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Local quartet Lone Piñon will be featured in the second of the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology’s Courtyard Concert Series at The University of New Mexico on Thursday, Aug. 25, at 6:30 p.m. This is a free event and open to all ages. Moreover, the museum...

This weekend kicks off the annual John Donald Robb Composers' Symposium House Music featuring recordings of new music by composition students at The University of New Mexico and local and international composers, as well as interviews and panels. From...

Last year, Kristina M. Jacobsen, associate professor of Ethnomusicology and Anthropology (Ethnology) at The University of New Mexico, traveled to Italy on a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award in Cultural Anthropology and Ethnomusicology. The grant allowed her...

Jared Goodrum, a graduate of The University of New Mexico and Musician 3rd Class Petty Officer, takes the center spotlight playing saxophone in a new video released by the United States Navy. An Albuquerque native, Goodrum graduated in 2017 with his...

The piano is inherently a European male-centric occupation. The instrument was invented in Italy by a man. The most famous pianists in the world, such as Schnabel, Horowitz, and Rachmaninoff, were all European men. The illustrious Three Bs of piano music...

Professors Olga Perez Flora and James “Jamie” Flora are new faculty members in The University of New Mexico music department teaching and it’s no coincidence they share the same last name. They are a married and musical couple. Olga is an assistant...

Olivia Tucker has joined The University of New Mexico Fine Arts College faculty in the Instrumental Music program as an assistant professor of Music Education. She started her music teaching career as a band teacher at middle and high schools but...

Composer and pianist José Luis Hurtado, an associate professor in The University of New Mexico’s Department of Music in the College of Fine Arts, is one of the 2020 winners of...

Tim Mallette, a University of New Mexico graduate student working on a master’s degree in music performance for trumpet, bought a great music stand a few years ago. He liked the product so much that he and his wife Tracy, a Ph.D. student in biomedical...

University Communication and Marketing (UCAM) annually compiles a Year-in-Review highlighting its general news and feature stories during the course of the calendar year. Below is a select list of 2019 general news and feature stories highlighting...