Faculty News

Dr. Ruth Opara to Join Columbia Ethnomusicology Faculty as Assistant Professor in Ethnomusicology

The Columbia University Department of Music is delighted to welcome back Dr. Ruth Opara as Assistant Professor in Ethnomusicology in the Fall of 2023. She previously was a Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in the Department from 2020–21.

Professor Zosha Di Castri and Bethany Younge Named 2023 American Academy of Arts and Letters Music Awards Winners

Zosha Di Castri and Bethany Younge were named 2023 American Academy of Arts and Letters Music Awards winners. Di Castri is a recipient of the Goddard Lieberson Fellowship in Music, and Younge is a recipient of the Charles Ives Scholarship.

Professor Susan Boynton Now Director of University Seminars

In January 2023, Susan Boynton became Director of The University Seminars, an ongoing community of partnerships each of which is constituted by scholars from multiple academic departments and disciplines, often including experts from outside academia, and is devoted to the study of an institution, practice, or issue of theoretical and/or practical importance.

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