RUNC: Anna Gatdula
February 12, 2025
Anna Gatdula studies how the atomic bomb influences music, art, and culture.
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Feeling the Music
October 30, 2024
Willie Payne works with blind and low-vision musicians to make music more accessible.
Creativity in Numbers
March 26, 2024
Keith Sawyer teaches innovative thinking by studying the psychology of creativity in group settings.
Finding His Research Rhythm
October 11, 2023
Héctor Aizpurúa, Jr. recounts his journey from remedial English classes to writing his honors thesis on the musical traditions of the displaced people of the Panama Canal.
RUNC: Ken Tianyuan Ge
August 9, 2023
Ken Tianyuan Ge studies the labor and capitalism of musicians on cruise ships.
Roots of Afro-Latin Rhythms
April 14, 2022
In each episode of the Mix(ed)tape Podcast, researchers Melissa Villodas and Andrés Hincapié speak to Black dancers, choreographers, musicians, and academics about the roots of various Afro-Latin rhythms, the role of dance and music in identity formation, and how racism manifests in the Afro-Latin dance scene.
Where Words Fail Music Speaks
February 15, 2022
For most of his life, Juan Álamo has used music to connect to and communicate with others. As a skilled marimba player, he uses his talent and passion to teach the next generation of musicians to do the same.
Eduardo Tadafumi Sato
January 26, 2022
Eduardo Tadafumi Sato is a PhD candidate in the Department of Music within the UNC College of Arts & Sciences. He studies how music is defined across national borders and unpacks the social and political definitions of what makes music “national,” specifically within Brazil.
The Other Side of the Podium
April 20, 2021
Conducting classes in the UNC Department of Music offer students the opportunity to learn what it’s like behind the podium — gaining valuable insight into conducting methods while improving their skills as musicians.
Divya Narayanan
November 4, 2020
Divya Narayanan is a junior double-majoring in neuroscience and music within the UNC College of Arts & Sciences. She explores the neural connections between the auditory cortex and thalamus to understand how the brain processes and reproduces sound.