Featured Fall 2019 Courses
posted
Aug
27,
2019
The Music Department is offering a wide range of courses this semester.
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Faculty News
Mario Davidovsky, 1934-2019
posted
Aug
26,
2019
The faculty of the Department of Music offers its deepest condolences on the passing of the renowned composer Mario Davidovsky (Argentina, March 4, 1934-August 23, 2019).
Zosha Di Castri Opened BBC Proms with Premiere of New Piece
posted
Aug
22,
2019
Professor Zosha Di Castri opened the BBC Proms on July 19th with her latest work Long Is the Journey - Short Is the Memory. The piece marked the 50th anniversary of the lunar landings.
Alessandra Ciucci Publishes Article in The Journal of North African Studies
posted
Aug
9,
2019
Professor Alessandra Ciucci has published "Performing l-ḥrig: music, sound and undocumented migration across the contemporary Mediterranean (Morocco–Italy)" in The Journal of North African Studies 25/4 (2020).
Peter Susser Receives Grant from the Provost's Office
posted
Aug
8,
2019
Peter M. Susser, Senior Lecturer, Director of Undergraduate Musicianship, has received the Provost’s new Large-Scale Teaching and Learning Grant for his, “Digital Ear Training Improvisation Initiative.”
George Lewis Announced as a 2019 Doris Duke Artist
posted
Jul
16,
2019
George Lewis is one of the six newest Doris Duke Artists chosen by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The Award celebrates the chosen artists' ongoing contributions to contemporary dance, music, and theater.
Brad Garton: keynote speaker at the 2019 International Computer Music Conference
posted
Jun
20,
2019
Professor Brad Garton is going to be the keynote speaker at the 2019 International Computer Music Conference going on this week (his speech is tomorrow at 4:30 PM), and one of his book-readings will be a 'featured piece' on the 2019 New York Electroacoustic Music Festival that evening.
Dr. Joshua Navon Defends Dissertation
posted
May
21,
2019
Congratulations to Joshua Navon on the successful defense of his PhD dissertation, "The Making of Modern Musical Expertise: German Conservatories and Music Education, 1843-1933"!
Marc Hannaford Joins Columbia’s Music Theory Faculty as Lecturer in Discipline
posted
May
10,
2019
Marc Hannaford will join Columbia's department of music as Lecturer in Discipline (Music Theory) in the Fall of 2019. He will teach classes in the undergraduate music theory sequence as well as electives that reflect his interests in performance, improvisation, identity, and experimental music.
Giuseppe Gerbino wins Society of Columbia Graduates’ 2019 Great Teacher Award
posted
May
8,
2019
The award, given annually to an outstanding professor from Columbia College and from Columbia Engineering, is granted based on the ability to stimulate, challenge and inspire students; a demonstrated interest in students and the ability to relate positively to students outside the classroom; and a recognized high standing in one’s academic discipline.
Kevin Fellezs Organizes Symposium at Columbia Global Center in Beijing
posted
Apr
24,
2019
Professor Kevin Fellezs (Music/African-American and African Diaspora Studies) organized a symposium, What’s Up, A-Pop? Re-thinking the Relationships Between/Among Asian and Asian American Popular Music Cultures, that was held at the Columbia Global Center in Beijing on April 20-21, 2019.
Giuseppe Gerbino wins NEH and NHC fellowships for his book project “Music and Mind in the Renaissance”
posted
Apr
24,
2019
Professor Giuseppe Gerbino has been awarded two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Humanities Center for his book project “Music and Mind in the Renaissance.”
World Premiere of Peter Susser's Early Midsummer Given by Magdalena Stern-Baczewska and Muneko Otani
posted
Apr
17,
2019
Peter Susser's Early Midsummer, a set of variations for violin and piano has received its world premiere on 4/13/2019 at the Jamesport Meeting House in Jamesport, NY. The performers were MPP music associate Muneko Otani (violin), and MPP director Magdalena Stern-Baczewska (piano).
Magdalena Stern-Baczewska Performs in Beijing in Celebration of New DVD Release
posted
Jan
23,
2019
Magdalena Stern-Baczewska (Director, Music Performance Program) gave a performance at the Opera House of Beijing's Central Conservatory of Music, celebrating the DVD release of Tan Dun's Martial Arts Cycle for Piano, Violin, and Violoncello.
Bequest from Ernest H. Sanders
posted
Jan
23,
2019
The Department of Music has received a generous donation from Nina Sanders and Peter Sanders, daughter and son of the late Professor Emeritus, Ernest H. Sanders, who passed away at the age of 99 in early 2018. This donation was a bequest from Sanders.
Department of Music students, alumni, and faculty featured in Columbia News
posted
Jan
18,
2019
Students, alumni, and faculty in the Music Department are featured in the article "Daughters of Harlem Teaches Local Young Women to Record and Produce Their Own Music" about the Fall 2018 workshop For the Daughters of Harlem: Working with Sound.
Seth Cluett to curate new exhibition at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
posted
Jan
8,
2019
From January 15th, 2019 until March 23rd, 2019, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts will feature state-of-the-art immersive installation by exhibition curator, artist, and composer Seth Cluett in a new exhibition "Sounding Circuits: Audible Histories" which explores the birth and evolution of electronic music.
Mahir Cetiz Featured in an Interview by Alexander K. Rothe
posted
Dec
7,
2018
Columbia faculty, composer, pianist, and conductor Mahir Cetiz discusses his music in an interview conducted by faculty member Alexander K. Rothe in a recent post on new classical news website I Care If You Listen