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.
Faculty News
Eben Graves Publishes Article in Journal of Hindu Studies
posted
Nov
15,
2017
Abstract: This article studies the relationship between the discourse of Bengali cultural nationalism and the devotional song genre of padāvalī kīrtan in the early twentieth century.
Benjamin Steege Publishes Articles in Music & Letters and History of Humanities
posted
Oct
25,
2017
Benjamin Steege has published two articles: "Antipsychologism in Interwar Musical Thought: Two Ways of Hearing Debussy," in Music & Letters and "Between Race and Culture: Hearing Japanese Music in Berlin," in History of Humanities.
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.”
Call for Applications: FAB-Musiconis, Fall 2017
posted
Sep
27,
2017
Applications are now being accepted for the Fall 2017 session of FAB-Musiconis.
Alessandra Ciucci Publishes Article in Ethnomusicology Forum
posted
Sep
18,
2017
Alessandra Ciucci, Assistant Professor of Music, has published "Performing 'L-alwa:' A Sacred and Erotic Journey in Morocco" in Ethnomusicology Forum vol. 26 No. 2 (2017): 151-70.
Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow/Lecturer Position
posted
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.
Music Faculty and Grad Students Receive CAETR Grant
posted
Jul
3,
2017
Columbia Music faculty and graduate students, led by Prof. Ellie Hisama, have been awarded a grant from the Collaborative to Advance Equity through Research (CAETR) at Columbia University, for a project entitled For the Daughters of Harlem: Working with Sound.
George Lewis Receives Honorary Doctorate from New College of Florida
posted
Jun
14,
2017
On May 26th, Edwin H. Case Professor of American Music George Lewis gave the commencement address at the New College of Florida, where 181 students received diplomas.
Columbia Composers at the Ojai Music Festival
posted
Jun
8,
2017
This year's Ojai Music Festival prominently features several Composition alumni and faculty: Courtney Bryan, Mario Diaz de Leon, George Lewis, and Tyshawn Sorey.
New Releases by George Lewis
posted
May
31,
2017
Several new recordings of Professor George Lewis' compositions have been released: The Will To Adorn, with International Contemporary Ensemble; Creative Construction, with Splitter Orchester; Not Alone, with Seth Parker Woods on cello; and Spinner, with Mariel Roberts on cello.
Fred Lerdahl New York Premiere: Time and Again
posted
May
24,
2017
League of Composers Orchestra's Ninth Season Finale this coming Thursday at 7:30 at Miller Theatre
Columbia's esteemed Fritz Reiner Professor of Musical Composition and director of the Fritz Reiner Center, Alfred Lerdahl, will be presenting the New York Premiere of Time and Again with the League of Composers Orchestra
NEW Jazz Album by Chris Washburne: Rags and Bone
posted
Apr
25,
2017
"The bone man blows your mind as he blows your ears open"
Chris Washburne's newest CD release and review: Rags & Roots
Eben Graves publishes article on The Marketplace of Devotional Song
posted
Mar
2,
2017
Eben Graves, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, has published “The Marketplace of Devotional Song: Cultural Economies of Exchange in Bengali Padavali-Kirtan,” in Ethnomusicology.
Mariusz Kozak publishes article on Penderecki's Threnody
posted
Feb
14,
2017
Mariusz Kozak, has published "Experiencing Structure in Penderecki’s Threnody: Analysis, Ear-Training, and Musical Understanding" in Music Theory Spectrum.
SPRING 2017 Featured New and Elective Courses
posted
Jan
10,
2017
The Music Department is offering a wide range of elective courses this semester. For the entire listing, please see Directory of Classes http://www.columbia.edu/cu/bulletin/uwb.
2016 Department Newsletter Published
posted
Dec
17,
2016
The Department's annual newsletter with faculty, student, and alumni news and accomplishments of the past year is now available for download.