Lippman, Edward , 1920-2010
With sadness, we note the passing of Edward A. Lippman, Professor
Emeritus of Music at Columbia. Prof. Lippman died on June 9 at the age
of 90. We extend our condolences to his family, friends, students, and
colleagues.
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Edward Lippman, Professor Emeritus of Music,
at
GSAS Reunion, April 4, 2009
One of the pioneering
American scholars on the philosophy and aesthetics of music, Prof.
Lippman taught at Columbia for 35 years. He earned his PhD at Columbia
in 1952 with a dissertation on music and space. He joined the faculty in
1954 and was appointed professor in 1969; he retired in 1989. At
Columbia, Prof. Lippman trained several generations of scholars. Among
his dissertation advisees who went on to major careers in musicology
were James McKinnon, Charlotte Cross, Patricia Carpenter, Jamie Croy
Kassler, Jane Fulcher, Rose Rosengard Subotnik, and Christopher Gibbs.
Heidemann, Kate
Kate Heidemann is a PhD candidate in musicology with a concentration in music theory. She studies popular music and is specifically interested in the analysis of vocal quality, theories of music informed by embodied cognition, and the intersection of gender, class, and race in country and soul music. Her dissertation, "Hearing Women's Voices in Popular Song: Analyzing Sound and Identity in Country and Soul," presents an interdisciplinary approach to pop song analysis, applied to works from the late 60s and early 70s by Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Loretta Lynn, and Dolly Parton. Her other research interests include timbre, Schenkerian analysis, feminist theory, and the analysis of music video.
Kate's scholarly pursuits have always extended across disciplinary boundaries. She majored in both music and philosophy at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, and later earned a master's degree in humanities at the University of Chicago. In addition to her studies in the music department at Columbia, she has earned a graduate certification in feminist scholarship from Columbia's Institute for Research on Women and Gender.
Mutch, Caleb
Caleb Mutch is in his fifth year of studies at Columbia, writing a dissertation on the development of the concept of the cadence in tonal theory. His research areas include the development and transmission of music theory in antiquity and the medieval period, approaches to music historiography in the Romantic era, and historically informed approaches to Schenkerian analysis. He has presented papers at the annual meeting of the Society for Music Theory in 2011 and at several graduate student conferences.
Spencer, Lauren M.
Congratulations to Sean Parr!
Congratulations to Sean Parr, who has just accepted a one-year position at Pennsylvania's Dickinson College,, where he will be teaching music history and continuing his research on mid nineteenth-century French and Italian opera.
Burnt Sugar, The Arkestra Chamber: A Workshop in Conducted Improvisation
In this unprecedented performance workshop, open to any student performers from any and all traditions--musicians, poets, actors, dancers, musicians, writers--Greg Tate, Louis Armstrong Visiting Professor at the Center for Jazz Studies for Fall 2009, will demonstrate how new musical material may be generated and existing musical material may be restructured and renewed in real-time performance, using Conduction, the versatile lexicon of hand and baton gestures developed over the past twenty years by improvisor and conductor Lawrence "Butch" Morris.
As leader of the innovative musical ensemble Burnt Sugar, The Arkestra Chamber, Tate uses Conduction in live performance and in the studio to compose and select material from a wide range of composers and genres--Thelonious Monk, Chaka Khan, Jimi Hendrix, Charles Mingus, Iggy Pop, and others. In this workshop, joined by members of the Arkestra and the workshop participants, Tate will demonstrate these techniques and create new music.
Congratulations to Corbett Bazler!
Corbett Bazler has just heard that he has been awarded an Alvin H. Johnson AMS 50 Dissertation Fellowship,
to complete his dissertation on comedy and theater in Handelian opera seria.
On Race: Workshop for graduate students
Professional Development Workshops Series
Monday, 13 April: On Race
This workshop will explore issues of race in relation to music scholarship and teaching.
Center for Ethnomusicology, Dodge 701c
3-4:30 pm
Workshop leaders: Professors Ellie Hisama and Ana Maria Ochoa
For graduate students in music and PhDs/DMAs.
Publishing workshop for graduate students
Professional Development Workshops Series
Monday, 30 March: On Publishing
This workshop will focus on the process of submitting your work for publication to journals and to book publishers, and will discuss the peer review process, working with an editor, correcting proofs, and other matters.
*Library Seminar Room* (note change of place), Dodge 701a
3-4:30 pm
Workshop leaders: Professors Giuseppe Gerbino and Ellie Hisama
For graduate students in music and PhDs/DMAs.
MPP: Taking a Break and Looking Ahead
MPP SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
CU student chamber groups are welcome to compete for a chance to perform at our annual spring semester Gala Chamber Concert, which will take place in Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall on April 20th. Auditions will be held on Friday, March 27, 2009 from 9-11AM in 405 Dodge Hall. You must sign up ahead of time at 618 Dodge Hall (MPP Office).
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2) Rapaport Prize for Summer Study. Applications available now on the door of 618 Dodge.
Deadline Friday, March 27th before 12 noon. Open to Columbia College students only, the Richard Rapaport Prize awards funds for summer study at a music festival of your choice. Funds are available for composers and conductors as well. Applications will be collected by the MPP on March 27, but you must have already applied and/or been accepted to a summer program by that time. For further information, email mpp@columbia.edu.
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