Cameron MacManus

Cameron MacManus was appointed Director of Community and Summer Programs in 2025 after 11 years of service to UNCSA as Director of the Community Music School, along with experience in other administrative roles at UNCSA and the William Paterson University of New Jersey.   

A teacher at the UNCSA Community Music School for over 11 years, MacManus has students who are frequent participants in honors ensembles such as all-county, all-district, and all-state middle and high school ensembles. His students have been accepted to Governor’s School, UNCSA’s High School program and numerous collegiate music programs.  

Before accepting the Director of Community and Summer Programs role at UNCSA, MacManus maintained a freelance career as a regular or substitute musician with a variety of musical organizations including the Camel City Jazz Orchestra, the Winston-Salem and Greensboro Symphony Orchestras, and many local and regional classical, jazz, salsa and pop groups.

MacManus can be heard on recordings by Brian McCarthy Nonet, Clark Terry/Louie Bellson, Nellie McKay, Between the Buried and Me, and many other artists. As a freelancer, he has performed with a wide variety of artists including classic Motown group the Four Tops, Cuban vocalist Aymée Nuviola, salsa legends such as Charlie Aponte, and the indie-rock band Broken Social Scene.