Dr. Kristina Jacobsen releases a new album of co-writes with UNM Music Alunmi, Meredith Wilder. They will be performing two shows for the CD release of “Elemental.”
March 30th, 2018
CD Release Show with Meredith Wilder for new album, “Elemental,” at Bookworks at 7:00pm
4022 Rio Grand Blvd, NW, Albuquerque, NM
with Special Guest Camille Grey (Copenhagen, Denmark)
$15
March 31st, 2018
CD Release and Fundraiser for “Songs from the Rez,” with Meredith Wilder for new album, “Elemental,” at Tortuga Gallery at 7:30pm
901 Edith Blvd SE, Albuquerque, NM
with Special Guest Chucki Begay and Ritchi Anderson, Jr. (Navajo Nation)
UNM Faculty Take Music and Collaboration to Europe
UNM faculty members Aaron Jacobs and Tatiana Shustova traveled to the Netherlands and Finland for a week of international performances, presentations, and collaboration, including sessions at the European String Teachers Association conference in Helsinki and a chamber music performance with Finnish musicians.
Christian M. Newman Published a New Music History and Music Appreciation eBook
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 developed and authored this work as a music lecturer with the University of New Mexico’s department of music, and department of theatre & dance between 2016 and 2026.
UNM strings faculty sign historic agreement with Chinese Conservatory
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 Fine Arts and the Zhejiang Conservatory of Music (ZJCM), one of China’s leading institutions for higher music education.