Music

Pulitzer Prize winning Diné composer and sound artist Raven Chacon, who earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in music at The University of New Mexico, will debut a new composition in performances and make a rare personal appearance as a performer this...

The University of New Mexico orchestra and choirs hosts guest composer Andrea Clearfield, who has written a commissioned work for UNM that will premiere this week in Popejoy Hall in A Concert of Healing. She is also holding master classes and rehearsing...

In what is possibly a first for The University of New Mexico, an alumnus has won a Grammy award. Col. Jim R. Keene, UNM Class of 1988, received a Grammy for Best Immersive Audio Album for the recording Soundtrack of the American Soldier, on which he...

The University of New Mexico College of Fine Arts is hosting its annual ArtsUnexpected event live all day on Friday, April 22, 2022, at various locations on-campus and is seeking participants. ArtsUnexpected gives CFA students an opportunity to share...

The UNM Alumni Association’s next Lobo Living Room will introduce a University professor whose passion for one sound has resonated with crowds while performing on the world’s most profound classical music stages, Professor Richard White. Lobo Living...

It is with profound sadness that the College of Fine Arts shares the following: UNM Professor of Music and Director of Bands Eric Rombach-Kendall has passed away. He is survived by his wife Julie Rombach-Kendall and children, Rebecca Kendall and Michael...

The Research and Creative Works Leadership Awards were established last year to honor recently promoted faculty who have accomplished outstanding research or creative works in their respective career stage. Two new faculty members were awarded and...

We Are Here, A Culmination of Passion will feature the work of UNM Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts (BAIA) Capstone 2021 students Alex Galindo, Amber Carrillo, Flannery Cowan, and Matthew Hickel. Artist presentations and exhibitions will be...

The violin making program at The University of New Mexico is hosting an open house the same evening as the Hanging of the Greens festivities Friday, December 3. Visitors will have a chance to see the tools and woods used, view the students’ work in...

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. Stevenson Prize from The Society for Ethnomusicology for...