UNCW Department of Music

Name: UNCW Department of Music
Address: 601 S College Road, Wilmington, NC, 28403, US
Telephone: (910) 962-3390
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01/28/2025

🎧🎤🎼 Join UNCW faculty and guest artists on Saturday, February 1 for a day of music production. High school, home-schooled, and community college students are invited to attend. Participants are encouraged to share recorded and produced songs or perform live during the showcase concert. Registration is free! LINK IN COMMENTS!

01/26/2025

On January 31st, at 7:30 PM in Beckwith Recital Hall, come hear singing-cellist Iva Casian-Lakos as she presents a journey into the unknown and unpredictable. This performance delves into themes of nature, mythology, and human temperament through intricate sonic textures and storytelling. The evening features the world premiere of First Light by UNCW Professor Chelsea Loew, alongside compositions by David Crowell and Casian-Lakos herself.

Tickets: $15 General Admission; Free for UNCW faculty, staff, and students
https://uncwarts.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=2029

01/24/2025

Join us on Thursday, January 30th at 7:30 in Beckwith Recital Hall for our first concert of the 2025 New Music Festival. Sputter Box brings an electrifying program of music to the stage, featuring the uniquely dynamic instrumentation of bass clarinet, voice, and percussion. This show highlights seven works written specifically for Sputter Box, alongside a captivating pre-existing piece. From the bittersweet nostalgia of letting go of your past self to a hilariously chaotic soprano possessed by the ghosts of operatic composers, the program takes the audience on a journey through a wide range of emotions and stories. This performance promises to be an unforgettable evening of music that is highly entertaining.

Tickets: $15 General Admission; Free for UNCW faculty, staff, and students
https://uncwarts.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=2027

01/24/2025

The Department of Music at UNCW invites you to join us for the 2025 New Music Festival from January 30th to February 1st! This three-day event begins with an electrifying program by Sputter Box, featuring the uniquely dynamic instrumentation of bass clarinet, voice, and percussion. The following night features singing-cellist Iva Casian-Lakos as she presents a journey into the unknown and unpredictable. The final concert of the New Music Festival celebrates music written by our own UNCW students and alumni performed by faculty, students, alumni, and local musicians. We hope to see you at these thrilling performances!

Tickets ⬇
Sputter Box: https://uncwarts.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=2027
Iva Casian-Lakos: https://uncwarts.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=2029
Student Showcase (FREE): https://uncwarts.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=2030

01/23/2025

We're happy for the snow, but disappointed to cancel our annual Woodwind Day on Saturday, January 25th. All participants will be notified by email, and we'll follow up soon with a rescheduled date. Be safe in the snow!

01/11/2025

Southern Harmonie in collaboration with the UNCW Department of Music invites you to join us for "Magic, Mischief, and Mayhem." Southern Harmonie is the Carolinas’ first professional chamber wind ensemble, founded in 2023 as a collective of UNCW faculty and guest artists from Wilmington and the surrounding region.

Southern Harmonie's January 2025 program, entitled “Magic, Mischief, and Mayhem,” blends familiar classics with new favorites: the fantastical Finale from Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream; Arturo Márquez's Octeto Malandro ("Misbehaving Octet"); Bohuslav Martinu's La R***e de Cuisine, a farcical ballet about the romantic entanglements of enchanted kitchen utensils; Sarah Kirkland Snider's O Sweet and Beloved Mother, inspired by the medieval troublemaker Hildegard of Bingen; Jeff Scott's "Isis" from Sacred Women, honoring the Egyptian goddess's magical powers; a suite from Orff's subversive Carmina Burana; and the frenzied "Champagne Aria" from Mozart's Don Giovanni.

12/15/2024

Congratulations to Brianne York, violin, who graduated today with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education!! We’re so proud of you! 🍾🎉

12/13/2024

2024 UNCW Honor Band Festival is in the books!

200 high school musicians | 30 NC high schools represented | 2 high school bands of 100 students | rehearsals, performances, and masterclasses, oh my! | additional performances by faculty, student, and alumni in addition to the featured concert presented by the UNCW Symphonic Band!

In addition to working with UNCW faculty and Director of Bands, Dr. Dominic Talanca, we would like to thank Dr. Kimberly Fleming, Assistant Director of Bands at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for serving as guest conductor for this year's event. Congratulations to all!

12/11/2024

🎺 Congratulations to graduating student Takeem Dennis. Graduating as a Bachelor of Music in Music Education, Takeem is starting the next chapter of his career as Director of Bands at Trexler Middle School.

Check out his story at UNCW below ⬇️

12/05/2024

Part of the 13th Annual UNCW Annual Honor Band Festival, Shared Spaces will be the final concert of the semester for the UNCW Symphonic Band. We are excited to share the stage with Mitch Hebert and the UNCW Percussion Ensemble – performing on the first half of the program. The second half of the concert will feature the UNCW Faculty Brass Quintet in a performance of a Suite from Leonard Bernstein’s MASS. Viet Cuong’s Shared Spaces is a hypnotic and meditative work that deals with loss and collective healing – you must experience it in person! The concert will close with a consortium premiere of Gala Flagello’s Love & Nature, conducted by our guest conductor for this concert and the Honor Band Festival, Dr. Kimberly Fleming. This concert is FREE to the public. We hope you can make it for our final performance of the semester!

11/20/2024

🎶 Join us on Friday, November 22, at 7:30 PM in Beckwith Recital Hall for an unforgettable evening with the UNCW Big Band, featuring guest artist Damani Phillips on the saxophone! Plus, don’t miss his masterclass at 1:00 PM in Room 1086. See you there!

11/19/2024

🎼 Calling all future Seahawk musicians - audition dates are coming up! Have you applied for your audition yet? See below to learn how.🎶

Link in comments below!

11/14/2024

✨OPENING NIGHT!✨Wishing the cast, crew, and band of "Head Over Heels" a most happy opening night! This show has everything we need right now: toe-tapping tunes, eye-popping costumes/set/lights, plenty of laugh out loud comedy bits, and a heart-warming message of love. On this rainy evening, join the hard-working and exceptionally talented singer-actors in the Mainstage Theatre for a rollicking good time!

Photo credit: Bryan Putnam, Art-Sublimina-Photography.com,

11/13/2024

Join us Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 5 p.m. in Beckwith Recital Hall for "unDISCIPLINEd 2”, the second annual arts showcase featuring faculty members from Art and Art History, Creative Writing, Film Studies, Music, and Theatre who push the boundaries of their disciplines in unique and inspiring ways. Audience members will then have an opportunity to interact with the faculty members in a final Q & A.

Featuring: Madison Creech (Art and Art History), Anna Lena Phillips Bell (Creative Writing), Laura Dunn (Film Studies), Jonathan Kladder (Music), and Robin Post (Theatre).

Admission is FREE and open to all students, faculty, staff and community members.
Reception to follow in the Cultural Arts Lobby, sponsored by CHSSA Dean’s office.

11/10/2024

UNCW Alumni!!! Stop by our booth at NCMEA to catch up, and plan to visit at our reception tonight: 5:30pm @ 6th & Vine!!

11/04/2024

Future Seahawks, there's still time! Today is the last day to register to be a Seahawk Musician for a Day on November 6th! You can choose your classes 📕, play in our ensembles 🎶, and eat pizza 🍕 with our faculty and current students.

Registration link in comments!

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Wilmington, NC
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http://www.uncw.edu/music/

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On March 17th, 7:30 PM in Beckwith Recital Hall, join saxophonist Gabriel Sánchez Porras and pianist Elizabeth Loparits for an evening of music featuring compositions crafted by brilliant female artists. The concert will include works by Fernande Decruck, Meira Warshauer, Krisztina Megyeri, Wenxin Li, and Maricel Mendez. This concert will celebrate the voices of these accomplished composers, including the premiere of music commissioned for this occasion. Tickets can be purchased at the following link: https://uncwarts.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=1853

The UNCW Chamber Singers are honored and excited to be performing at the North Carolina Music Educators Association Conference in Winston-Salem this Monday afternoon, November 6! Here’s a taste of what they’ll be performing: a section of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “The Call,” arranged for choir by Allen Percival. The Chamber Singers’ set begins at 3:00 in the Winston Ballroom 2 at the Benton Convention Center.

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One of our favorite moments from this morning’s Southern Harmonie dress rehearsal! (Scherzino from Alexandre Tansman’s Suite) Join us for our FREE recital, “Beau Soir,” on Saturday, July 22 at 7:30pm in Beckwith Recital Hall. Macarons will be served and attendees will have the chance to win one of our door prizes!

April 27 - UNCW SB Preview

Are YOU ready to RUMBLE?!?! Then come out tonight for the UNCW Symphonic Band's final concert of '22-23! Here's a preview for you... The concert is FREE to UNCW/CFCC students and $10 for the general public. If you can't join us in person at Kenan Auditorium, please attend the livestream at: https://www.youtube.com/live/pQL47EaJcYE?feature=share

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