College of Fine Arts

“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, ...

Classical music festivals have been an important economic boon to places like Aspen, Buffalo and Charleston. Pamela Pyle, associate professor of music, thinks New Mexico could reap the benefits of holding one in Albuquerque.Pyle is organizing ...

Composer Paul Clift submitted the winning composition, "1950c", for classical guitar, in the 2012 UNM John Donald Robb Musical Trust Composers' Competition. The biennial competition requires composers to use material from the John Donald Robb Field ...

Steven Block, music department chair; Sheilah Garcia, Leslie Umphrey, director, opera theatre; Sam Shepperson, opera faculty; and UNM College of Fine Arts Dean Kymberly Pinder acknowledge and celebrate Garcia's generous gift to the UNM opera ...

Music Professor Bradley Ellingboe, UNM soloists and choral members got rave reviews on their recent performance of Rene Clausen's "Requiem," one of two requiems performed on Sunday, March 18, at Lincoln Center in New York City. Jeffrey Williams wrote in ...

The University of New Mexico Art Museum features "Bird" in conjunction with the 41st Annual John Donald Robb Composer's Symposium in the Media Gallery Friday-Sunday, March 23-April 29."Bird" is an interactive project by localStyle (Marlena Novak and Jay ...