GC jam: Giordana Fiora (tambourine), David Marker (organetto), and Afropop producer Banning Eyre (guitar)
GC Students to Present at SEM Annual Conference
No fewer than twelve GC ethnomusicology students will be presenting papers at the SEM Annual Conference in Denver this October. The papers are as follows: Elaine Sandoval, “Pedagogies of Identity: Examining the Roles of El Sistema’s Alma Llanera Program Across Venezuelan Contexts” (panel on Performing within Parameters: Government Policy and the Performing Arts in Taiwan, Malaysia, […]
D.M.A. Candidate Sunyoung Kim to present at The Voice Foundation Annual Symposium
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that D.M.A. candidate Sunyoung Kim will be presenting at The Voice Foundation’s 46th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice. The symposium runs from May 31 – June 4, 2017, at the Philadelphia Westin. Sunyoung will be presenting “The Effect of Two Different Instructions on Subglottal Pressure, Sound […]
GC Alumna Eva León Performing at National Sawdust
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that recent Music D.M.A. graduate Eva León will be performing at National Sawdust tomorrow – Wednesday, May 17th, 2017 – at 7pm. The program will take the audience on a musical journey across Spain, exploring its many traditions, cultures, and colors through some of the greatest Spanish […]
Opera “The Summer King” by GC Alumnus Daniel Sonenberg Makes its World Premiere
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that a newly composed opera, “The Summer King,” by alumnus Daniel Sonenberg made its world premier on April 29th, 2017 at The Pittsburgh Opera. Performances run through May 7th, with further performances scheduled for May 2018 at Michigan Opera Theatre in Detroit. To see a recent feature […]
Gordon Dale (Ph.D.) hired at Hebrew Union College
Gordon Dale has been hired as Visiting Professor of Ethnomusicology at the Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He recently defended his dissertation, “Music in Haredi Jewish Life: Liquid Modernity and the Negotiation of Boundaries in Greater New York.”
New Publications by GC Student Elaine Sandoval
Elaine Sandoval recently returned from Venezuela, where she completed her fieldwork, funded by a Fulbright Fellowship, on El Sistema’s “Alma llanera” program. While there she published two articles in the Journal of Peace Education special issue on “Music and Peace Education,” Volume 13, Issue 3. The articles are entitled “Potential contributions of music education to peacebuilding: curricular concerns,” […]
Six Students Presented Papers in Spring 2017
Elaine Sandoval gave an invited lecture, “El Sistema: Around the World” for the Venezuelan Society of Musicology, on September 26th, 2016 at the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas. Emmy Williamson presented a paper “Reclaiming the Tarima and Remaking Spaces: Examining Women’s Leadership in the Son Jarocho Community of New York City” at the Fandango […]
The 2016 AMS/SMT Conference a Major Success for GC and CUNY Scholars
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that the 2016 AMS/SMT Conference was an incredible success for our students, faculty, and alumni! Six GC students presented papers, one student participated in a panel discussion, GC faculty chaired six different paper panels, four faculty members presented papers, faculty members were represented five times on special […]
GC D.M.A. Pianist Alexandra Joan to Perform in Bargemusic’s Masterworks Series
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that D.M.A. pianist Alexandra Joan will be performing in the Masterworks Series at Bargemusic on September 24th, 2016 at 8pm. Bargemusic is New York City’s famous floating concert hall, moored in Brooklyn, just under the Brooklyn Bridge. The program will include the following: Beethoven – 7 Variations […]
Film Score by GC Student Bonnie McAlvin Premieres at Los Angeles Film Festival
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that today, June 5th, 2016 at 4:00 PM PST the film My First Kiss and the People Involved will make its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival with a score composed by GC Flutist and Composition student Bonnie McAlvin. The soundtrack will also feature GC Music alumna […]
Professor Norman Carey to appear with Soprano Jane Marsh at Bruno Walter Auditorium
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that next Sunday afternoon, May 15th, at 4 pm, Professor Norman Carey will be appearing with soprano Jane Marsh in a 50th Anniversary Celebration of her winning the Tchaikovsky Competition, hosted by The Metropolitan Opera Guild at Lincoln Center’s Bruno Walter Auditorium. For more information and […]
