Stefan Greenfield-Casas, visiting assistant professor in music theory, published "Video Games Alive: Ludic Liveness and (Re)playful Listenings in Video Game Music Concerts" in The Oxford Handbook of Video Game Music and Sound.
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Private Music Lessons
Private lessons in voice, keyboard, band/orchestral instruments, sitar, guitar, electric and upright bass, and drum set are offered every semester for academic credit.
2024-2025 Free Concert Series
The Department of Music presents this music concert series that is free and open to the public. Don’t miss these performances from our student ensembles, faculty, and guest artists.
Tickets are required and available online at modlin.richmond.edu or in person at the Modlin Center Box Office.
Neumann Lecture Series
The University of Richmond Department of Music invites one distinguished music scholar each year to address the university, the Greater Richmond area and the scholarly communities, and to spend time with its students. The Neumann Lectures offer a further opportunity to expand the vision of the University of Richmond as a locus for serious dialogue about music, the arts, and society.
Music Alum: "He Sings A Cappella. Then He Destroys Quarterbacks."
Alum Kobie Turner, ’21, a music and math double major, is a defensive tackle for the Los Angeles Rams. The Wall Street Journal profiled his time at UR as a music and math student-athlete.
Artist in Residence
University of Richmond Artist in Residence Leyla McCalla combines original compositions and traditional Haitian tunes with historical broadcasts and contemporary interviews and research. McCalla’s performances are captivating, fueled by rich, sophisticated melodic work and intoxicating Afro-Caribbean rhythms.
Taking Notes: Alum Hosts Students in an Opera Master Class
Opera singer and 2000 graduate Matt Worth originally auditioned for the music performance program at the University of Richmond with his trombone. But, on a whim after his horn performance, he also mentioned that he could sing. Watch Worth's return to the Richmond campus to teach a master class to some vocal performance students. Read more.
Facilities
As part of the Modlin Center for the Arts, the Department of Music offers its students access to high-quality spaces to learn, practice and perform.
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Faculty Highlights
Stefan Greenfield-Casas, visiting assistant professor in music theory, published “From the Screen (to the Screen) to the Concert Hall: Arrangement as a World-Building and World-Bridging Device in the Kingdom Hearts Series” in The Oxford Handbook of Arrangement Studies.
View BioStefan Greenfield-Casas, visiting assistant professor in music theory, published "On Musical Memories, Monuments, and Museums: Review of Final Fantasy VII Remake Orchestral Arrangement Album" in the Journal of Sound and Music in Games.
View BioStefan Greenfield-Casas, visiting assistant professor in music theory, published “‘We are What They Grow Beyond?: Visions (and Sounds) of a Transnational Star Wars’” in Musicology Now.
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Mailing address:
Music Department
Booker Hall
455 Westhampton Way
University of Richmond, VA 23173
Phone: (804) 289-8277
Fax: (804) 287-6814
Chair: Dr. Andrew McGraw
Administrative Coordinator: Veronica Clinton