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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 […]

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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

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Kristin Leitterman (DMA 2017) wins second place for the 2024 American Prize in Instrumental Performance

  Congratulations to oboist Kristin Leitterman (DMA 2017), who was a named the second-place winner of the 2024 American Prize in Instrumental Performance!    See below for more details about Dr. Leitterman, as well as The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts: Dr. Kristin Leitterman, as a solo artist of oboe and voice, defies […]

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Nicolas Namoradze Appears in La Scena Musicale, Le Devoir and more

Graduate Center alumnus Nicolas Namoradze (DMA Performance) has been making headlines with international performances in the last month. Some reviews before: Prizewinner to Pantheon The recorded rendition of the Brahms concerto with the BFO was selected by medici.tv as one of the 9 all-time top performances of former piano competition winners, in a lineup called […]

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GC Graduate’s Arrangement Performed on ESPN

NYU Percussion Ensemble on ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown This weekend’s broadcast of Sunday NFL Countdown on ESPN will feature a performance of NYU Percussion faculty member Javier Diaz’s arrangement of “In the Air Tonight” by the NYU Percussion Ensemble, directed by Jonathan Haas. On the 40th anniversary of the release of the Phil Collins song, NFL players from across the […]

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GC Alum Soyeon Kate Lee Wins Teaching Award

Congratulations to GC Alum Soyeon Kate Lee for winning the 2021 Mrs. AB Dolly Cohen Award for Excellence in Teaching from the University of Cincinnati! Dr. Lee is an associate professor of piano at the university’s College-Conservatory of Music. For more information: https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2021/04/faculty-awards-2021–soyeon-kate-lee.html?fbclid=IwAR38Ktw2uI3akXwymrnHFNnk7GyuO1ng1PpIHuV04WPWOwzJqV8YHDmTkKA

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Ellie Hisama (Ph.D. ’96, Music Theory) Breaks Barriers as Incoming Dean of University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music

Ellie Hisama (Credit: Hana Hisama-Vishio) This summer Ellie Hisama (Ph.D. ’96, Music) is planning a major move — after close to three decades in New York City, she is leaving to assume her new role as dean of the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music. Hisama was a professor at The Graduate Center and at Brooklyn College, […]

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