Fall 2018 Courses
posted
Aug
13,
2018
The Music Department is offering a wide range of courses this fall, including several featured and new electives.
Composition News
Nina C. Young Joins UT Austin Faculty
posted
Aug
9,
2018
Alumna Nina C. Young (DMA, Composition 2016) has recently been announced as the Assistant Professor of Composition and Director of the Electronic Music Studios at the Butler School of Music at The University of Texas at Austin. Her contract will begin with the 2018-2019 academic year.
Alumna Rebecca Y. Kim Edits Groundbreaking Work of Earle Brown
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Aug
9,
2018
Rebecca Kim edits the first comprehensive survey of the groundbreaking work of Earle Brown, augmented with several newly published items from his personal archive. Earle Brown (1926–2002) was a crucial part of a group of experimental composers known as the New York School, and his music intersects in fascinating ways with that of his colleagues John Cage, Morton Feldman, and Christian Wolff.
George Lewis awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Harvard
posted
May
29,
2018
Our colleague George Lewis was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Harvard in this year's Commencement.
Courtney Bryan has won the 2018 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts
posted
May
21,
2018
Composer and pianist Courtney Bryan (DMA Composition, 2014) works in multiple genres, both sacred and secular, including jazz and other experimental music, traditional gospel, spirituals, and hymns. Unifying her compositions - solo to orchestral works, choral music and sound installations - is a desire to “communicate the sounds of rebellion and healing.”
CONGRATULATIONS, CLASS OF 2018!
posted
May
15,
2018
The Columbia University Department of Music extends heartfelt congratulations to our 2018 graduates.
Zosha Di Castri Awarded Institute for Ideas and Imagination Fellowship
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May
1,
2018
Zosha Di Castri ,the Francis Goelet Assistant Professor of Music, will be one of the Fellows at Columbia's new Institute for Ideas and Imagination in Paris.
Alumna Wang Lu has won the Berlin Prize
posted
Apr
30,
2018
The highly coveted Berlin Prize is awarded annually to scholars, writers, composers, and artists from the United States who represent the highest standards of excellence in their fields.
Alumni News: Guggenheim Fellowship 2018
posted
Apr
20,
2018
Edward Jacobs, Yoshiaki Onishi, and Mika Pelo are three of the (former) Columbia Composers who are recipients of Guggenheim Fellowship this year. Congratulations!
SPRING 2018 Courses
posted
Jan
10,
2018
The Music Department is offering a wide range of courses this semester, including several featured and new electives.
New Recording and Music Video
posted
Dec
6,
2017
Peter Susser’s Cello Suite (2016) was recorded by Laura Usiskin (Columbia/Juilliard 2008) as part of her “Reimagining Bach” solo cd.
Tyshawn Sorey Named MacArthur Fellow
posted
Oct
11,
2017
Congratulations to Tyshawn Sorey (DMA Composition '17), who has been named a 2017 MacArthur Fellow!
Assemblage: New Album of George Lewis
posted
Oct
8,
2017
“Assemblage,” a new album by Ensemble Dal Niente on New World Records, brings a rewarding look at fresh pieces by the composer and performer George Lewis.
Yair Klartag a Finalist in Geneva Competition
posted
Oct
2,
2017
Yair Klartag, a DMA candidate in Composition at Columbia, has been selected as one of three winners in the prestigious Geneva Competition
Mario Diaz de Leon's New Album
posted
Sep
29,
2017
Mario Diaz de Leon (DMA ’13), Core Lecturer in Music Humanities, has released his third composer portrait album, entitled “Sanctuary.”
Marin Alsop Wins 2017 Ditson Conductor’s Award
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Sep
17,
2017
Marin Alsop, distinguished conductor and Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, is the recipient of the 2017 Ditson Conductor’s Award for the advancement of American music, Columbia University has announced.
Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow/Lecturer Position
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Sep
1,
2017
The Department of Music at Columbia University invites applications for Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowships. Appointment will be at the rank of Mellon Teaching Fellow/Lecturer, for a period of two years to begin July 1, 2018.
Featured New and Elective Courses FALL 2017
posted
Aug
23,
2017
This semester, the Department of Music is offering courses on Beethoven, Divas, Monsters, Material Girls: Women in Music Video; and Transpacific Musicology: Monsters, Princesses, Bombs at Sea. Graduate seminars include Music and Early Modernism, 1880-1920; Ruth Crawford Seeger; and Analysis of Musical Form.