Meredith College Department of Music

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01/20/2025

NC Collegiate Chat: Connecting Collegiates As We Unite Through Music!

North Carolina Collegiate NCMEA is here for you!!! Please join your North Carolina Collegiate NCMEA/NAfME State Officers for our first Collegiate Chat of 2025: Connecting Collegiates As We Unite Through Music! We are tying in with this year's Music In Our Schools Month theme and kicking off the year with this opportunity to connect with collegiate members across our state, meet your state officers, hear from special guests from the state and national levels about resources available to support you now, learn about upcoming collegiate advocacy opportunities, and provide input on how Collegiate NCMEA/NAfME can support you along your journey in music education. This is a live chat and it will be recorded/archived for future viewing on the NCMEA website. You do not need to pre-register, but you must have the link or passcode to join. ALL advisors, collegiate members, and other interested parties are invited to attend (you do not need to be a member to participate). We want to help connect the dots in the National Blueprint for Music Education and promote opportunities to connect, learn from, and support one another!

Connecting Collegiates as We Unite Through Music!

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 - 7:00 PM-8:00 PM

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Meeting ID: 832 0246 2368

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01/20/2025

The Winter 2025 edition of the North Carolina Music Educator is now available to view online.

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Any high school students or transfer students planning to audition for a college music program are welcome to register f...
01/18/2025

Any high school students or transfer students planning to audition for a college music program are welcome to register for our pre-audition workshop. During this workshop, Meredith College Music Faculty will prepare students for auditions to college schools of music. The workshop will include tips, what to expect in the audition process, mini-lessons with one or more audition pieces, lunch, and time to share a selected piece in a mock audition

The $25 registration fee is due at the door and includes lunch, mini-lessons, and the opportunity to perform and receive comments. Click here to register! https://kitkat2416.wufoo.com/forms/z1h2739s0pr6ick/

We are excited to welcome guest artists Ray & Maya Kilburn to perform pieces by L.V. Beethoven, Astor Piazzolla, Mel Bon...
01/17/2025

We are excited to welcome guest artists Ray & Maya Kilburn to perform pieces by L.V. Beethoven, Astor Piazzolla, Mel Bonis, and Sergei Prokofiev. Their performance will be Thursday, January 30, at 7 p.m. in Carswell Concert Hall.

Maya Kilburn is a proud recipient of a Kovner Fellowship at The Juilliard School, where she studies with Donald Weilerstein and Catherine Cho. Previous studies include several years with Mimi Zweig at the Indiana University Jacobs School String Academy, and earlier studies with Chin Mi Kim and Anna Vayman. Maya plays on a 1710 Alessandro Mezzadri violin made in Ferrara, Italy, currently on a 10-year loan. When not playing the violin, she enjoys cooking, hanging out with friends, and spending time with her dogs Cocoa and Sophia. Upcoming engagements include concerto appearances and solo recitals throughout Mexico, China, Japan, and the US.

Pianist Ray Kilburn maintains a successful performing and teaching spanning the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, Europe, and Asia. Critics have been unanimous in praise of his outstanding artistic temperament and technical abilities. Kilburn holds four performance degrees: the BM and LM from McGill University where his primary teacher was Tom Plaunt, and the MM and DM degrees from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where his primary teacher was Gyorgy Sebok. Currently on faculty at Ball State University School of Music, his students have distinguished themselves through winning prizes in national and international competitions and obtaining faculty positions at colleges and universities around the world. His wife soprano Yoko Shimazaki-Kilburn is also on faculty at Ball State University, and their 21-year-old daughter Maya Kilburn is gaining recognition as a violinist and social media influencer.

Piano faculty member Tom Lohr celebrates almost 50 years of compositions with special guests Susan McClaskey Lohr, piano...
01/15/2025

Piano faculty member Tom Lohr celebrates almost 50 years of compositions with special guests Susan McClaskey Lohr, piano; Sally Thomas, soprano; and Gordon Kreplin, guitar. The beginning of this program will include music especially for young music students ages 5 and up. The recital will be on January 26th at 3 p.m. in Carswell Concert Hall at Meredith College.

Tom L. Lohr has been an Instructor of Piano and Composition at Meredith College since 1979, where he teaches piano, both in the college’s music department and within the College’s Community School of Music. Additionally, he has taught keyboard, choral arranging, music theory seminars and a course that combines the history of the visual and musical arts. Mr. Lohr served as the Director of the Meredith College Community School of Music (the non-credit division of the Department of Music) for 30 years but relinquished those duties in 2016 to spend more time on other music projects. For more than forty years he coordinated the summer piano camp, beginner’s piano camp, and continues to offer the middle school composition camp, intensive piano camp and high school theory camp. Former students of his have earned degrees from such noted schools as Indiana University, the Julliard School and Boston Conservatory.

Happy January! Here's a look at our upcoming events this month:🎶 A Retrospective of nearly 50 years of Composing: Tom L....
01/14/2025

Happy January! Here's a look at our upcoming events this month:

🎶 A Retrospective of nearly 50 years of Composing: Tom L. Lohr, Faculty Recital
Sunday, January 26 at 3 PM in Carswell Concert Hall
Piano faculty member Tom Lohr celebrates almost 50 years of compositions with special guests Susan McClaskey Lohr, piano; Sally Thomas, soprano; and Gordon Kreplin, guitar.

🎼 Music Major/Minor for a Day (MM4D)
Thursday, January 30 from 9:30 AM-3:30 PM Wainwright Music Building
Want to know what it's like to major in music at Meredith College? Prospective students can join us for Muisc Major for a Day! Sign up here with the link in our bio!

🎵 Ray & Maya Kilburn, Piano & Violin Guest Artist Recital
Thursday, January 30 at 7 PM in Carswell Concert Hall
Guest artists Ray and Maya Kilburn will present a joint recital at Meredith College!

Come visit Meredith College on Jan. 25! We are also holding music auditions that day Meredith College Department of Musi...
01/11/2025

Come visit Meredith College on Jan. 25! We are also holding music auditions that day Meredith College Department of Music!

Our first Think Meredith of the year is coming up!

Send the link ⬇️ to ALL high school students you know who would be a great fit at Meredith.

The day includes a tour of campus, talking with current students and faculty, learning about StrongPoints, and more!

Register: https://www.meredith.edu/admissions/open-houses/

01/09/2025

This year’s NAfME Collegiate Recognition Awards application window will be open from January 27-February 28. Visit nafme.org/collegiate for complete details including Awards Rubric, Criteria, and to review the Application Questions so you and your chapter may begin preparing NOW!

01/07/2025

POSTPONED: Due to the predicted inclement weather this Saturday, we will be postponing our Pre-Audition workshop to Saturday, February 1st from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 P.M.

Any high school students or transfer students planning to audition for a college music program are welcome to register for our pre-audition workshop. During this workshop, Meredith College Music Faculty will prepare students for auditions to college schools of music. The workshop will include tips, what to expect in the audition process, mini-lessons with one or more audition pieces, lunch, and time to share a selected piece in a mock audition.

The $25 registration fee is due at the door and includes lunch, mini-lessons, and the opportunity to perform and receive comments. Click the link to register! https://kitkat2416.wufoo.com/forms/z1h2739s0pr6ick/

If you are interested in becoming a music teacher, check out this awesome resource for students, parents, teachers, and ...
01/02/2025

If you are interested in becoming a music teacher, check out this awesome resource for students, parents, teachers, and school counselors - https://www.teachmusic.org/! We are excited for those who are choosing to go into this profession. Please reach out to us if you are interested in learning more about how Meredith Music can support you with achieving your dreams!

As the highest honor of achievement available for first-year students, Attention first year applicants! Each scholarship...
12/18/2024

As the highest honor of achievement available for first-year students, Attention first year applicants! Each scholarship has an estimated value of $230,000 over four years. The prestigious scholarship covers the entire cost of attendance. The application is open now and closes January 6, 2025.

The application for the Full-Ride Scholarship is now open!

Check out the requirements of the scholarship and send to a student interested in ⬇️

https://www.meredith.edu/news/merediths-full-ride-scholarship-open-for-applications/

12/18/2024
We have two more Music Major/Minor for a Day in 2025! The first will be on Thursday, January 30th and the second on Tues...
12/12/2024

We have two more Music Major/Minor for a Day in 2025! The first will be on Thursday, January 30th and the second on Tuesday, March 18th.

MM4D gives prospective students the chance to experience what it would be like to major/minor in music at Meredith College . This event is free and open to any student wishing to major or minor in music. To register, visit the link in our bio!

Any high school students or transfer students planning to audition for a college music program are welcome to register f...
12/11/2024

Any high school students or transfer students planning to audition for a college music program are welcome to register for our pre-audition workshop. During this workshop, Meredith College Music Faculty will prepare students for auditions to college schools of music. The workshop will include tips, what to expect in the audition process, mini-lessons with one or more audition pieces, lunch, and time to share a selected piece in a mock audition.

The $25 registration fee is due at the door and includes lunch, mini-lessons, and the opportunity to perform and receive comments. Register here: https://kitkat2416.wufoo.com/forms/z1h2739s0pr6ick/

Meredith College

12/05/2024
Hello December! Here's a glance at what's happening in the Music Department this Month:🎺Hillsborough Street Jazz Trio Wi...
12/04/2024

Hello December! Here's a glance at what's happening in the Music Department this Month:

🎺Hillsborough Street Jazz Trio Winter Concert
Tuesday, December 3 at 7:00 PM in Carswell Concert Hall
Hillsborough Street Jazz Trio presents a holiday concert featuring performances of holiday tunes featuring Meredith College faculty members Lindsey Bruner-Woodcock, Natalie Brooke Overton, Rachel Stenbuck, Jeannie Wozencraft-Ornellas, and William vonReichbauer.

🔔 Meredith College Ringers Handbell Choir Concert
Wednesday, December 4 at 6:00 PM in Jones Auditorium
The Meredith College Ringers Handbell Choir performs their annual winter concert featuring Holiday tunes to ring in the season.

🎹 Octavia! Piano Ensemble Concert
Friday, December 6 at 7:00 PM in Carswell Concert Hall
Our Piano Ensemble, Octavia! will be performing their winter concert featuring works from composers such as Claude Debussy, Gabriel Faure, and Freddie Mercury.

🎸 Guitar Class Recital
Saturday, December 7 at 7:00 PM in Carswell Concert Hall
Guitar students of William vonReichbauer will be performing a variety of music such as Fleetwood Mac, K-Pop, and even original songs!

❄ Winterfest
Sunday, December 8 at 3:00 and 7:00 PM in Jones Auditorium
Our annual winter concert is coming up! Winterfest features performances from our choral ensembles, the Meredith Philharmonic, Meredith Ringers Handbell Choir, Octavia Piano Ensemble, and Flutastix Flute Ensemble. There will be two performances on Sunday, December 8th: 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

🎻 Triangle String Orchestra Fall Concert
Tuesday, December 10 at 7:00 PM in Carswell Concert Hall
Our Community School of Music's Triangle String Orchestra presents its annual winter concert.

Meredith College

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Raleigh, NC
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Tuesday 9am - 12:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
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