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Ransom

The debut of Ransom Wilson as Music Director of the UNCSA Symphony Orchestra.  Whitney Reagan, a Concerto Competition winner performs Carl Nielsen Flute Concerto.

 

Rose Johnson
Saxton Rose, bassoon        Erica Johnson, organ

 

Saxton Rose joins the UNCSA Artist-Faculty fall of 2008 as a full-time teacher of bassoon. Saxton  has performed with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra since October 2003 as its principal bassoonist. With the Puerto Rico Symphony he has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and on tours to Spain and throughout the Caribbean. Before joining the Puerto Rico Symphony he had performed in orchestras throughout Europe and the United States.

Erica Johnson joins the faculty of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts as Interim Kenan Professor of Organ for the academic year 2008-09. She has concertized across Europe, Canada, and the United States, playing a wide variety of repertoire and instruments, and her performances have been broadcast in Germany and America.

 

Welcome to the UNCSA School of Music!

"What a wonderful place for serious study and growth. The facilities are some of the best that I've seen anywhere and the faculty is top-notch, with real world experience under their belts...a student couldn't ask for a better situation to learn and grow as both a person and an artist." ~  Jennifer Higdon, Composer, Curtis Institute of Music

Welcome to the UNCSA School of Music, a unique state-of-the-art conservatory offering intensive training and career development in music performance and composition since 1965. How are we unique?

  • With selective admissions, a robust scholarship program, and 7-to-1 student-to-teacher ratio, we function like a private conservatory, yet are affiliated with the highly respected University of North Carolina system.
  • We offer a world-class artist faculty and an ample array of distinguished visiting artists to inspire and guide our students.
  • Magnificent facilities, including Watson Chamber Music Hall with state-of-the-art acoustics, are learning laboratories for students.
  • We offer superb training and a well-rounded education in Post-Master's Studies, Graduate Studies, Undergraduate Studies and High School Studies programs.
  • Our campus is vibrant with other arts: dance, design and production, drama, filmmaking, and visual arts.

With all these elements, there’s no place else like the School of the Arts for musical artists to learn and grow!

...preparing the artists of the future

Listen to recent concert excerpts:

UNCSA Wind Ensemble: Blown Away by UNCSA artist-faculty Lawrence Dillon

UNCSA Symphony Orchestra: Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Andante by Johannes Brahms

UNCSA Jazz Ensemble: Groove Blues by Don Menza