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About Us

About Us

In the Music Study program at UNCW, you will study with a dedicated faculty of internationally recognized artists and teachers while enjoying small class sizes and extensive performance opportunities.

Department Overview

Individual attention is the hallmark of the Department of Music at UNCW. With a student-faculty ratio of about 9 to 1, the department is small enough to permit liberal faculty attention to each student. Close contact between students and faculty is maintained throughout the year in a variety of formal and informal venues.

Learning With Excellence

As an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music, the Department of Music is committed to the highest standards of excellence in teaching and training students who will become the artists and teachers of the future. Overall, it would be difficult to find a more diversified and challenging curriculum than the music curriculum at UNCW.

At a Glance

What to expect while in the Music Study program:

  • Supportive learning environment
  • Award-winning student ensembles
  • Individual advising and counseling
  • Extensive performance opportunities
  • Internationally recognized faculty artists
  • A major university in an attractive setting
  • Excellent intellectual and musical training
  • Affordable quality undergraduate education
  • A new Cultural Arts Building for music, art, and theatre
  • An accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music

Greetings from the Department Chair

Dear Visitor:

Welcome to the UNCW Department of Music website. Our website functions as a valuable resource and informative tool for our faculty, students, as well as visitors and guests interested in learning more about our department. The various links of our site include admission information, activities of our faculty, our performance calendar, degree programs offered, and several other helpful informative links about our department.

As you read through the information on our website, please feel free to contact us directly if you have any questions. We would be more than happy to answer your questions and share any other helpful information as you navigate through our pages. Welcome and enjoy your visit.

Sincerely,

Dr. Nancy King, Chair
Department of Music

Mission

The Department of Music is dedicated to fostering excellence in performance, pedagogy, and scholarship.

Teaching and mentoring are paramount in the development of performance technique, creative and critical thinking, and artistic expression in our students.

The music faculty strive to model and promote the highest level of musicianship, creativity, and scholarship through their artistic endeavors and research. The department is committed to enriching the quality of life within and beyond southeastern North Carolina by serving as a cultural and educational resource in the region.

Goals

  • Guide students in becoming performers who possess artistic sensitivity, technical facility, and an intellectual understanding of a wide-ranging repertoire of quality musical works.
  • Guide students in becoming music teachers who possess a high level of musicianship, understanding of pedagogy, communication skills, reflective practice, and technological competence.
  • Prepare students for graduate study through a comprehensive curriculum that provides a strong foundation for advanced work in a range of music specialties.
  • Present a multiplicity of performance and educational events through collaborations with area musicians and arts organizations.
  • Emphasize social and historical context in the study of music, and facilitate insight into the diversity of cultures and their musical practices in this country and around the world.
  • Offer students campus-wide an extensive curriculum designed to inspire creative and critical thinking and the exchange of ideas.
  • Encourage the development of the dispositions and skills needed for lifelong learning, achievement, and service.
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Engage With Us

UNCW offers a variety of events, programs and workshops that are open to local students and the public. Engage with us.

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How To Reach Us

Phone: (910) 962-3390
Fax: (910) 962-7106

uncwmus@uncw.edu

UNCW Department of Music
601 South College Road
Wilmington, NC 28403-5975

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Monday through Friday
(excluding holidays)

Location

Office: Cultural Arts building Rm.1048

Events Calendar

Greetings from the Department Chair

Dear Visitor:

Welcome to the UNCW Department of Music website. Our website functions as a valuable resource and informative tool for our faculty, students, as well as visitors and guests interested in learning more about our department. The various links of our site include admission information, activities of our faculty, our performance calendar, degree programs offered, and several other helpful informative links about our department.

As you read through the information on our website, please feel free to contact us directly if you have any questions. We would be more than happy to answer your questions and share any other helpful information as you navigate through our pages. Welcome and enjoy your visit.

Sincerely,

Dr. Nancy King, Chair
Department of Music