News and Events in Historical Musicology at Columbia

Cafe Arts with Walter Frisch

Nov 2 2009 - 6:00pm
Nov 2 2009 - 7:00pm
Location:
PicNic Cafe, 2665 Broadway

Professor Walter Frisch elaborates on the complicated task of a music historian: How does one reconcile the aesthetic and intrinsic qualities of music with the broader cultural and historical contexts in which it was composed and heard?

November 2nd, 6 - 7 pm
PicNic Cafe 2665 Broadway
$10 cover

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Special Colloquium in Historical Musicology: AMS 2009 Preview

Nov 6 2009 - 2:00pm
Nov 6 2009 - 5:00pm
Location:
622 Dodge Hall

HM AMS 2009 Preview Colloquium PosterHistorical Musicology Program
2009 AMS Meeting Preview Colloquium

Friday, Nov. 6, 2-5PM, 622 Dodge Hall

Featured speakers:
Louise Chernosky
Kristy Riggs
Ryan Dohoney
Daniel Callahan

The event will be moderated by Prof. Walter Frisch.  It is free and open to the public. 

(Please click the poster image to view the program in detail at a larger size.)

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EVAN PARKER @ the Columbia Composition Seminar

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The Department of Music Presents:

EVAN PARKER 
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
4:10-6:00 pm
rm.620 Dodge
*small reception to follow

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Graduate Students Meeting

Friday, October 30, 11am to noon, 622 Dodge

Meeting of Music Department Graduate Students, with faculty, to discuss the Arts & Sciences Academic Review of the Department taking place this year. The Academic Review takes place once every ten years (the last was in 1999) and involves a departmental self-study, visits by external reviewers, and a final assessment by the Academic Review Committee of Arts & Sciences. The graduate program is an important component of this review, and input from graduate students in all areas is essential. Please come to this meeting to share ideas, thoughts, concerns. Refreshments will be served.

Walter Frisch, DGS Music

Music as Anamorphic Spot: The Radio Broadcast in *Tengoku to Jigoku* -- Giorgio Biancorosso

Oct 8 2009 - 6:00pm
Oct 8 2009 - 7:30pm
Location:
403 Kent Hall
Department of Music is cosponsoring with EALAC and the Donald Keene Center a lecture by Giorgio Biancorosso, University of Hong Kong:

Music as Anamorphic Spot: The Radio Broadcast in *Tengoku to Jigoku* ("High and Low," dir. A. Kurosawa, 1963)
October 8th (Thursday) 6:00-7:30pm
Room 403 Kent Hall
Map: http://www.columbia.edu/about_columbia/map/kent.html

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Professional Development workshop: Applying for Fellowships

Oct 9 2009 - 2:30pm
Oct 9 2009 - 4:00pm
Location:
Dodge 620
Music Department, Professional Development Workshop

Friday, 9 October, 2:30-4 pm: Applying for Fellowships (Workshop leaders: Profs. Susan Boynton & Ellie Hisama)

This workshop will provide information about available fellowships and external grants for graduate students in music (in composition, ethnomusicology, musicology, and theory), and suggestions for preparing your application including the project statement, research sample, and CV.

Location: Dodge 620 (PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION)

Please contact Ellie Hisama, coordinator of the Fall 2009 workshops, if you have any questions: eh2252@columbia.edu

Professional Development workshop: Applying for Jobs

Sep 25 2009 - 2:30pm
Sep 25 2009 - 4:00pm
Location:
Dodge 620

Music Department, Professional Development Workshop

Friday, 25 September, 2:30-4 pm: Applying for Jobs (Workshop leaders: Profs. Susan Boynton & Ellie Hisama)

This workshop will explore the process of applying for jobs including timing your search; locating job postings; deciding where to apply; preparing a CV and cover letter; interviewing by telephone and on campus; presenting your research/creative work and teaching a class; negotiating the offer. 

Location: Dodge 620 (PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION)

Please contact Ellie Hisama, coordinator of the Fall 2009 workshops, if you have any questions: eh2252@columbia.edu

2009 Commencement Party at the Music Department

Prof. Elaine Sisman and Prof. Brad Garton
Financial Asst. Johanna Martinez and Graduate Coordinator Gabriela Kumar
Prof. Giuseppe Gerbino and Graduate Student Alexander Rothe
Prof. Susan Boynton with her daughter Inge and Ph.D. Student Karen Hiles
Morgan Luker
Asst. Prof. Marlon Feld with Ph.D. Students Maja Cerar and Karen Hiles
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Singing the Present Through the Past, Alessandra Ciucci

Apr 24 2009 - 4:00pm
Apr 24 2009 - 6:00pm
Location:
622 Dodge
The Spring 2009 Colloquium Series of the
Department of Music, Columbia University
 
is pleased to present
 
“Singing the Present through the Past:   
‘Kharbusha’ at a Wedding Celebration in Morocco”
Alessandra Ciucci, Columbia University
 
Respondent: Farzaneh Hemmasi

 
Friday, April 24, 2009
4:00PM, 622 Dodge Hall 
 
 
The talk is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served after the talk.

Singing the Present through the Past

The Spring 2009 Colloquium Series of the
Department of Music, Columbia University
 
is pleased to present
 
“Singing the Present through the Past:   
‘Kharbusha’ at a Wedding Celebration in Morocco”
Alessandra Ciucci, Columbia University
 
Respondent: Farzaneh Hemmasi

 
Friday, April 24, 2009
4:00PM, 622 Dodge Hall 
 
 
The talk is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served after the talk.