Apr 4, 2016

Scholarship Results are In!

The Music Department is pleased to announce the 2016-17 Music Department Scholarships.  We would like to thank everyone who applied for a scholarship this year and express our pride in this remarkable group of students who represent both the department and its donors. Congratulations to the following recipients: Norma Ausley 2015-16 Academic Year – Hadeyah Olanrewaju… 

Mar 31, 2016

Music Department Concert to Heavily Feature Guests

Concert season is heating up, and this semester will feature several guest artists. First up, Dr. John Wiles will be guest conducting on tomorrow’s Choral Concert. Dr. Wiles visits from University of Northern Iowa. Secondly, the Raleigh Civic Symphony will be presenting their highly anticipated East Coast premiere of Richard Blackford’s Great Animal Orchestra Symphony… 

Mar 21, 2016

Dr. Kramer Featured On Georgia Public Radio

Mar 17, 2016

Dr. Turner Wins Society For American Music Award

A hearty congratulations to faculty member Dr. Kristen Turner! Dr. Turner (pictured on the left) has been awarded the John and Roberta Graziano Fellowship. This award is intended to fund research she will conduct this summer in archives located in New York City and Washington D.C. This research will be used to complete a book… 

Mar 4, 2016

New Music Courses Featured in Technician

Feb 2, 2016

Big Plans for RCS and RCCO

This Spring semester is a particularly special one for the NC State Orchestras, as director Peter Askim has put together not one, but two high-profile programs this semester. The Raleigh Civic Symphony was awarded a sustainability grant for a program in conjunction with the NC State Sustainability Office, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, the NC State… 

Dec 16, 2015

Dr. Kleiankina Draws Rave Reviews

Our own piano professor, Dr. Olga Kleiankina recently sold out the North Carolina Museum of Art’s “Sights and Sounds on Sundays” in a performance that Classical Voice of North Carolina reviewed as “simply breathtaking” Read the rest of the article here 

Sep 8, 2015

Power Sound of the South Feature airs on Dave Doeren Show

On Sunday, September 6th, The Dave Doeren Show aired a four minute video featuring footage of the marching band from Saturday’s victory over Troy University. Watch the video here, which includes interviews with Dr. Paul Garcia and Assistant Band Director Chris Branam.   

Sep 4, 2015

Dr. Peter Askim Directs Next Festival of Emerging Artists

NC State’s Director of Orchestral Studies, Dr. Peter Askim, spent his summer vacation hard at work directing the Next Festival for Emerging Artists, an intense music festival for young professional string players that he founded. New York’s WQXR has the story here. 

Sep 2, 2015

Dr. Gary Beckman and Arts Entrepreneurship featured in the Technician

Early in Fall 2015, Dr. Beckman was interviewed about his background, what Arts Entrepreneurship is, and shares several success stories with the student paper. Read the story here.