Dani Dobkin Defends Dissertation
The Department warmly congratulates Dani Dobkin, who successfully defended her DMA dissertation in Music Composition, titled "Ephemera as a Metaphore of Ceramics and Synthesis" on March 15, 2023.
The Department warmly congratulates Dani Dobkin, who successfully defended her DMA dissertation in Music Composition, titled "Ephemera as a Metaphore of Ceramics and Synthesis" on March 15, 2023.
The Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University has announced the names of fourteen composers selected to receive 2023 Fromm commissions, including a Columbia Professor and two alumni of the Department of Music.
One of Haas’s former students reflects on his time with a teacher who had lessons to offer in music, doubt and influence.
DMA candidate Cem Güven is one of five composers whose works have been nominated for the Gaudeamus Award 2024, the annual incentive prize for composers under 35.
The Department warmly congratulates Louis Goldford, who successfully defended his DMA dissertation in Music Composition, titled "Emergence in the Music of Pierluigi Billone and Georges Aperghis" on November 15, 2023.
Professor Zosha Di Castri's "Patina" for solo violin is included on Canadian violinist Emmanuel Vukovich's debut album, "RESILIENCE."
Dr. Courtney Bryan (DMA '14) has been profiled by the New York Times, charting her career in the years since finishing her Columbia degree.
Fritz Reiner Professor Emeritus Fred Lerdahl has just released "Inner Life," a cycle of three pieces for two pianos, composed between 2020 and 2022.
Come to the Music Open House on Wednesday, November 1st from 5–7 PM in 701C Dodge Hall to see what Music at Columbia is all about!
Dr. Kate Soper (DMA '11) has had a preview feature of her new opera "The Hunt" published by the New York Times.
Courtney Bryan (DMA '14) has been named a 2023 MacArthur Fellow.
Nina Fukuoka had a premiere of her new piece Polka is a Czech Dance by the Spółdzielnia Muzyczna Contemporary Ensemble at the summer festival Darmstädter Ferienkurse.
Professor Di Castri’s new work for solo piano, “The Untellable Hour of Quiet”, received its world premiere by pianist Clare Longendyke with a performance in Bridgton, Maine.
Zara Ali (CC '18) has won the 2023 Gaudeamus Award. She received the prize on Sunday September 10 during the final night of the Gaudeamus Festival 2023 in TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht.
Dr. Gerald Cohen (DMA '93) has released a new album titled "Voyagers."
Jason Eckardt has been recently promoted to Distinguished Professor, the highest faculty honor at CUNY, where I teach at the Graduate Center and Brooklyn College.
The Department of Music is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 prizes for distinction in Music Composition, awarded annually to undergraduate and graduate students who demonstrate distinction in the area of Music Composition, as determined by a committee of faculty members in the Composition area.
The Department of Music is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 prizes for distinction in Music Composition, awarded annually to undergraduate and graduate students who demonstrate distinction in the area of Music Composition, as determined by a committee of faculty members in the Composition area.