Continued