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During the past academic year, the Department of Music has had access to first-class standard and digital pianos through an association with the Rockley Family Foundation.

To perpetuate this program, these instruments, along with those provided other institutions, will be sold Friday through Sunday, Aug. 7-9, at the Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts.

Individuals can schedule appointments to attend a “pre-sale” on Friday and Saturday by calling 704-687-1999; a final day sale will be from noon to 5 p.m., Sunday.

UNC Charlotte student Hunter Aldridge won first place in the final round of the Upper College Men Division of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) National Student Auditions on July 7. Aldridge, a tenor, studies with Brian Arreola, assistant professor of voice and director of the Department of Music opera workshop program.

College of Arts + Architecture Assistant Professor Ming-Chun Lee and students from the Master of Urban Design program will present their work at the next Civic by Design Forum on Tuesday, July 14, at the Levine Museum of the New South. The event is free and open to the public.

Two UNC Charlotte music students will compete in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) National Student Auditions on Tuesday, July 7.

The students, Hunter Aldridge and Tyrez Dabbs, are tenors who study with Brian Arreola, assistant professor of voice and director of the Department of Music opera workshop program.

School of Architecture alumnus Chuck Travis was inducted into the College of Fellows by the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

Election to the College of Fellows is the highest honor bestowed by AIA upon an architect in the United States. Travis joins only three other members in the North Carolina AIA as well as 147 AIA members nationwide to be awarded this prestigious designation this year.

Tim Keane, who earned a bachelor’s degree in geography and a master’s degree in architecture from UNC Charlotte, has been named commissioner of planning and community development for the city of Atlanta.

Keane had served as director of planning, preservation and sustainability for the city of Charleston since 2009 and previously served as director of planning for the town of Davidson.

Charles Davis II, assistant professor of architectural history, was awarded a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts for his project “Building Character: The Racial Politics of Modern Architectural Style, 1860-1945.” 

Established in 1956, the Graham Foundation awards project-based grants to individuals and organizations to create public programs to foster the development of diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and the role it plays in arts, culture and society.

Jeffrey Miller, associate director of bands/director of athletic bands, will be the guest on the June 4 edition of “The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast. The Pride of Niner Nation Marching Band will take the field this September for its inaugural season. Miller will  give an insider’s view of the band’s preparations and what home football game attendees can expect to see on the field.

Watch “The Live Wire” via computer or mobile devices starting at 2 p.m.

Saxophonist and UNC Charlotte alumnus Benjamin Still has won a gold medal in the 2015 Fischoff Competition as a member of the Mirasol Quartet.

Founded in 1973, the Fischoff Competition is the largest chamber music competition in the world. Each year, an average of 125 ensembles, representing 22 nationalities, enter the competition in either the wind or string categories of three to six performers. Fischoff is the only national chamber music competition with both senior divisions (ages 18-35) and a junior division (age 18 and younger).

The Department of Art and Art History and Rowe Galleries are hosting “A Continent on Display: Selections from the Collection of Michael Gallis,” an exhibit that features 10 masks representing nine cultural groups from various regions in Africa.

Gallis provided UNC Charlotte art history major Susan Fredson-Cole access to his private collection. The exhibition will run through Thursday, May 7.