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Dr. Hurtado wins the Morelia Composition Competition for Orchestra
Dr. José Luis Hurtado, Prof. of Music Theory and Composition at the UNM Department of Music, won the National Morelia Composition Competition for Orchestra / Concurso de Composición Orquestal de Morelia, in Mexico. The announcement was made on December 15th, 2023,...
The Music from the Americas presents: “UNACCOMPANIED, Personal Stories of Immigration and American Identity
The Music from the Americas presents: “UNACCOMPANIED, Personal Stories of Immigration and American Identity The Music from the Americas presents “UNACCOMPANIED: Eight New Works for Solo Cello Exploring Personal Stories of Immigration and American Identity.” This...
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...
Australian scholar will teach spring 2024
Australian scholar will teach spring 2024 Naomi Sunderland, professor and Australian Research Council Fellow at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia, is coming to The University of New Mexico as an Australian Fulbright Senior Scholar Spring of 2024. She will...
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...
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...
Musicology students present their research at UNM 2023 Musicology Student Symposium
Musicology students present their research at UNM 2023 Musicology Student Symposium How can music be used to revitalize a language? How can opera be a journey of healing from trauma? How does a popular music genre interact with the Mexican drug war? How can hyperpop...
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....
‘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...
Michael Hix named interim chair of the Department of Music
Michael Hix named interim chair of the Department of Music Michael Hix, associate professor of Voice, will serve as interim chair of the Department of Music at The University of New Mexico College of Fine Arts. Hix served as associate chair for five years under the...
THE JOHN DONALD ROBB COMPOSERS’ SYMPOSIUM 2021 “HOUSE MUSIC”
STREAMING FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSIC May 1 - May 45 - 8:30 PM Since 1972, the internationally renowned symposium has brought composers and musicians from around the world to UNM for a series of public concerts and unique learning opportunities for UNM students.Concerts of...
New Self-Produced Music From Young CFA Artists!
Check out this new upcoming music group called "NICTEHA" and their new singly "Honey"!
Dr. Karl Hinterbichler receives the Ken Hanlon Award from International Trombone Association.
Dr. Karl Hinterbichler receives the Ken Hanlon Award from ITA. The Kenneth Hanlon Award recognizes an individual that contributes greatly to the International Trombone Association (ITA) and the trombone world with a spirit of generosity and modesty that inspires. The...
Music, Emotion, and Fish with Dr. David Bashwiner
We are back, with Part 2 of ‘Music, Emotion, and Fish’. If you haven’t had the chance to listen to Part 1, you can click back to Episode 15, Dr. David Bashwiner was just getting to his work on the Midshipman toadfish, and what it can teach us about musical desire in...
Department of Music announcing three new faculty members
We are excited to announce that we will be adding three outstanding new faculty members, two to our Instrumental Music Education program, and a new Orchestra Director in the fall. George Nicholson, a Ph.D. candidate at Teachers College at Columbia University, will be...
Music alumnus doing some incredible work during this time of COVID
Alumnus Ingela Onstad doing some incredible work during this time of COVID. Ingela Onstad, who completed her M.M. In Voice Performance (2014) and her M.A. in Mental Health Counseling (2017) from UNM, recently launched a new business called Courageous Artistry. Through...
The Department of Music welcomes two new faculty members, Dr. Olga Perez Flora and Mr. James Flora
Dr. Olga Perez Flora Cuban-American mezzo-soprano, Olga Perez Flora, has been lauded by Opera News for her “smoky tones” and “firm, pleasant voice, and lively poise.” Flora has performed with opera companies and symphonies both across the country and internationally....
When Coronavirus Emptied the Streets, Music Filled Them
A singer-songwriter anthropologist who has been experiencing Italy’s COVID-19 quarantine reflects on how pandemic-inspired songs connect people and reveal shifting power dynamics. By KRISTINA JACOBSEN, SAPIENS MAR 2020 Since a quarantine was imposed in parts of...
UNM music professor awarded prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship
José Luis Hurtado, is one of the 2020 winners of the Guggenheim Fellowship By Mary Beth King April 13, 2020 Composer and pianist José Luis Hurtado, an associate professor in The University of New Mexico’s Department of Music in the College of Fine Arts, is one of the...
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