by Don Smith | Oct 12, 2026 | Featured News
University of New Mexico Department of Music alumna Sarah Schwenke has won the third horn position with the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. A former student of Dr. Mike Walker, Schwenke is a horn player and educator now based in Tallahassee, Florida, where she is...
by Don Smith | Sep 9, 2026 | Featured News
UNM faculty members Aaron Jacobs and Tatiana Shustova recently traveled to the Netherlands and Finland for a week of international performance, presentation, and collaboration. The trip began with a stop in Amsterdam, where Jacobs and Shustova reunited with friends...
by Billy Overstreet | Aug 24, 2026 | Featured News
Christian M. Newman, a lifelong New Mexican composer, historian, and college course designer, has published the eBook, Music Essentials from the Western Classical Tradition: Middle Ages to the Present (First Edition) with Cognella Academic Publications, ©2027. Newman...
by Billy Overstreet | Jun 30, 2026 | Featured News
University of New Mexico string faculty members Carmelo de los Santos, professor of violin and Christoph Wagner, assistant professor of cello and head of strings, traveled to China recently to formalize a landmark international partnership between the UNM College of...
by Billy Overstreet | Jun 30, 2026 | Featured News
Four University of New Mexico musicians recently boarded a plane for China and returned home 11 days later. They were the graduate students who comprise The Abe Franck String Quartet: Lorenzo Gallegos, Dongqi Zhou, Andre Silva and Penelope Teixeira. The Abe Franck...
by unmmusicadmin | Jun 1, 2026 | Featured News
Dr. Maxine Thevenot, who teaches organ in the UNM Department of Music will be making her Carnegie Hall conducting début on Sunday, June 28, 2026, in a concert that brings together choral and orchestral musicians from across America, including members of local...
