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Sep 28

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Bhangra With Rohit Bulchandani
Oct 05

Thursday5:30 PM

Hip-Hop With Jose Velasquez
Oct 12

Thursday5:30 PM

Jazz With Frankie Lee III

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On the Air: A Podcast Conversation (ft. Wes Parker)

It isn’t every day that you hear a familiar voice on a podcast. Hosted by Howie Ledford, the North Carolina Music Educators Association’s NCMEA Podcast examines various topics relating to music education. The podcast’s most recent episode features none other than Wes Parker. Parker is a teaching professor, director of jazz studies and conductor of… 
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Student-Choreographer Layla El-Khoury Receives Robert E. Stewart Engineering Humanities Award

The American Society for Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has named student-dancer Layla El-Khoury, the 2023 recipient of the Robert E. Stewart Engineering Humanities Award for her choreographed piece, “Force of Flows.” 
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A Look Back on Our 2023 Day of Dance

The Department of Performing Arts and Technology hosted NC State’s fourth Day or Dance in March 2023. 
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NC State Jazz Lab Band Concert

Tuesday, April 11, 2023 | 7:30 p.m. | Stewart Theatre 
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Spring 2023 Departmental Recitals

March 23 │ March 28 │ April 4 │ April 13 │ 7:00 p.m. │ Price Music Center room 110 
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Announcing the New Department of Performing Arts and Technology

It’s a historic day for dance and music at NC State. After being charged to bring dance and music faculty together into one department last year by Vice Chancellor and Dean Doneka Scott, faculty and department leadership finalized the merger last month. University College in the Division of Academic and Student Affairs proudly announces the newly… 

Read the latest issue of Wolf Tones magazine

Our alumni magazine, Wolf Tones, is published two times per year. The latest issue from fall 2021 features stories about our newest student-run a cappella group formed during the pandemic, music alumni who work for NC State, a new textbook written by a member of our faculty, and more.

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