SPRING 2018 Courses
posted
Jan
10,
2018
The Music Department is offering a wide range of courses this semester, including several featured and new electives.
Music Theory News
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.
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.
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.
Paula Harper and Michael Weinstein-Reiman Present at Feminist Theory and Music 14
posted
Aug
30,
2017
PhD candidates Paula Harper (HM) and Michael Weinstein-Reiman (Theory) presented papers on Beyoncé and Nicki Minaj at the international biennial Feminist Theory and Music conference at San Francisco State University, July 27-30. Congratulations, Paula and Michael!
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.
Congratulations to our Graduates!
posted
May
24,
2017
Congratulations to all of our graduates from the 2016-2017 academic year!
CONGRATULATIONS TO DR. BENJAMIN HANSBERRY!
posted
May
9,
2017
The Department warmly congratulates Dr. Benjamin Hansberry, who successfully defended his PhD dissertation in music theory, Phenomenon and Abstraction: Coordinating Concepts in Music Theory and Analysis, on May 3, 2017.
CONGRATULATIONS TO DR. MAEVE STERBENZ!
posted
May
9,
2017
The Department warmly congratulates Dr. Maeve Sterbenz, who successfully defended her PhD dissertation in music theory, Moving with Music: Approaches to the Analysis of Movement-Music Interactions, on May 9, 2017.
CONGRATULATIONS TO DR. ORIT HILEWICZ!
posted
Apr
27,
2017
The Department warmly congratulates Dr. Orit Hilewicz, who successfully defended her PhD dissertation in music theory, Listening to Ekphrastic Musical Compositions, on April 26, 2017.
Ellie Hisama named the 2017 Robert Samels Visiting Scholar Program Speaker
posted
Apr
17,
2017
Professor Ellie Hisama has been named the 2017 speaker in the Robert Samels Visiting Scholar Program, Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University.
William Mason appointed Visiting Instructor at Oberlin Conservatory
posted
Apr
10,
2017
William Mason has been appointed Visiting Instructor of Music Theory at Oberlin Conservatory for the '17-'18 academic year.
Caleb Mutch Appointed Postdoctoral Scholar at Indiana University
posted
Apr
6,
2017
Caleb Mutch has been appointed a Post-Doctoral Resident Scholar and Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Indiana University.
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.
Orit Hilewicz appointed Assistant Professor at Eastman
posted
Jan
22,
2017
Orit Hilewicz has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Music theory in the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester.
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.