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Juan Hernández was recently appointed interim director of Choral Activities at the University of New Mexico, where he conducts the University Chorus and Concert Choir, and teaches Choral Conducting at the undergraduate level. Hernández, a native of ...

Musical Retellings is the theme of the 2015 John Donald Robb Composers' Symposium, set for Sunday, March 22 through Thursday, March 26 at the University of New Mexico. Composers Chen Yi, Christoph Maria Wagner, Carter Williams and Vijay Iyer present...

The University of New Mexico College of Fine Arts' Department of Music presents the music of National Medal of Arts winner Morten Lauridsen on Thursday, Nov. 20 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Popejoy Hall on the University of New Mexico campus. UNM Director ...

The Musicology Colloquium series kicks off Thursday, Oct. 2 at 2 p.m. in Zimmerman Library, Waters Room on the UNM campus. The opening program features David Samuels, delivering "The Oldest Songs They Remember: Frances Densmore, Mountain Chief, and ...

Manuel Areu’s music used to fill the air in 19th century Spain, Mexico and Cuba. Then it fell silent. In 1952, Frederick Sommer, a found-object artist, found reams of paper stacked in cedar chests discarded in a dumpster in Jerome, Ariz. – the chests d

Think saxophone and think jazz riffs, big band beats, bebop improv and rock and roll, and the greats like John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Jimmy Dorsey and Branford Marsalis.

Terezín, a concentration camp in what is now the Czech Republic, was designed by the Nazis to eradicate Jewish cultural life. Among those imprisoned there was Czech conductor, composer and pianist Rafael Schächter. He led a chorus of Jewish prisoners ...

Beyond Borders is the theme of the 2014 John Donald Robb Composers’ Symposium, set for Saturday, April 5 through Thursday, April 10 at the University of New Mexico and the South Broadway Cultural Center. The centerpiece is a new multi-media chamber ...

“Our paths crossed several times over the years, I really admired him, and hey - we both played cellos. I never imagined someday I would be the Robb Trust Assistant - what a privilege.” ~ Tom McVeety Born in 1892, John D. Robb was a New York City ...

UNM Director of Jazz Studies Glenn Kostur presents a concert featuring the music of Cedar Walton, on Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Keller Hall in the UNM Center for the Arts. Tickets are $10 general public, $8 seniors, $6 students in advance at ...