
Carlos Rivera
Lecturer, Creative American Music
Carlos Rafael Rivera is a lecturer in the Department of Music Theory and Composition and the Bruce Hornsby Creative American Music program at the University of Miami Frost School of Music. Rivera is a composer that incorporates a large diversity of musical influences in his work, which reflect his multi-cultural upbringing in Washington, DC, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Miami, and Los Angeles. His music has been performed by such prominent ensembles as Chanticleer, the American Composers Orchestra (ACO), the New England Philharmonic, and the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet; recorded by Warner, Sony and Naxos labels; published by C.F. Peters, Mel-Bay, and Doberman Editions; and awarded by the ACO,…

Former University of Miami Frost School of Music Band of the Hour director William B. Russell, B.M. ’57,…

Luciano Magnanini, woodwinds professor began his career at UM as a lecturer, in 1972. He studied music…

Dennis Kam, composer, professor, and chair of the Department of Music Theory and Composition, has retired…

December 08
6:30 PM
JW Marriott Marquis, 255 Biscayne Way, Miami
Vocalists Anna Hersey, Jeffrey Wienand, Maria Fenty Denison and David Tayloe perform at 2010 Renée Fleming master class.
March 10, 2010—By Robin Shear
Metropolitan Opera superstar Renée Fleming proved to be one down-to-earth diva during her master class, presented by the University of Miami Frost School of Music Department of Vocal Performance, at the Maurice Gusman Concert Hall last Friday, March 5 on the Coral Gables campus.
The two-time Grammy Award-winning soprano and Met headliner worked individually to…