Joshua Navon awarded DAAD Scholarship
posted
Apr
10,
2017
Joshua Navon has been awarded a 10-month Research Grant by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
Historical Musicology News
Nicholas Chong Appointed Assistant Professor at Rutgers
posted
Jan
30,
2017
Nicholas J. Chong has been appointed Assistant Professor in the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.
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.
Boynton Wins Grant for Digital Humanities and Musical Iconography
posted
Dec
2,
2016
Susan Boynton has won a three-year grant from the Partner University Fund (FACE Foundation) for training graduate students in digital humanities and medieval musical iconography.
Alexander Rothe Lecture on Chéreau’s Bayreuth Centennial Ring Cycle
posted
Nov
27,
2016
Alexander Rothe will deliver a lecture on "Revisiting Chéreau’s Bayreuth Centennial Ring Cycle Forty Years Later" on Sunday, December 4, 2016, 2:00pm at the Liederkranz Foundation, 6 East 87th Street.
AMS Honors and Awards announced for four Columbia Faculty
posted
Nov
6,
2016
George Lewis has been named Honorary Member of the American Musicological Society. Walter Frisch won the Society's Roland Jackson Award, Susan Boynton won the Ruth A. Solie Award, and Julia Doe won the Alfred Einstein Award.
Professor Ellie Hisama at Skidmore College
posted
Oct
24,
2016
Professor Ellie Hisama was the 2016 speaker in the Judy Tsou ’75 Music Scholars Series at Skidmore College.
Recommended Elective Courses for FALL 2016
posted
Sep
9,
2016
The Music Department is offering a wide range of elective courses this semester.
For the entire listing, please see Directory of Classes.
Harald Kisiedu Appointed Post-Doctoral Fellow at Memorial University-Newfoundland
posted
Jun
24,
2016
Harald Kisiedu (PhD, Historical Musicology, 2014) has been appointed Post-Doctoral Fellow at Memorial University of Newfoundland's International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation for 2016-2017.
Congratulations to Dr. Nicholas Chong!
posted
Jun
9,
2016
The Department warmly congratulates Dr. Nicholas Chong, who successfully defended his PhD dissertation, Beethoven's Catholicism: A Reconsideration, on Friday, June 3, 2016. Dr. Chong's dissertation was advised by Professor Elaine Sisman, and his committee included Professors Susan Boynton, Euan Cameron (UTS), James Hepokoski (Yale), and Walter Frisch.
Congratulations, Dr. Chong!
Congratulations to Dr. Lucie Vágnerová!
posted
May
12,
2016
The Department warmly congratulates Dr. Lucie Vágnerová, who successfully defended her PhD dissertation, Sirens/Cyborgs: Sound Technologies and the Musical Body on Thursday, May 12, 2016. Dr. Vágerová's dissertation was advised by Prof. Ellie Hisama, and her committed included Profs. George Lewis, Benjamin Steege, Ana Maria Ochoa, and Alondra Nelson.
Congratulations Dr. Vágnerová!
Paula Harper Wins 2016 Meyerson Award
posted
May
12,
2016
Paula Harper, fourth-year graduate student in Historical Musicology, has received the Meyerson Award for Excellence in Core Teaching. The award is given in Music Humanities, Art Humanities, Literature Humanities, and Contemporary Civilization to an outstanding graduate student preceptor in each course.
Congratulations, Paula!
Susan Boynton Wins Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award
posted
Apr
25,
2016
Congratulations to Department Chair Professor Susan Boynton, winner of a 2016 Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award!
Eight Faculty Members Win 2016 Lenfest Awards Great teachers are an inspiration to their students and admired by their peers. This year’s winners of the Columbia Distinguished Faculty Awards were nominated by department chairs and their fellow faculty members:
http://news.columbia.edu/content/eight-faculty-members-win-2016-lenfest-...
Columbia Music Scholarship Conference (Saturday, February 27)
posted
Feb
23,
2016
Columbia Music Scholarship Conference (CMSC) 2016
The eleventh annual Columbia Music Scholarship Conference (CMSC) will be held at Columbia University on Saturday, February 27, 2016.
CMSC is a conference organized and staffed by the graduate students of the Department of Music at Columbia University.
Keynote Speaker
Professor Alexander Rehding (Harvard University)
"Piano, Monochord, Siren: Studying Music 1999 – 1518 – 1834"
Full details at the conference website!
Matthew Morrison Appointed Assistant Professor at NYU
posted
Feb
2,
2016
Matthew Morrison (Ph.D, Historical Musicology, 2014) has been appointed a tenure-track Assistant Professor, Recorded Sound in the Tisch School of the Arts (Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music) at New York University. Since 2014 he has been an Assistant Professor and Faculty Fellow in the Institute. Congratulations Matthew! https://tisch.nyu.edu/about/directory/clive-davis-institute/918859097 Check out Matthew's website here: http://madmoimpresario.com/
Professor Ellie Hisama in two articles on David Bowie
posted
Feb
2,
2016
Professor Ellie Hisama's 1993 paper "Postcolonialism on the make: the music of John Mellencamp, David Bowie and John Zorn" has been quoted in two recent articles on David Bowie (following Bowie's death on January 10 of this year):
"For Bowie, the Thin White Duke, inspiration was black" (Economic Times)
Ruth Tam, "How David Bowie's 'China Girl' used racism to fight racism" (Washington Post)
Department Newsletter for 2015-2016 Published!
posted
Jan
7,
2016
The Department of Music at Columbia is pleased to announce the publication of our 2015-16 Newsletter, which documents the extraordinary range of activities and accomplishments in our community over the last year.