College of Fine Arts

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 ...

The Musicology Colloquium Series kicks off on Thursday, Feb. 6 from 2 – 3:30 p.m. in the University of New Mexico Hibben Center, room 110. The opening program features Alexander Dent, associate professor of anthropology at George Washington ...

“We are made of star stuff,” UNM Choral Director Bradley Ellingboe, said, quoting astronomer Carl Sagan. “Everything in the universe vibrates. Planets spin and hum. Sound exists in light, but our ears aren’t tuned to it,” Ellingboe said. The universe, ...