Other Exciting Undergrad Courses for Spring 2020
posted
Nov
20,
2019
See some of our returning favorites!
Music Theory News
New Courses for Spring 2020
posted
Nov
15,
2019
We have some exciting new courses for Spring 2020! Take a look!
Music PhDs Featured in Series on GSAS Teaching Scholars
posted
Jan
17,
2020
Three PhDs from the Department of Music were recently featured in GSAS's three-part series Teaching Scholars Share Their Experiences.
Mariusz Kozak Interviewed About New Book "Enacting Musical Time: The Bodily Experience of New Music"
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Nov
26,
2019
Dr. Kozak was interviewed by Columbia News about his new book, "Enacting Musical Time: The Bodily Experience of New Music."
Alumni News: Dr. Eamonn Bell Appointed Postdoctoral Research Fellow
posted
Nov
13,
2019
Dr. Eamonn Bell was appointed as a postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Music at Trinity College, Dublin in October 2019.
Marc Hannaford Awarded Steve Larson Award for Jazz Scholarship at 2019 Society for Music Theory Meeting
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Nov
11,
2019
“Affordances and Free Improvisation: An Analytical Framework”—which Dr. Hannaford delivered at last year’s combined meeting for the American Musicological Society (AMS) and Society for Music Theory (SMT) in San Antonio—was awarded the Steve Larson Award for Jazz Scholarship at this year’s SMT meeting in Columbus.
Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow/Lecturer Position
posted
Oct
31,
2019
The Department of Music at Columbia University invites applications for Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowships.
Enacting Musical Time: The Bodily Experience of New Music by Mariusz Kozak Coming November 6th
posted
Sep
9,
2019
"Enacting Musical Time: The Bodily Experience of New Music" by Professor Mariusz Kozak will be published by Oxford University Press on November 6th, 2019. The book is available for preorder.
Featured Fall 2019 Courses
posted
Aug
27,
2019
The Music Department is offering a wide range of courses this semester.
Please see for more information:
Paul Nauert, 1966-2019
posted
Aug
1,
2019
We are deeply saddened that our alumnus Paul Nauert (GSAS ’97) passed away on Friday, July 26. Paul received his doctorate in music theory in 1997 under Jonathan Kramer's sponsorship. He was an accomplished composer, pianist, and computer programmer as well as music theorist.
Dr. Marc Hannaford Defends Dissertation
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Jun
6,
2019
The Department warmly congratulates Dr. Marc Hannaford, who successfully defended his PhD dissertation in music theory, "One Line, Many Views: Perspectives on Music Theory, Composition, and Improvisation through the Work of Muhal Richard Abrams," on May 31, 2019.
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"!
Dr. Eamonn Bell Defends Dissertation
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May
20,
2019
The Department is delighted to congratulate Dr. Eamonn Bell, who successfully defended his PhD dissertation in music theory, "The computational attitude in music theory," on May 16, 2019.
Marc Hannaford Joins Columbia’s Music Theory Faculty as Lecturer in Discipline
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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.
Marc Hannaford Publishes Essay on John Zorn in Sound American
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May
10,
2019
Music theory graduate student Marc Hannaford published “Sites for Formation 1984: John Zorn Completes Cobra” in issue 21 of Sound American, “the Change issue.”
Dr. William Mason Defends Dissertation
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Feb
6,
2019
The Department warmly congratulates Dr. William Mason, who successfully defended his PhD dissertation in music theory, Feeling Machines: Immersion, Expression, and Technological Embodiment in Electroacoustic Music of the French Spectral School, on January 31, 2019.
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.
Open Position: Music Theory Lecturer in Discipline
posted
Nov
27,
2018
The Department of Music at Columbia University invites applications for a full-time, three-year (limited-term) appointment at the rank of Lecturer in Discipline beginning July 1, 2019. The primary duties of the successful candidate will be to teach courses in the core undergraduate Music Theory curriculum.