Arts NC State

A group of students pose together in Nashville with a concert stage in the background.

Dec 18, 2018

Students travel to CMA Awards for music industry experience

At the end of October, CMA EDU chapter president Morgan Brown got an email about a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The Country Music Association’s annual awards show was coming up, and the NC State chapter’s student members were being invited to participate as volunteers. The words “once-in-a-lifetime” were enough to convince Brown, who shared the opportunity with the…

Dec 17, 2018

New African American choir builds bridges to preserve and celebrate musical heritage

When the music department’s new African American Choral Ensemble begins rehearsing in the spring, its director Darrick King hopes to build a community where people from all different backgrounds, ways of life and ethnicities can appreciate, learn about and perform music from the African American culture.

A row of singers perform, wearing red and black

Nov 30, 2018

12/8 Ladies in Red Fall Concert

Kick off the holiday season with the Ladies in Red a cappella group. The concert will feature new ladies, new songs and copies of their new album, & It Feels Like Home. Featuring a guest performance by Fusion Dance Crew.

Nov 30, 2018

12/6 Wind Ensemble/Jazz Ensemble I Holiday Concert

Get into the holiday spirit with the NC State Jazz and Wind Ensembles! Enjoy Christmas classics like "Sleigh Ride" and "Greensleeves," and go home humming your favorite festive tunes.

Photo of a group of male singers performing with the choir wearing tuxedos and snapping their fingers.

Nov 27, 2018

12/7 Enjoy sounds of the season with the NC State choirs

Celebrate the holidays and the end of the fall semester with the NC State Choirs! Enjoy holiday classics and audience sing-along carols with your family and friends.

Image of a group of a cappella performers singing on stage. One of them is vaulting over the back of another.

Nov 15, 2018

11/30 Acappology reveals what’s Behind the Mask

Bring your friends and come watch Acappology perform music both new and old. Grab your mask and get ready for a spooky and seductive night of a cappella.

Image of a co-ed a cappella group singing together.

Nov 15, 2018

12/2 Wolfgang A Cappella is Unleashed

Unleash your love for music and come out to Wolfgang A Cappella's fall concert on December 2 at 7:00 p.m. in Stewart Theatre to enjoy new music, new members and a brand new album!

Nov 14, 2018

Student composer wins Creative Artist Award with North Carolina-inspired piece

Studies have shown that music helps strengthen memory skills in children and adults. According to the Children’s Music Workshop, linking familiar songs to new information can help imprint that information on the brain. For Noah Baldwin, inventing melodies to memorize patterns in games wasn’t just a useful memory tool, but the origin of his passion for composing music.

Image of a scholarship recipient receiving an award from the donors who endowed the scholarship.

Nov 14, 2018

Scholarship recipient carries on proud family saxophone tradition

Playing the saxophone is in Dylan Misenheimer’s blood. Counting him, there are six saxophonists in his family. For as long as he can remember, they’ve gotten together as an ensemble around the holidays to perform together.

Image of male students in matching outfits singing a cappella.

Nov 13, 2018

12/1 Grains of Time celebrates 50th anniversary

Grains of Time, North Carolina's oldest all-male collegiate a cappella group founded in 1968, are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year. To celebrate five decades of Grains, they're putting together a special concert where the 2018-19 Grains will take the stage alongside alumni groups dating back all the way to the original founding members.