Arts NC State

Jul 24, 2019

Registration is now open for March with the Pack on Sept. 7

High school marching band students are invited to March with the Pack on Saturday, Sept. 7 during the Western Carolina game. The NC State Department of Music’s annual band day drew over 500 high school students last year for an immersive, unforgettable experience performing on the field at Carter Finley Stadium. Registration is now open for… 

Jul 24, 2019

NC State choirs to perform at Carnegie Hall

The NC State choirs are going to Carnegie Hall! The trip is open to current NC State choir students and NC State alumni who participated in choir while attending the university. 

Apr 30, 2019

CONTRA-TIEMPO With Live Music by Las Cafeteras October 18-25 Presented by PNC

Experience joy as the ultimate expression of resistance. Join NC State LIVE for an urban Latin dance event that melds community stories, powerful social dance, and the Afro-Mexican rhythms of Las Cafeteras. Get in on the action with a week of events with CONTRA-TIEMPO presented by PNC from October 18 to 25. 

Apr 17, 2019

Vocal performance minors finish strong at regional NATS auditions

Two music minors finished first and third in the regional collegiate vocal auditions held by the National Association of Teachers of Singing in March. Lucy Kimbell placed first in the second-year collegiate women classical category and Cole Nash placed third in the third-year collegiate men classical category. Both will advance to the next round —… 

Apr 11, 2019

Find your perfect piano at the Kawai piano sale

Thanks to an association with the Rockley Family Foundation, a nonprofit organization that helps support music education, the Department of Music at NC State University has had the use of new first-class pianos on a no-cost basis for the 2018-2019 school year. These instruments and ones made otherwise available will be sold to perpetuate this valuable… 

Apr 4, 2019

See “STEPS: in response” at the State Dance Company Concert on April 11 and 12

Join us for the final performance of John Cage’s STEPS: A Composition For A Painting with Ray Kass on April 11 and 12 in Stewart Theatre in Talley Student Union. 

Mar 22, 2019

Student musicians take to the stage and the pit beneath it in University Theatre’s Cabaret

Arts NC State’s core belief that the arts are for everyone encourages a diversity of student and community participants in the arts that enriches both the final products and the education that each arts program and department provides to students. This openness contributes to an arts community on campus that strives to be free of silos… 

Mar 19, 2019

Kleiankina prepares celestial-themed recital for ACCelerate Festival in April

The stars, moon and planets have captivated humanity since our earliest records of civilization. Bone sticks marked to track the phases of the moon were discovered in Africa and Europe and date back possibly as long ago as 35,000 BC. So it’s no wonder that, as we evolved and began to express ourselves through the… 

Mar 15, 2019

Department of Music launches new alumni magazine

The music department launched its official alumni magazine, Wolf Tones in late February. The goal for the magazine is to provide a valuable resource for alumni to keep in touch and stay informed about NC State’s music programs. If you consider yourself an alumnus of the Department of Music or its ensembles and did not receive… 

Feb 15, 2019

Students start club to broaden opportunities for study of music theory

When flute performance minor Anna Lee completed the music theory courses at NC State, she wanted more and she wasn’t alone. She and her classmates approached their professor Dr. Tom Koch to ask how they could continue to explore and learn more about the language of music outside of the classroom. Koch was speechless when Lee…