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- Dr. Megan Francisco new publicationCongratulations to Dr. Megan Francisco who has been published in Leonard Bernstein in Context (Cambridge University Press, 2024)! Dr. Francisco’s chapter “Mahler Before and After […]
- Winners for the 47th Annual Giles-Harris Music Competitions announcedCongratulations to the winners of our 47th Annual Giles-Harris Music Competitions! Piano Competition First Place: Eric Wang, The Sinal Prize Student of Larry Weng Second Place: Sebastian […]
- Congratulations to the winners of our 2023 Concerto Competition!The WFU Department of Music congratulates the winners of our 2023 Concerto Competition! First Prize: Adam Waszkiewicz, clarinet Movements II & III from Concerto No. 2 in […]
- Masterclass with Dublin Guitar QuartetGuitar students from the WFU Department of Music and UNCSA participated in a masterclass with the Dublin Guitar Quartet on Wednesday October 25. The Dublin Guitar Quartet […]
- Student Spotlight: Hannah Murrow, An investigation of English language pedagogy in rural and urban universities in MexicoThis summer Hannah Murrow (’24) researched education accessibility in rural and urban areas in the state of Querétaro, Mexico. Hannah worked under the guidance of Dr. Lauren […]
- Peter Kairoff inducted into Steinway & Sons Teacher Hall of Fame(Winston-Salem, N.C. – (Oct. 11, 2023) – Wake Forest University Professor of Music Peter Kairoff has been inducted into the Steinway & Sons Teacher Hall of Fame in […]
- Student Spotlight: Cami Wilson, Ensemble Singing in Different Contexts: Analyzing Differing Techniques and StylesThis summer Cami Wilson (’24) explored choral music while based in London. Cami worked under the guidance of Dr. Christopher Gilliam and through the generosity of the […]
- Student Spotlight: Juan Londono, Soundscapes throughout Madrid, capital of the Kingdom of SpainThis summer Juan Londono (’26), created soundscapes in Madrid, working with WFU Music’s Dr. Elizabeth Clendinning and through the generosity of the Joseph G. Gordon Scholarship. […]
- Professor Emeritus Spotlight: Dr. David LevyCongratulations to Wake Forest University Department of Music Professor Emeritus Dr. David Levy for being chosen to lead the Chautauqua Institution’s tour of Beethoven in Vienna! […]
- Student Spotlight: Eric WangCongratulations to Eric Wang! Eric received Honorable Mention in North Carolina Symphony’s Kathleen Price and Joseph M. Bryan Youth Concerto Competition (Young Artist Division). The Bryan […]
- Alumni Spotlight: Yodeline Guerrier Ford (’13)Yodeline Guerrier Ford (BA 2013 in Music in Liberal Arts, minor in Psychology) was recently featured by the Wake Forest University Alumni Personal & Career Development Center. […]
- John R. Beck research presentation at WFU TechX 2023John 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 […]
- Faculty Awards: Spring & Summer 2023
- Wake Forest University Chamber Choir named as semi-finalist for the American PrizeThe 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
- Composer-in-Residence Dan Locklair World Premiere
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 […]- Article published by Dr. Stewart Carter
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 […]- New publications for Dr. David Geary, Assistant Professor of Music, music theory
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 […]- Tal Feldman (Economics and Mathematics, ’23) named Schwarzman Scholar
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 […] - Composer-in-Residence Dan Locklair World Premiere