John R. Beck, professor of percussion and Afro-Cuban drumming, recently presented his research “Comfort Sound® Drumming: Successfully adapting the traditional drum circle for hospitalized patients and caregivers leading to future research,” at the 2023 Wake Forest University TechX Conference. This research was part of […]
The Wake Forest University Department of Music is excited to announce that our Wake Forest University Chamber Choir has been named as a semi-finalist in the American Prize for Choral Performance for college/universities (smaller programs). From Wake Forest University Director of Choral Activities, Dr. […]
This past March, Professor of Music and Wake Forest University Composer-in-Residence Dr. Dan Locklair traveled to Cambridge, Massachusetts for the world premiere of his composition the Harvard/Ashmont Evening Service. This premiere was presented by the Harvard Glee Club, Harvard University Choir and the All Saints’ […]
Dr. Stewart Carter, professor of Music History and director of Wake Forest University’s Collegium Musicum chamber ensemble, was recently published in Moravian Americans and their Neighbors, 1772-1822 (Brill, 2023). His article is entitled “Early Performances of Haydn’s Creation in the American South: The Moravian Connection,” […]
Congratulations to Dr. David Geary! Dr. Geary has recently been published in Expanding the Canon: Black Composers in the Music Theory Classroom (Routledge, 2022) and in Music Theory Online, 28 (4). “The first book’s aim is to demonstrate the need for and to provide practical […]
Congratulations to Wake Forest senior Tal Feldman for being named to the 2023-2024 class of Schwarzman Scholars! Tal is a Stamps Scholar majoring in economics and mathematics, and has been studying piano with Professor Peter Kairoff during his time at Wake Forest. As a […]
Congratulations to Alice Hauser (BA Music and Philosophy, ’23)! Alice is one of 32 Americans chosen by the Rhodes Trust to study at Oxford University in England, beginning Fall of 2023. Alice has worked on behalf of asylum seekers in the local Winston-Salem community and […]
To learn about exciting changes to the music major and minor, please see https://music.wfu.edu/students/programs-courses/ , where you will also find a link to the 2022-23 Bulletin. Feel free to contact Interim Chair Dr. Jacqui Carrasco () if you have specific questions about opportunities […]
Exciting February faculty highlights from the Department of Music: Dr. Marco Sartor performed as guitar soloist in the premiere of “Voyages: The GuitART Concerto” by Latin Grammy-winning guitarist and composer Sergio Assad in Miami. http://migf.fiu.edu/2022/portfolio/assad-concerto-premiere/ Dr. Elizabeth Clendinning celebrated the launch of her […]