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Sep 4, 2020

Meet Our New Fall 2020 Panoramic Dance Project Members

We're so excited to introduce the new members of our Panoramic Dance Company. 

Sep 4, 2020

Meet Our New Fall 2020 State Dance Company Members

Join us in welcoming our new members of the State Dance Company! From across the East Coast, we’re excited to introduce these six new additions to our team. Learn more about the new members here! 

Jun 18, 2020

Branam chosen as quarterfinalist for Grammy Music Educator Award

Award recipients often say it’s an honor just to be nominated. That was certainly the case for Department of Music lecturer and director of summer music camps Chris Branam when he found out that several of his students nominated him for the 2021 Grammy Music Educator Award. With nearly 2,000 nominees, Branam thought that filling… 

May 8, 2020

Dance Program Featured in Walter Magazine’s “50 Ways Triangle Companies Have Given Back During the COVID-19 Pandemic”

Have you read Walter Magazine's May/June E-Magazine? If not, check it out online and look for their article, "50 Ways Triangle Companies Have Given Back During the COVID-19 Pandemic" to see the NC State Dance Program! 

Apr 29, 2020

New tools to help musicians, arts businesses prepare for and navigate crises

When stay-at-home orders began to be implemented across the United States in response to the coronavirus, Department of Music teaching professor Gary Beckman realized that arts-based businesses would face unprecedented and unique challenges. For many musicians, theater companies and arts studios, in-person events, classes or exhibits are the core of their business model. Physical distancing… 

Apr 27, 2020

NC State Dancer Wins Second Place in LuLu eGames Competition

A former Panoramic Dance Project Member and current CONTRA-TIEMPO repertory piece dancer, Daniela Patiño-Zabaleta, won big at this year’s Lulu eGames competition, NC State's annual startup competition awarding over $100,000 to NC State entrepreneurs. 

Apr 9, 2020

Finding Guam’s power sound

Meteorologist music alumni and twins Landon and Brandon Aydlett play the world’s grandest stages with the Guam Territorial Band. There’s something special about the bond between twins. For marching band alumni Landon and Brandon Aydlett, that bond includes a shared love of music, a shared career path, and a shared journey to the other side… 

Apr 8, 2020

The presidential playlist

Three Raleigh-based musicians with ties to NC State got the surprise of their lives when their song “Raleighwood Hills” made President Obama’s top music of 2019 list in December. There are moments in our lives that stay with us forever, shape who we become from that point forward, or alter the way we see the world.… 

Apr 8, 2020

Innovation in the piano classroom

Olga Kleiankina and a development team at DELTA are reimagining the way introductory piano courses are taught for a new generation of students. As the Department of Music expands its program offerings that explore the intersection between music and technology, faculty are seizing upon opportunities to incorporate new technologies into the classroom and innovate the… 

Apr 7, 2020

Bringing new music to life

Author’s note: This article was written and published in our spring 2020 issue of Wolf Tones prior to the decision to cancel on-campus events due to the coronavirus outbreak. To reduce confusion, we have removed information originally included at the end of the article regarding the dates of the spring orchestra concerts. It can be…