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Vote for the Not Your Average Folk Finalists | NC Folk Festival
Vote for the Not Your Average Folk Finalists | NC Folk Festival
Listen to the finalists in the Not Your Average Folk contest and cast your vote. Help decide who will perform at the 2026 North Carolina Folk Festival in Greensboro, NC.
Support the Peer Artist Leadership (PAL) Program · GiveCampus
Support the Peer Artist Leadership (PAL) Program · GiveCampus
Support UNCG’s PAL Program to help bring string music to local Guilford County students!
Never Stop Dreaming: Forward-Thinking Saxophonist Thrives on Jazz Culture
Never Stop Dreaming: Forward-Thinking Saxophonist Thrives on Jazz Culture
Saxophonist Franco Romero is living his dream in jazz performance. He began with conservatory training in Cuba before a pivotal meeting with his mentor at UNCG, and scholarships from the Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation helps him fine-tune his craft.
Zachary Hobin Joins School of Music
Zachary Hobin Joins School of Music
College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean bruce d. mcclung has announced the appointment of Zachary Hobin as Assistant Professor of String Bass. Zachary Hobin is an artist-pedagogue whose work spans orchestral performance, chamber music, and musical entrepreneurship. As an orchestral performer, he appears with the Atlanta Opera, Charleston Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, and North Carolina Symphony. Past ensembles include the Civic... Continue reading...
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Summertime and the Camping is Artsy
Summertime and the Camping is Artsy
From playing the piano to painting to pirouettes, UNCG’s College of Visual and Performing Arts opens its doors each summer to youths and adults for camps and arts intensives. This year, the School of Music will host the 43rd annual Summer Music Camp, the largest university music camp in the United States. The School of Art will offer the 13th annual Summer Arts and Design... Continue reading...
Arts Administration Alumna Making Her Mark at DC Theater
Arts Administration Alumna Making Her Mark at DC Theater
Destiny King came to UNCG’s School of Music from Zebulon, North Carolina —about thirty minutes outside Raleigh—with her oboe and a desire to be a music educator: “As a high school student, I attended the UNCG Honor Band Festival, and I knew early on that my top college choice was... Continue reading...
Lora Mouna ('22 BM) Brings Haunting Vocals and Powerful Messages to NC Folk Fest
Lora Mouna ('22 BM) Brings Haunting Vocals and Powerful Messages to NC Folk Fest
Singer-songwriter Lora Mouna ’22 returns to Greensboro and lights up the stage at the NC Folk Festival, just as her career begins to take flight in the studios and music venues of New York.
UNCG Faculty Gift Furthers a Legacy of Music Education
UNCG Faculty Gift Furthers a Legacy of Music Education
UNCG’s School of Music produces excellent performers, K-12 teachers, and collegiate educators. It’s “extraordinary” says Professor Emerita Nancy Walker. Now, she and her husband, Tim Lindeman, will do more. They’re supporting undergraduates majoring in voice who exemplify remarkable academic, artistic, and professional promise through the newly-established… Read more
UNCG Confers Honorary Degree on Connie Kotis (’77 MM, ’65 BM)
UNCG Confers Honorary Degree on Connie Kotis (’77 MM, ’65 BM)
UNC Greensboro conferred an honorary degree on Constance “Connie” Hughes Kotis during the university’s Doctoral and Master’s Commencement Ceremony at the First Horizon Coliseum May 8. Kotis received a Doctor of Letters honorary degree for her contributions to the creative and performing arts. Honorary degrees recognize extraordinary individual achievements that... Continue reading...
Prof. Gaurang Doshi Receives 2025 North Carolina Heritage Award
Prof. Gaurang Doshi Receives 2025 North Carolina Heritage Award
My Day as a Music Performance Major at UNCG | Follow Me at UNCG
My Day as a Music Performance Major at UNCG | Follow Me at UNCG
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Salute to Military Musicians
Salute to Military Musicians
It’s a career you might not think of right away—one that combines music and the military—but it’s one that some School of Music alumni say has served them well, such as Master Sergeant James Miller (’08 MM Flute Performance): “You get paid to play. I think most people don’t understand how uncommon that is. If you’re a musician and you’re not looking into the military... Continue reading...
Dr. Kim Councill ('95 BM, '97 MM) Named Distinguished Alum for the School of Music
Dr. Kim Councill ('95 BM, '97 MM) Named Distinguished Alum for the School of Music
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...
School of Music Releases "Centennial Chimes"
School of Music Releases "Centennial Chimes"
Tammy White ('94 BM) | SBO: 50 Directors Who Make a Difference
Tammy White ('94 BM) | SBO: 50 Directors Who Make a Difference
UNCG Alumna Rhiannon Giddens Featured on New Beyoncé Album | UNC Greensboro
UNCG Alumna Rhiannon Giddens Featured on New Beyoncé Album | UNC Greensboro
If you’ve listened to Beyoncé’s new song, you might hear a bit of Spartan pride. UNCG alumna Rhiannon Giddens is featured on the track.
Constance Lankford Chase Scholarship Endowment in Music
Constance Lankford Chase Scholarship Endowment in Music
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