The annual Wake Forest Lovefeast on December 5 featured numerous WFU music department ensembles and student performers, including the WFU Concert Choir and WFU Chamber Choir, directed by Dr. Christopher Gilliam; the WFU Flute Choir, directed by Prof. Kathryn Levy; the WFU Gospel Choir, directed […]
On Thursday, Nov. 4, students from Wake Forest University’s “Spirit of the Old Gold and Black” marching band joined with students from Winston-Salem State University’s band, Red Sea of Sound, to play in a pep rally for healthcare workers during their shift change […]
Music Dept. Chair and Professor Peter Kairoff has been inducted into the Steinway & Sons Teacher Hall of Fame, a designation recognizing the work of North America’s most committed and passionate piano educators. Read more about his special honor here.
Voice student Taylor Schutt interviewed and profiled WFU voice professor Elizabeth Pacheco Rose in a recent edition of the Old Gold and Black: https://wfuogb.com/13948/life/rejuvenating-the-performing-arts/
We are all happy to be back on campus and making music once again! Click the link here to read the Fall 2021 Music Notes Newsletter.
The Lorena Guillén Tango Ensemble, featuring WFU violin professor Jacqui Carrasco, captured first place in the North Carolina Folk Festival‘s inaugural “Not Your Average Folk Contest” and will be featured in a mainstage performance this September at the festival. The ensemble also […]
The Journal of Music History Pedagogy has published the article “Object Lessons: Teaching Musicology through Museum Collections” by WFU music professor Elizabeth A. Clendinning and Andrew W. Gurstelle, the Academic Director of WFU’s Museum of Anthropology. Their article highlights WFU music students’ unique interdisciplinary […]
Read about the amazing legacies of our recently retired Music Dept. faculty professors. Their combined dedication to Wake Forest students totals 167 years! Teacher-Scholar Legacies: David Levy Teacher-Scholar Legacies: Teresa Radomski Teacher-Scholar Legacies: Louis Goldstein
Congratulations to our award-winning 2021 graduates as well as to our continuing music students with summer research grants! 2021 graduates receiving awards: Lian “Julianne” Zhu (Music major) – Outstanding Graduate in Music Performance; continuing graduate organ studies at UNCSA Xingxiang “Sean” Liu (Music major) – […]
Student recitals and recorded concerts for the Spring 2021 semester.
