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Apr 7, 2021

Introducing NC State Community’s Immigration Stories

The Dance Program and Arts NC State teamed up to create an online project entitled NC State Community's Immigration Stories. 

Mar 16, 2021

Wolf Tones | Volume 3, Issue 2

The spring 2021 issue of Wolf Tones magazine is here! The new digital format includes video content and is easy to share. In this issue, read all about the ways that we’re making music safely this semester, the amazing work our faculty are doing, and an exciting new piano scholarship named for our piano program’s… 

Mar 4, 2021

Checking In With Some of our NC State Dance Program Alumni

To kick off the start of the spring semester, we checked in with a few of our recent NC State Dace Program graduates on Instagram to see what they were up to! 

Dec 9, 2020

Emma Nussman receives Masini scholarship for leadership in marching band and beyond

The Department of Music’s prestigious Toni Christine Masini Memorial Music Scholarship was awarded this year to Emma Nussman, a senior majoring in genetics and minoring in music performance and psychology. The Masini scholarship—the largest music scholarship offered at NC State—is awarded each year to one student who exemplifies academic and musical excellence, as well as leadership… 

Dec 4, 2020

NC artist’s unique handcrafted guitars tell a powerful story

Music and art are powerful storytelling mediums. They have long been used to give voice to our joy and our suffering. The handcrafted guitars made by Freeman Vines of Fountain, NC tell a complex story of history, ecology and spirituality, which began with a quest to capture a unique sound that Vines could not get… 

Oct 27, 2020

Faculty find new ways to teach music during online semester

Heading into the fall semester, the Department of Music faculty all faced one enormous question: how do you teach music online during a pandemic?  The music department’s traditional lecture-style courses adapted smoothly to Zoom, utilizing features like the chat and breakout rooms built into the platform to enable students to ask questions and have small… 

Oct 27, 2020

Brickyard Broadcast – Premiere Event Nov. 12

The Department of Music presents the NC State orchestras and choirs with the Concert Singers of Cary, performing the world premiere of a new work by composer Lisa Bielawa entirely in virtual reality on a digital Brickyard built by the NC State University Libraries. Missed the live premiere event? You can watch the panel and Q&A here.… 

Oct 27, 2020

Music performance minor embraces unconventional recital

The culminating experience of a music performance minor’s five semesters of applied study is their final recital. After two years of private lessons and dedicated practice, they spend their last semester selecting and preparing 30 minutes of music that best represents their growth and aptitude on their instrument. But what happens to that recital when… 

Oct 20, 2020

Foureman’s new album and virtual concert showcase bass and piano duo

When a musician releases an album they’ll typically go on tour to promote it, performing in venues across the country or abroad and giving interviews on local radio stations. Unfortunately, none of that is possible during a global pandemic. But applied lecturer and bassist Jason Foureman, whose album Duo with pianist Stephen Anderson was released… 

Sep 11, 2020

Orchestras and choirs prepare new music for virtual Brickyard debut

The challenges musicians are facing during the coronavirus pandemic are largely rooted in the inability to gather. Performance venues are closed, traveling is discouraged, and ensembles are unable to rehearse and perform together. Virtual choirs and orchestras are producing pre-recorded performances, editing together each musician’s individual recording into a group work. Musicians are live-streaming solo…