Commencement 2013: Congratulations to Our Music Grads!
Commencement 2013: The Department of Music Congratulates our Graduating Students!
Columbia College (Majors and Concentrators)
- Andrew Dugue (Concentration)
- David Halpern
- Emily Hamilton (Concentration)
- Victoria Lewis - Cum Laude
- Megan Maloney (Concentration)
- Ilan Marans
- Mark Micchelli - Cum Laude
- Emily Ostertag - Cum Laude
- Natalie Robehmed
- Christopher Ruenes- Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Departmental Honors*
- Rieko Shepherd
- Ian Shirley - Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
- Jacob Snider
- Gregory Somerville
- Maria Sulimirski
- Natalie Weiner
School of General Studies (Majors)
- Sebastian Clegg
- Iva Kupresak
Barnard College (Majors, except as noted)
- Rebecca Gray - Music & English (Writing), Departmental Honors
- Martina Wiedenbaum - Ethnomusicology
- Lucy Finkelstein-Fox - Ethnomusicology & Psychology, Departmental Honors
- Rachel Bronstein - Music
- Lisa Campbell - Music
- Elissa Mendez-Renk - Music
- Laura Pantley - Music
- Emma Solomons - Music
- Alexandra Vidal - Music
- Xuela Zhang - Music
* Departmental Honors are awarded to Chris Ruenes for his composition "Rupt ures," written under the supervision of Brad Garton. Finalists for Departmental Honors were Emily Ostertag, Jacob Snider, and Rieko Shepherd.
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
MA:
- César Colon-Montijo
- Beatriz Goubert
- Orit Hilewicz
- Kevin Holt
- Anne Adele Levitsky
- Brooke Rosemary Lyssy
- William Lowell Mason
- Imani Danielle Mosley
- Thomas Christopher Smith
PhD/DMA:
- Beau Bothwell
- Sean Hallowell
- Nicholas Higgins.
Columbia Welcomes Professor Mariusz Kozak!
The Department of Music is delighted to welcome Mariusz Kozak to our faculty in Music Theory. Prof. Kozak will join Columbia University as an Assistant Professor of Music in July, 2013. He is currently a post-doctoral scholar and visiting assistant professor of music theory at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
Kozak, Mariusz
Mariusz Kozak will join Columbia University as an Assistant Professor of Music in July, 2013. He is currently a post-doctoral scholar and visiting assistant professor of music theory at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
Announcing a New MFA Program in Sound Arts at Columbia!
New Program Announcement!
SOUND ARTS
A new Interdepartmental MFA Program offered by the Columbia University School of the Arts in association with the Department of Music and the Computer Music Center.
Spring 2013 Featured Courses in Music
Featured courses in Music for Spring 2013!
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NEW SEMINAR: Debussy and Modernism (MUSI G8371)
Course Information
MUSI G8371 (New Seminar for Spring 2013)
Debussy and Modernism
Instructor: Prof. Benjamin Steege (bio)
Call #: 26449, 3 pts
Mondays 10:10am-12:00pm, 620 Dodge
This course engages close analytical study of selected works by Claude Debussy in conjunction with re- flections on modernism and modernity from literary- and critical – theoretical perspectives. A primary goal is to develop interpretive approaches that take rigorous account of how Debussy might be understood as “modernist” in the first place, and what “modernism” might mean in this context – questions that have been surprisingly little addressed in extant literature on the composer. Readings include work of Charles Baude- laire, Walter Benjamin, Hugo Friedrich, Paul de Man, Michel Foucault, Matei Calinescu, Barbara Johnson, T. J. Clark, and Jonathan Crary. Presentation and paper.
Professor Peter M. Susser in China
Peter M. Susser, Director of Undergraduate Musicianship, attended The Xi'an Conservatory of Music Ear Training Conference and Sight Singing Competition as a lecturer and judge from November 5-9, 2012. Susser also taught Master classes in improvisation and sight singing for actors at The Beijing Dance Academy.
Next to Susser is Prof. Wang Gaofei, Director of the Soffeggio Department.
Search Announcement: Assistant Professor (Music Theory)
The Department of Music at Columbia University seeks to hire an Assistant Professor with a specialization in Music Theory. The responsibilities of the position include undergraduate and graduate teaching, research and publication, and departmental service. We especially seek candidates whose research extends interdisciplinary connections between Music Theory and Historical Musicology, Ethnomusicology, or Composition. The doctorate must be awarded by July 1, 2013, the start of appointment.
All applications must be made through Columbia University's RAPS system.
Review of applications begins December 1, 2012, and will continue until the position is filled.
Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
Search Announcement: Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Columbia University Department of Music invites applications for two Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowships for a period of two years, to begin July 1, 2013. Ph.D. or equivalent (e.g., DMA for composers) required. The degree must have been awarded between 1 January 2009 and 1 July 2013. Fellows will be expected to pursue research, participate in the academic life of the Department of Music, and teach one class per semester during each of the two years (three in Columbia's Core Curriculum and one in the candidate's area of specialization).
All applications must be made through Columbia University's RAPS system.
Review of applications begins November 5, 2012, and will continue until both positions are filled.
Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
Graduate Program Handbook (Official Policies of our MA/PhD and MA/DMA programs)
The Handbook of Graduate Study in Music at Columbia University.
The "Handbook" is the official policy document of the Department of Music's MA/PhD and MA/DMA programs. Current graduate students in the Department are expected to be familiar with its contents and to consult it for answers to many policy questions that arise on a regular basis. To browse the Handbook, please use the block of links on the right side of this page (and every other page in the Handbook), or use the same links below:
