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Welcome new Assistant Professor of Cello, Christoph Wagner who makes the strings sing
Welcome new Assistant Professor of Cello, Christoph Wagner who makes the strings sing Originally published in the Daily Lobo on August 20, 2023, by Addison Key, Culture Editor at the Daily Lobo ____ Christoph Wagner always wanted to play the cello. Wagner is...
Congratulations UNM Printmaking alum, Juana Estrada Hernández, who is now RISD’s Assistant Professor of Printmaking
Congratulations UNM Printmaking alum, Juana Estrada Hernández, who is now Rhode Island School of Design's Assistant Professor of Printmaking Juana Estrada Hernández was born in Luis Moya, Zacatecas, Mexico and immigrated to the United States when she was seven years...
Congratulations to Szu-Han Ho who will be participating in the exhibit, “No Justice Without Love,” at the Ford Foundation in NYC
Congratulations to Szu-Han Ho who will be participating in the exhibit, "No Justice Without Love," at the Ford Foundation in NYC No Justice Without Love brings together the transformational work of artists, activists, and allied donors who make up the Art for Justice...
The UNM Department of Music would like to welcome Dr. Emily Moss as the new Director of Bands
UNM Department of Music Welcomes Dr. Emily Moss as the New Director of Band Dr. Emily Moss will be joining us as a Professor of Music and the Director of Bands starting in August 2023. She is currently the Director of Bands at California State University in Los...
Article in UNM Art Museum Journal, “Q&A with Marcella Ernest of Collective Constructs”
Article in UNM Art Museum Journal, “Q&A with Marcella Ernest of Collective Constructs,” shares how the group came to be and their contributions to the exhibition. The team is headed by Assistant Professor of Native American Art History, Marcella Ernest, Marina...
Low Frequency Trio returns to UNM as part of their Spring 23 UST Tour!
Low Frequency Trio returns to UNM as part of their Spring 23 UST Tour! Tuesday, April 18, 7:30 pm UNM Keller Hall, Department of Music LOW FREQUENCY TRIO Formed by Antonio Rosales (bass clarinet, Juan José García (double bass), and José Luis Hurtado (piano), Low...
Recent essay from Experimental Art & Technology professor, Stewart Skylar Copeland
Recent essay from Experimental Art & Technology professor, Stewart Skylar Copeland Experimental Art & Technology professor, Stewart Skylar Copeland, co-authored an essay in the most recent issue of the Journal of Landscape Architecture. "Homing bodies" is an essay...
Harpo Foundation 2022 grant recipient, Stephanie J. Woods
Harpo Foundation 2022 grant recipient, Stephanie J. Woods Congratulations to the Harpo Foundation 2022 grant recipient, Interdisciplinary instructor, Stephanie J. Woods!! Stephanie Woods' work fuses a relationship between fiber and digital technology to examine...
UNM Team receives award for 2022 Venice Biennial Art exhibition project
UNM Team receives award for 2022 Venice Biennial Art exhibition project UNM + Davidson College project, "a Library, a Classroom, and the World," which was included in the 2022 Venice Biennial Art exhibition Personal Structures has won the ECC Award for the category,...
UNM Theatre Debuts New Play by Gregory S. Moss
UNM Theatre Debuts New Play by Gregory S. Moss Gregory S Moss read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein back in high school, like most high school students. But for Moss, Frankenstein was not a story we read once, wrote a paper on, and then briefly forgot about until the many...
Visiting Scholar Dr. Javier Marín-López will present on Colonial and Baroque Music in the Americas
Visiting Scholar Dr. Javier Marín-López to present on Colonial and Baroque Music in the Americas Visiting Scholar Dr. Javier Marín-López, Professor of Musicology at the University of Jaén, Spain, will present two lectures at UNM this month. He is a scholar specialized...
UNM Music Students and Faculty to Perform in the Santa Fe Opera’s Premiere of This Little Light of Mine
UNM Music Students and Faculty to Perform in the Santa Fe Opera’s Premiere of This Little Light of Mine Four graduate vocal performance students in the UNM Music Department have been invited to perform with the Santa Fe Opera. Mia Flora, Marshal Hollingsworth, Garrett...
Kristina Jacobsen to tour South Africa as singer-songwriter and ethnomusicologist
This month, Dr. Kristina Jacobsen will travel to Johannesburg, South Africa, as a guest of the Diné-led jazz trio, DDAT, as both a singer-songwriter and ethnomusicologist to perform at the legendary music festival, WOMAD. In Johannesburg, Jacobsen will perform her...
The Office of the Vice President for Research announces inaugural Ovation Award winners.
Congratulations to Professor of Art and Ecology, Subhankar Banerjee and Professor of Music, Richard White! Banerjee, White, and six Lobo researchers from disciplines spanning across The University of New Mexico have been selected as recipients of the inaugural OVPR...
Harris Smith, Dean of the College of Fine Arts, announces two new leadership appointments
Amanda Hamp, associate professor of dance, stepped into the role of associate dean of equity and excellence on June 1, 2022. Dr. Michael Hix, associate professor of voice, will continue to lead the Department of Music as chair. Dr. Hix previously served as interim...
Department of Art Associate Professor Meggan Gould has won a George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation Fellowship
Department of Art Associate Professor Meggan Gould has won a George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation Fellowship to support work on a new photographic project, entitled: Photography After Photography: A Reckoning. The Howard Foundation awarded 9 fellowships of...
Dr. Maxine Thévenot selected to participate in the Jeanne Demessieux Centennial Tribute
Dr. Maxine Thévenot, Instructor of Organ, here at the UNM Department of Music, was one of 14 women organists selected to participate in the Jeanne Demessieux Centennial Tribute. To commemorate the virtuoso French organist, Jeanne Demissieux. Dr. Thévenot was selected...
Alonso-Minutti receives prize for ‘Voces del desierto’ composition
Alonso-Minutti receives prize for 'Voces del desierto' composition Ana Alonso-Minutti, associate professor of Music and faculty affiliate of the Latin American and Iberian Institute at The University of New Mexico, was recently awarded the biennial 2021 Robert M....
The Department of Theatre and Dance welcomes Ninoska M’bewe Escobar, Ph.D. post-doctoral research associate
Ninoska M’bewe Escobar, Ph.D. specializes in Black diasporic theatre, dance, and performance. Her work focuses on the body in society through its experiences, narratives, and creative production. From 2016-2021 she was affiliated with the Five College Dance Department...
‘I’m Possible’ autobiography featuring UNM music professor Dr. Richard White now on sale
From the streets of Baltimore, Maryland to the campus of The University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, Associate Professor, Dr. Richard White (R.A.W. Tuba) continues to make headlines. The most recent is the publishing of his autobiography, ‘I’m Possible’. ‘I’m...
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