College of Fine Arts

The University of New Mexico Symphony Orchestra will present a special performance Thursday, March 28, at 7:30 p.m., at Popejoy Hall on the UNM campus. The UNM Symphony orchestra features the top music students in New Mexico and is a part of the...

The 52nd annual John Donald Robb Concert will feature world-class performances on Friday, March 29, 7:30-9 p.m. at Keller Hall at The University of New Mexico. Admission is free for this all-ages, family-friendly community event. The show will feature...

Three undergraduates and seven graduate students from The University of New Mexico Department of Music were recently chosen to perform in the Southwestern Regional Intercollegiate Band in Kansas City. The students were led by UNM Director of Bands Emily...

The first book on renowned Mexican composer Mario Lavista, titled Mario Lavista: Mirrors of Sounds (Oxford University Press, 2023), was recently published by Ana R. Alonso-Minutti, associate professor of Musicology at The University of New Mexico. It...

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 bring his Three Songs projects to the Harwood Museum of Art in Taos. Three Songs pays tribute to...

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, has been awarded the prestigious MacArthur Genius Grant. He was given the award for “creating musical...

It’s not just a song, an album or an artist. It’s not simply a genre, or something you hear walking through a plaza or a restaurant. It is so much more than music; it’s a history, it’s a culture, it’s a lifestyle.    Mariachi, associated with an image...

A UNM and greater Albuquerque dancing powerhouse is receiving well-deserved, national recognition. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has named National Institute of Flamenco (NIF) Director Eva Encinias as a recipient of the NEA National Heritage...

The Department of Music within the College of Fine Arts at The University of New Mexico takes great pride in announcing the first scholarship specific to jazz studies. The Richard Karmel Endowed Scholarship in Jazz Studies will be awarded each year to a...

Emily Moss will join the faculty at the College of Fine Arts at The University of New Mexico in August as a professor of Music and director of Bands. She is currently the director of Bands at California State University in Los Angeles. As director, Moss...