Assistant Professor of Music Ruth S. Opara’s forthcoming book, Musical Moments of Motherhood: Nigeria’s Igbo Women at Home and in the Diaspora, has received the Spring 2026 publication subvention from the American Musicological Society.
Professor Zosha Di Castri was profiled by Columbia News in regards to her piece Invisible House premiering with the New York Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel.
Dr. Kevin Holt (GSAS '18, Ethnomusicology) has written a new book, I Bet You Won't Get Crunk! The Performative Resistance of Atlanta Hip-Hop Party Music, published by Oxford University Press.
Joe Block, a graduate of the Columbia–Juilliard dual-degree program (BA ’21, MM ’22), has released There Is Always Hope, his debut as a bandleader.
Columbia University DMA composition student Kristupas Bubnelis will present two major orchestral works at the National Philharmonic Hall in Vilnius this October, alongside the release of his debut album, ACCORDATURA, on the Music Information Centre Lithuania label.
Dr. Hannah Kendall (DMA, '24) has been profiled in The Guardian. In the piece, her works' interrogation of history is offered as an example of how there's no such thing as "pure music."
