Written By Rich Holly, Executive Director of ARTS NC STATE The Next Festival of Emerging Artists is an intensive music festival for young professional string players, founded by NC State Director of Orchestral Studies Peter
By Kim Paris Ninety years ago, the NC State Music Department was an office of one. Walter Price came to NC State as an instructor in the College of Textiles, but an affinity for music
By Kim Paris How long have you been with the Music Department? I started as a student worker in 2008 and joined the department full time following graduation in 2011. What is your own background
The State Chorale will be singing live from the WRAL-TV studio during the 5:00, 5:30, and 6:00 p.m. news broadcasts on December 1, 2014 when WRAL lights up the 300-foot tower on Western Boulevard. The tower lighting is an annual tradition dating back more
by Christy Rain NC State’s new director of orchestral studies, Dr. Peter Askim, is as vibrant, talented and unique as the ensembles that he began directing Fall Semester 2014. Askim, a conductor, composer, bassist and
Sitar player Viswas Chitnis and tabla player Rahim Zalal presented a lecture-demonstration on North Indian Classical Music to students and visitors in Dr. Alison Arnold’s MUS 350 Music of Asia. Coming in only the second
The North Carolina State University Chorale returned on May 19, 2014 from its highly-praised concert tour through central Italy, including performances in Rome, Florence and Assisi. The highlight of the 9-day tour was the Chorale’s
by Kate Dobbs Ariail This kind of thing may be common among technogeeks, but it’s not so common in the arts. Dr. Gary Beckman and his students in the NC State Arts Entrepreneurship Minor are changing