New Courses for Spring 2020
posted
Nov
15,
2019
We have some exciting new courses for Spring 2020! Take a look!
Faculty News
Columbia Students, Alumni, and Faculty Awarded Civitella Ranieri Fellowships
posted
Jan
17,
2020
The Music Jury of the Civitella Ranieri Foundation has selected a number of Columbia students, alumni, and faculty to receive prestigious Civitella Ranieri Fellowships for 2020 and 2021.
Faculty and Alumni Contribute to the Most Recent Issue of the Journal of the American Musicological Society
posted
Jan
14,
2020
The most recent issue of the Journal of the American Musicological Society features contributions from faculty and alumni of the Department.
George Lewis One of Koussevitzky Commission Winners of 2019
posted
Jan
14,
2020
George Lewis is one of four composers awarded commissions for new musical works by The Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress. The string quartet PUBLIQuartet co-commissioned Lewis’ newest work.
Kevin Fellezs Publishes Article on Hawaiian Slack-key Guitarists in the Journal of the Society for American Music
posted
Jan
10,
2020
Kevin Fellezs published his article “Nahenahe (soft, sweet, melodious): Sounding Out Native Hawaiian Self-Determination” in the Journal of the Society for American Music's Special Issue on Music, Indigeneity, and Colonialism in the Americas.
Magdalena Stern-Baczewska and Cassatt String Quartet: Schumann and Brahms
posted
Dec
12,
2019
Magdalena Stern-Baczewska (Director of the Music Performance Program) and the Cassatt String Quartet filled Columbia's Casa Italiana with music and people on November 20, 2019.
Zosha Di Castri's "Tachitipo" Honored on Alex Ross's List of Notable Recordings of 2019
posted
Nov
26,
2019
Professor Zosha Di Castri's album "Tachitipo" has been included on "The New Yorker" music critic Alex Ross's preliminary list of Notable Recordings of 2019.
Mariusz Kozak Interviewed About New Book "Enacting Musical Time: The Bodily Experience of New Music"
posted
Nov
26,
2019
Dr. Kozak was interviewed by Columbia News about his new book, "Enacting Musical Time: The Bodily Experience of New Music."
Ellie Hisama Selected as Provost Leadership Fellow for 2019-2021
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Nov
22,
2019
Professor Ellie Hisama was selected by the Office of the Provost as one of fourteen new Provost Leadership Fellows for 2019-2021.
Magdalena Stern-Baczewska Gives Canadian Premiere of Tan Dun's "The Banquet"
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Nov
19,
2019
On November 9, 2019, Magdalena Stern-Baczewska (Director, Music Performance Program) gave the Canadian premiere of Tan Dun's Piano Concerto "The Banquet" with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the composer conducting.
Marc Hannaford Awarded Steve Larson Award for Jazz Scholarship at 2019 Society for Music Theory Meeting
posted
Nov
11,
2019
“Affordances and Free Improvisation: An Analytical Framework”—which Dr. Hannaford delivered at last year’s combined meeting for the American Musicological Society (AMS) and Society for Music Theory (SMT) in San Antonio—was awarded the Steve Larson Award for Jazz Scholarship at this year’s SMT meeting in Columbus.
Chou Wen-chung (1923-2019)
posted
Oct
30,
2019
The Department of Music notes with sadness the passing, at the age of 96, of the eminent Chinese-American composer Chou Wen-chung (1923-2019). He served on the Columbia faculty from 1964 to 1991.
Magdalena Stern-Baczewska Makes Philadelphia Orchestra Debut
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Oct
15,
2019
Magdalena Stern-Baczewska has made her Philadelphia Orchestra debut, performing Tan Dun's Triple Concerto at Philadelphia's Kimmel Center for Performing Arts, with the composer conducting.
Magdalena Stern-Baczewska Artist in Residence at University of Nevada Las Vegas
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Oct
7,
2019
Magdalena Stern-Baczewska was Artist in Residence at University of Nevada Las Vegas. She presented a lecture "Interpreting Bach’s Dance Music on the Keyboard," and performed a recital on the piano and harpsichord.
Collection of Essays Dedicated to Composer Brian Cherney Published Featuring Columbia Affiliates
posted
Sep
18,
2019
"Illuminations: Essays in Honor of Brian Cherney" is a guest-edited volume by Robin Elliott, dedicated to the music of the Canadian composer Brian Cherney. It features writing by several Columbia affiliates including Core Lecturers Matthew Ricketts and Taylor Brook, CMC Instructor David Adamcyk, and Assistant Professor Zosha Di Castri.
Listen But Don’t Ask Question: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Across the TransPacific by Kevin Fellezs Coming December 2019
posted
Sep
10,
2019
Professor Kevin Fellezs's new book Listen But Don’t Ask Question: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Across the TransPacific will be published in December 2019 by Duke University Press.
Enacting Musical Time: The Bodily Experience of New Music by Mariusz Kozak Coming November 6th
posted
Sep
9,
2019
"Enacting Musical Time: The Bodily Experience of New Music" by Professor Mariusz Kozak will be published by Oxford University Press on November 6th, 2019. The book is available for preorder.
Magdalena Stern-Baczewska Tanglewood Music Festival Debut Performing Tan Dun
posted
Sep
6,
2019
Magdalena Stern-Baczewska has made her Tanglewood Music Festival debut in August, performing Tan Dun's "Martial Arts Cycle" with violinist Ryu Goto and cellist Wei Yu at the Seiji Ozawa Hall. The performance received a standing ovation.