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A Monster Mash-Up: Student Directs, Produces Wolfpack-Themed Music Video for ‘Thriller’

Music Department

Curtis and Barbara Freeze in the stands at an NC State football game

Aug 17, 2021

Drumming Up Support for Music Students

New music scholarship endowment honors two longtime fans of Wolfpack Athletics and the NC State marching band. 
Three T-shirts with "NC State Marching Band - Power Sound of the South" written on them, along with a logo showing marching band hat and flag

Aug 13, 2021

Wolfpack Outfitters Announces Power Sound of the South™ Collection

Merchandise honoring the NC State Marching Band is now available at Wolfpack Outfitters. 
Dr. Phyllis Vogel teaching a music class

Jun 14, 2021

Honoring Our Piano Pioneers

When an anonymous donor made a generous gift to endow a new piano performance scholarship in the Department of Music, they left it up to the department to name the fund. Former department head Bob Petters, who has taught in the music department since 1976, recommended that the scholarship be named for two women who each played a pivotal role in developing the piano program at NC State — Phyllis Vogel and Marilyn Lynch. 
Olga Kleiankina leaning over a piano

May 3, 2021

Olga Kleiankina Receives Prestigious Undergraduate Teaching Award

Associate teaching professor Olga Kleiankina, director of piano studies, became the first-ever recipient of the Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Award from the Department of Music and University College on April 13. 
Conductor in PPE with physical-distanced music class.

Mar 15, 2021

Music Students Band Together for Day of Giving

During the rescheduled 2020 NC State Day of Giving in September, students worked hard to channel funds to the Department of Music by winning social media challenges. They’re gearing up to do it again. 
Belltower lit red at night

Feb 26, 2021

Division Faculty and Staff Honored with Pride of the Wolfpack Awards

This year, 32 faculty and staff were awarded with the Pride of the Wolfpack Award. 
Emma Nussman playing a trombone

Feb 8, 2021

Emma Nussman Receives Masini Scholarship for Leadership in Marching Band and Beyond

The Department of Music’s prestigious Toni Christine Masini Memorial Music Scholarship was awarded this year to Emma Nussman, a senior majoring in genetics and minoring in music performance and psychology. The Masini scholarship — the largest music scholarship offered at NC State — is awarded each year to one student who exemplifies academic and musical excellence, as well as leadership in the marching band. 
Percussion performance minor AnnE Ford attends her online drum lesson with Dr. Paul Garcia from a practice and recording space set up in Price Music Center for local students to use as needed during the fall 2020 semester of online courses. Photo by Erin Zanders.

Nov 10, 2020

Arts Programs Don’t Miss a Beat During COVID-19

Several performances will cap off an unprecedented year for NC State’s performing arts programs, during which students, faculty and staff have overcome unforeseen logistical challenges of COVID-19. 
brickyard

Nov 2, 2020

Lisa Bielawa Presents BRICKYARD BROADCAST

Broadway World featured Arts NC State's upcoming Brickyard Broadcast event, a spatialized work for hundreds of musicians that will have its world premiere in a Virtual Reality (VR) environment. 
Tolar Ray films the NC State Dance Team in a night-time video shoot for Thriller

Oct 30, 2020

A Monster Mash-Up: Student Directs, Produces Wolfpack-Themed Music Video for ‘Thriller’

Music student Tolar Ray '23 directed and produced the Power Sound of the South marching band's viral video for "Thriller," which premiered on YouTube on Oct. 30.