The Department warmly congratulates Dr. Samuel F. Yulsman, who successfully defended his DMA dissertation in Music Composition titled "Free Jazz Simulations and Political Despair in Aaron Cassidy's 'The Wreck of former boundaries' and 'a line off the convaplex, ifs of color, devout conditions' and 'Negative Horizon'" on March 15, 2021.
Professor Zosha Di Castri's "Tachitipo," the eponymous track of her debut album, has been nominated for Classical Composition of the Year in the 2021 JUNO Awards.
Professor Zosha Di Castri has published her essay, “Tachitipo—The Living Passport,” on the creative process behind her debut album, Tachitipo, in the recently-released Arcana IX: Musicians on Music, edited by John Zorn.
The Cold Crush Brothers performing at an anti-apartheid protest at Columbia.
Kevin Holt (GSAS '18), Katie Radishofski, and Professor Ellie Hisama are profiled in part two of Nigel Telman's two-part article in Columbia Spectator about Columbia's relationship with hip-hop.
Peter M. Susser and Cellist Eric Bartlett were selected to write a new piece for APNM’s Masked Music Commissions for composer/performer pairs.
Professor Alessandra Ciucci has received the Lenfest Junior Faculty Grant Award for her new book project "Nass el Ghiwane: Popular Music and the Sound of Protest in Morocco (1970s-1990s)."
Congratulations to Professor Ellie Hisama for accepting an offer to be the Dean of the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto.
Tyshawn Sorey. Sharif Hamza for the New York Times
Dr. Tyshawn Sorey (DMA 2017) has been honored with a longform profile of his work and life in the "New York Times Magazine" this week by contributor Adam Shatz.
On Thursday, December 31st, 2020, at 7:00 PM, under the direction of Maestro Jeffrey Milarsky, the Columbia University Orchestra presented "Tromba Lontana" and "A Short Ride in a Fast Machine" by American composer John Adams.
Album covers of "Breaking News" by George Lewis, Oxana Omelchuk, and Studio Dan; "Something to Hunt" by Ash Fure; and "Drift Multiply" by Tristan Perich
Three Columbia affiliates were represented in the New York Times yesterday in the Times's roundup of the "25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2020": George Lewis, Ash Fure, and Tristan Perich.
Peter M. Susser, Senior Lecturer, Director of Undergraduate Musicianship, has published a digital guidebook in partnership with the Center for Teaching and Learning entitled, “Eureka: A Digital Guidebook for Improvisation Leadership in the Ear Training Classroom.”
The Department warmly congratulates Dr. Laure M. Hiendl, who successfully defended their DMA dissertation in Music Composition titled "Queer Composition. Subversive Strategies in Western Classical Music" on November 20, 2020.
Professor Mariusz Kozak delivered a talk titled “Kinesthesis, Affectivity, and Music’s Temporal (Re-/Dis-)Orientations" at the Plenary Session of the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Society for Music Theory.
Professors Ellie Hisama and Zosha Di Castri have been awarded a Columbia University Faculty Seed Grant to produce “Unsung Stories: Women at Columbia’s Computer Music Center,” as part of the Addressing Racism: A Call to Action for Higher Education initiative.
Jacques-Louis Monod in 2009. Photo taken by user Acdsat, from Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacques-Louis_Monod.jpg
The Department of Music notes with sadness the passing of renowned pianist, composer, and conductor Jacques-Louis Monod (Toulouse, France, February 25, 2917 - September 21, 2020).
Magdalena Stern-Baczewska has released a new EP Hip-Hopsichord, a 5-movement piece for the harpsichord and electronics, written for Baczewska by the composer/DJ/rapper Gene Pritsker.
At 8 pm on Thursday, September 10th, ISSUE will stream a 360 degree video presentation of electronic music pioneer Laurie Spiegel’s piece "A Harmonic Algorithm 2011" coordinated in collaboration with composer and artist Seth Cluett.
Kevin Fellezs has published an article titled "From the Island of Berkeley: Hawaiian Belonging in California" in "California Dreaming: Movement and Place in the Asian American Imaginary."
