In response to the disruptions wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Music has elected to pause admissions for its doctoral programs for Fall 2021. Please click on the link for further information.
Jonathan Ligrani, Ph.D. student in Historical Musicology, has been awarded a Short-Term Research Fellowship by the Renaissance Society of America.
Dr. Stylianos Dimou (DMA '20 in Composition) has been appointed a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Music at Hong Kong Baptist University.
Congratulations to Professor Ellie Hisama for accepting an offer to be the Dean of the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto.
Toru Momii, Ph.D. candidate in Music Theory, has published "A Transformational Approach to Gesture in Shō Performance" in Music Theory Online.
Tyshawn Sorey. Sharif Hamza for the New York Times
Dr. Tyshawn Sorey (DMA 2017) has been honored with a longform profile of his work and life in the "New York Times Magazine" this week by contributor Adam Shatz.
There is a call for papers for the Columbia Music Scholarship Conference, which is being held through Zoom on April 17, 2021. The deadline for papers is February 19, 2021.
On Thursday, December 31st, 2020, at 7:00 PM, under the direction of Maestro Jeffrey Milarsky, the Columbia University Orchestra presented "Tromba Lontana" and "A Short Ride in a Fast Machine" by American composer John Adams.
Tyshawn Sorey
Dr. Tyshawn Sorey (DMA 2017) received a celebratory write-up in the New York Times on New Year's Day by classical music editor Zachary Woolfe.
Album covers of "Breaking News" by George Lewis, Oxana Omelchuk, and Studio Dan; "Something to Hunt" by Ash Fure; and "Drift Multiply" by Tristan Perich
Three Columbia affiliates were represented in the New York Times yesterday in the Times's roundup of the "25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2020": George Lewis, Ash Fure, and Tristan Perich.
Peter M. Susser, Senior Lecturer, Director of Undergraduate Musicianship, has published a digital guidebook in partnership with the Center for Teaching and Learning entitled, “Eureka: A Digital Guidebook for Improvisation Leadership in the Ear Training Classroom.”
Sonja Wermager, a graduate PhD Candidate in Historical Musicology, has just published “'That Hart May Sing in Corde:' Defense of Church Music in the Psalm Paraphrases of Matthew Parker" in "The Yale Journal of Music & Religion."
