Congratulations to Lindsey Williams (Ph.D. candidate in Musicology) on winning the Graduate Student Essay Prize in Global Early Modern Studies, for her essay entitled “Reimagining Rossane: Voices, Style, and Role in Scarlatti’s Il gran Tamerlano”! The Graduate Center’s program in Global Early Modern Studies awards the prize to an essay written on an early modern topic written by a […]
Prof. Emily Wilbourne awarded the 2025 Phyllis Goodheart Gordan Prize for the best book in Renaissance Studies from the Renaissance Society of America
Congratulations to Prof. Emily Wilbourne, who has won a second prize for her book, Voice, Slavery, and Race in Seventeenth-Century Florence (Oxford University Press, 2024)! The Renaissance Society of America has awarded her book the 2025 Phyllis Goodheart Gordan Prize for the best book in Renaissance Studies. In addition, Prof. Amanda Wunder (Professor of Art History, […]
Professor Emerita Tania León announced as a 2025 Special Merit Award Honoree ahead of the 67th GRAMMY Awards
Ahead of the 67th GRAMMY Awards on February 2nd, 2025, Professor Emerita Tania León was announced as a 2025 Special Merit Award Honoree. Frankie Beverly, The Clash, Dr. Bobby Jones, Taj Mahal, Prince^, Roxanne Shante, and Frankie Valli were named the 2025 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award honorees, and the Trustees Awards went to Erroll […]
Musicology student Ana Beatriz Mujica published in French musicology journal Revue de Musicologie
Ana Beatriz Mujica, musicology student writing her dissertation with Prof. Emily Wilbourne, has just had an article titled “French Song and the Strummed Guitar: A seventeenth-century Alfabeto Manuscript at the BNF” published in the French musicology journal Revue de Musicologie. Congratulations! For more information, please see link below: https://sfmusicologie.fr/derniere-livraison
Ethnomusicology alumnus David Garcia appointed Robin March Hanes Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Congratulations to ethnomusicology alumnus David Garcia, who was appointed Robin March Hanes Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill effective July 1, 2024. His research focuses on the music of the Americas with an emphasis on black music and Latin music of the United States and a theoretical focus […]
Prof. Emily Wilbourne awarded the 2024 Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies Award from the American Musicological Society
Congratulations to Prof. Emily Wilbourne, who was awarded the 2024 Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies Award from the American Musicological Society for her book Voice, Slavery, and Race in Seventeenth-Century Florence (Oxford University Press, 2023)! See link below for more details on Prof. Wilbourne’s book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/voice-slavery-and-race-in-seventeenth-century-florence-9780197646915?cc=us&lang=en&
Prof. Kofi Agawu awarded a 2024 Wallace Berry Award of the Society for Music Theory for his book, “On African Music”
Congratulations to Prof. Kofi Agawu, who was awarded a 2024 Wallace Berry Award of the Society for Music Theory for his book, On African Music (Oxford University Press, 2023)! See link below for more details on Prof. Agawu’s book, “On African Music”: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/on-african-music-9780197664063?cc=us&lang=en&
Prof. Joseph Straus awarded a 2024 Pedagogy of Music Theory Award for his book, “The Art of Post-Tonal Analysis: Thirty-three Graphic Analyses”
Congratulations to Prof. Joseph Straus, who was awarded a 2024 Pedagogy of Music Theory Award for his book, The Art of Post-Tonal Analysis: Thirty-three Graphic Analyses (Oxford University Press, 2022)! See the following link for more details on Prof. Straus’ book, “The Art of Post-Tonal Analysis: Thirty-three Graphic Analyses”: https://academic.oup.com/book/41565
Prof. John Musto and Mark Campbell’s opera “Later the Same Evening” to be featured in a four-night run at the 2024 NEC Festival
From November 10-17, Prof. John Musto and Mark Campbell’s opera “Later the Same Evening” will be have a four-night run as a part of the 2024 NEC Festival. The festival honors the legacy of John Heiss with a weeklong series of performances, discussions, and more, and celebrates visionary American composers Charles Ives (1874–1954) and Ruth […]
Alumnus Michael Shinn (DMA) Named Executive Director of Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Congratulations to alumnus Michael Shinn (DMA) who has recently been named executive director of Boston Conservatory at Berklee! See link below to read more about Shinn’s leadership and contributions to Boston Conservatory at Berklee: https://www.4rfv.com/G58TB7RJ4F6X/michael-shinn-named-executive-director-of-boston-conservatory-at-berklee.htm
GC music department members Prof. Doug Geers and Composition PhD student Tobias Fandel to be featured at the Art Science Connect Symposium
On Tuesday, October 29th and Wednesday, October 30th, the CUNY Graduate Center will be hosting the Art Science Connect Symposium “How AI is Changing Art and the Humanities, featuring GC music department members Prof. Doug Geers and Composition PhD student Tobias Fandel. Tobias Fandel will present on the topic of Photography and AI Manipulation […]
DMA cellist Aaron Wolff named a prize winner of the 2024 Naumburg International Cello Competition
Congratulations to DMA cellist Aaron Wolff, who was named a prize winner of the 2024 Naumburg International Cello Competition! Established in 1926 by Walter Wehle Naumburg, the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation and its competitions support young classical musicians to launch their professional career. The Naumburg Foundation’s competition cycles through various instruments every year. […]
