Mahir Cetiz wins Guggenheim Fellowship
posted
Apr
8,
2017
Core Lecturer Mahir Cetiz (DMA, Composition, 2013) has been awarded a 2017 fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
Alumni News
Shannon Garland Wins Two Postdoctoral Fellowships
posted
Apr
7,
2017
Shannon Garland (Ph.D., Ethnomusicology, 2014) has been awarded postdoctoral fellowships at UCLA and in Brazil.
Alec Hall wins Guggenheim Fellowship
posted
Apr
7,
2017
Alec Hall (DMA, Composition, 2015) has been awarded a 2017 fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
Caleb Mutch Appointed Postdoctoral Scholar at Indiana University
posted
Apr
6,
2017
Caleb Mutch has been appointed a Post-Doctoral Resident Scholar and Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Indiana University.
Marceline Saibou appointed Assistant Professor at Bowdoin College
posted
Apr
6,
2017
Marceline Saibou has been appointed Assistant Professor of Music at Bowdoin College.
Ben Rosenblum (CC'16) Debut Album: Instead
posted
Apr
3,
2017
Nicholas Chong Appointed Assistant Professor at Rutgers
posted
Jan
30,
2017
Nicholas J. Chong has been appointed Assistant Professor in the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.
Adam Kielman Appointed Assistant Professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong
posted
Dec
30,
2016
Adam Kielman (PhD, 2016) has been appointed Assistant Professor in Music at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Sara Snyder Appointed Assistant Professor at Western Carolina University
posted
Dec
30,
2016
Alumna Sara Snyder (PhD, 2016) has been appointed Assistant Professor of Anthropology & Director of the Cherokee Language Program at Western Carolina University.
2016 Department Newsletter Published
posted
Dec
17,
2016
The Department's annual newsletter with faculty, student, and alumni news and accomplishments of the past year is now available for download.
Stephanie Chou (CC'09) Album Release: Asymptote
posted
Dec
15,
2016
STEPHANIE CHOU, a singer, saxophonist, and composer from NY, combines classical and Chinese influences with jazz and pop harmony and rhythm. She released an album, Asymptote, which features fresh arrangements of Chinese classics including "Kangding Love Song," "The Moon Represents My Heart," a tongue-twister about Eating Grapes, and a setting of one of LiBai's most famous poems.
Alexander Rothe Lecture on Chéreau’s Bayreuth Centennial Ring Cycle
posted
Nov
27,
2016
Alexander Rothe will deliver a lecture on "Revisiting Chéreau’s Bayreuth Centennial Ring Cycle Forty Years Later" on Sunday, December 4, 2016, 2:00pm at the Liederkranz Foundation, 6 East 87th Street.
Stephen Lehman's New Album Sélébéyone
posted
Sep
6,
2016
Stephen Lehman (DMA, Composition, 2012) has released a new album, Sélébéyone, in collaboration with French saxophonist Maciek Lasserre.
Courtney Bryan interviewed about Music and Black Lives Matter
posted
Sep
5,
2016
Read the interview with Courtney Bryan (DMA, Composition, 2014) about the première of "The Dream Unfinished."
Zosha Di Castri premières in Tokyo and Banff
posted
Sep
5,
2016
Zosha Di Castri's orchestral piece Lineage had its Japanese première at Suntory Hall on August 30th in a performance by the Tokyo Symphony alongside works by Kaija Saariaho (the featured theme composer) and Jean Sibelius. On September 2, Di Castri's String Quartet No.1 was given its première as the Canadian Commission Round of the Banff International String Quartet Competition.
Dimou Awarded First Prize in Italian Composition Competition
posted
Aug
24,
2016
Columbia Composition DMA student Stylianos Dimou's piece "my grounding | surrounding [it]_self / h_I. v.2" (2015-2016) for one percussionist and electronics has been awarded First Prize at the Concorso Internazionale di Composizione “Amici della Musica di Cagliari” 2016. The piece will be performed in Cagliari on the 28th of September.
Jeff Talman Awarded a Fellowship in Music and Sound from NYFA
posted
Jul
28,
2016
DMA alumnus Jeff Talman has been awarded a New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship in Music and Sound. Less than 4% of applicants to the award receive it - congratulations for this very prestigious fellowship, Dr. Talman! More information can be found on NYFA's website, here.
Nansong Huang Piano Recital News
posted
Jul
26,
2016
Nansong Huang (Columbia College/Juilliard Exchange 2016) gave a successful and well-attended piano recital at the Columbia Global Center in Beijing. Over one hundred people attended, and Nansong gave a short speech to the audience after the recital on the importance of music education. For a more complete write-up of the event, please visit the write-up done by the Columbia Global Center in Beijing.