Professor Kevin Fellezs Becomes New Director of Center for Jazz Studies
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Sep
6,
2022
Professor Kevin Fellezs has become the new director of the Center for Jazz Studies.
Achievements News
Arabic Translation of Alessandra Ciucci's Writing Published by the Edition La Croisée des Chemins and the Académie du Royaume du Maroc
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Jul
18,
2022
The Arabic translation of Alessandra Ciucci's writing on Moroccan professional female singer-dancers (shikhat) and on the musicopoetic genre ‘aiṭa, was published as a collection by the Edition La Croisée des Chemins in partnership with the Académie du Royaume du Maroc.
Professor Alessandra Ciucci Featured in Columbia News Article about New Book
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Jul
7,
2022
Professor Alessandra Ciucci was interviewed by "Columbia News" about the release of her new book "The Voice of the Rural."
Scott Douglass Announced as Postdoctoral Research Scholar
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Jul
5,
2022
The Department of Music is pleased to announce that Scott Douglass has joined the Department as a Postdoctoral Research Scholar.
Sonja Wermager and Callum Blackmore Publish Chapters in “Sacred and Secular Intersections in Music of the Long Nineteenth Century”
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Jul
5,
2022
Graduate students Sonja Wermager and Callum Blackmore have both published chapters in the recent volume "Sacred and Secular Intersections in Music of the Long Nineteenth Century: Church, Stage, and Concert Hall."
Seth Cluett Named Director of Computer Music Center
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Jun
21,
2022
The Department of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Seth Cluett as the Director of the Computer Music Center.
Dr. Lucy Turner Defends Dissertation
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Jun
15,
2022
The Department warmly congratulates Dr. Lucy Turner, who successfully defended her PhD dissertation in Music (Historical Musicology), titled “Rethinking Beethoven’s Middle Style: Form, Time, and Disruption in the Chamber Music of 1806-15” on June 8, 2022.
Dr. Laina Dawes Defends Dissertation
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Jun
15,
2022
The Department warmly congratulates Dr. Laina Dawes, who successfully defended her PhD dissertation in Music (Ethnomusicology), titled “Freedom Ain’t Free:” Race and Representation(s) in Extreme Heavy Metal" on June 8, 2022.
Dr. Audrey Amsellem Defends Dissertation
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Jun
15,
2022
The Department warmly congratulates Dr. Audrey Amsellem, who successfully defended her PhD dissertation in Music (Ethnomusicology), titled "Sound and Surveillance: The Making of the Neoliberal Ear" on May 16, 2022.
Dr. Knar Abrahamyan to Join Columbia Music Theory Faculty in 2023 as Assistant Professor in Music Theory and Race
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Jun
7,
2022
The Columbia University Department of Music is delighted to announce that Dr. Knar Abrahamyan will be joining our department as Assistant Professor in Music Theory and Race in 2023.
Alessandra Ciucci and Bill Dougherty Named 2022-23 Fellows of the Institute for Ideas and Imagination
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May
23,
2022
Drs. Alessandra Ciucci and Bill Dougherty (DMA 2021) have been selected as Fellows at the Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination.
Katherine Balch Wins 2022 Charles S. Miller Award
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May
23,
2022
Katherine Balch has won the 2022 Charles S. Miller Award. The Charles S. Miller Award is given annually to students who, in the opinion of the Faculty, have achieved distinction of the highest standard in the field of Music Composition.
Vicente Hansen Atria Wins 2022 Charles S. Miller Award
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May
23,
2022
Vicente Hansen Atria has won the 2022 Charles S. Miller Award. The Charles S. Miller Award is given annually to students who, in the opinion of the Faculty, have achieved distinction of the highest standard in the field of Music Composition.
Grace D'Haiti Wins 2022 Charles S. Miller Award
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May
23,
2022
Grace D'Haiti has won the 2022 Charles S. Miller Award. The Charles S. Miller Award is given annually to students who, in the opinion of the Faculty, have demonstrated excellence of the highest standard in the field of Music Composition.
Zosha Di Castri Commissioned by the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition's Grossman Ensemble
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May
23,
2022
Zosha Di Castri was commissioned by the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition's Grossman Ensemble to write a world premiere, entitled "time>>T. - - I. - - M.(time) - - E."
Callum Blackmore Publishes Chapter in "String Quartets in Beethoven’s Europe"
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May
23,
2022
Callum Blackmore’s article “Hyacinthe Jadin and the Sound of Revolution: Recovering French String Quartet Aesthetics in 1790s Paris” was recently published in the edited volume "String Quartets in Beethoven’s Europe" (Academic Studies Press, 2022).
Jessie Cox Publishes Article in liquid blackness by Duke University Press
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May
23,
2022
Jessie Cox, DMA graduate student, has published the article "Aesthetics of (Black) Breathing" in liquid blackness by Duke University Press with Columbia University alumnus Isaac Jean-François.
Zosha Di Castri Commissioned by Toronto Symphony Orchestra
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May
23,
2022
Zosha Di Castri was commissioned by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra to write a song cycle for acclaimed soprano Barbara Hannigan, entitled "In the Half-Light." With a libretto written by renowned author Tash Aw, the cycle received its world premiere in Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall on May 19 and 21, 2022, conducted by Gustavo Gimeno.