Archive | Composition and Research Highlights

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Prof. Suzanne Farrin to appear in discussion on Oct.29 for “The Passion According to Janair: Performance and Discussion on the Work of Clarice Lispector”

   On Wednesday, October 29th at 6:30pm in Elebash Hall, Professor Suzanne Farrin joins a discussion alongside Idra Novey and Mila Burns following a performance of excerpts from The Passion According to Janair, a solo show performed by Brazilian actress and playwright Ana Carbatti.  The Passion According to Janair, co-written by Andressa Furletti, draws inspiration from […]

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Distinguished Professor Emerita Tania León Awarded the William Schuman Award

Congratulations to Distinguished Professor Emerita Tania León, who was awarded the William Schuman Award of Columbia University School of the Arts last night!  In celebration of this honor, the William Schuman Award Concert was held at the Miller Theatre at Columbia University, showcasing the vitality and depth of León’s works and also featuring pianist Han […]

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Julio E. Quiñones Santiago (Ph.D. in Composition) Awarded the Crossing Latinidades Fellowship for 2025-2026

Congratulations to Julio E. Quiñones Santiago (Ph.D. in Composition) who has been awarded the prestigious Crossing Latinidades Fellowship for 2025-2026, alongside Laura Suárez Rodríguez (Ph.D. in Art History)! The fellowships follow their participation in the highly selective Crossing Latinidades Summer Institute in Latino/a/x Humanities Methodologies and Theories, held from June 20–29 at the University of […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Professor Tania León featured by the Graduate Center for Hispanic Heritage Month

Distinguished Professor Emerita and Pulitzer Prize winner Tania León was featured by the Graduate Center highlighting scholars of Hispanic and Latino heritage for Hispanic Heritage Month!  Honoring the exceptional contributions of the Graduate Center’s Hispanic and Latino scholars across many disciplines, Prof. León’s artistry and influence as a contemporary classical composer and teacher has continued […]

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Angélica Negrón Feature

  Former Graduate Center composer Angélica Negrón’s Merkin Hall concert in January was covered on the Graduate Center’s website, found at this link: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/news/music-bloom-composer-angelica-negron-makes-lush-songs-flowers-and-fruit Congratulations to Angélica on a wonderful concert with many premieres!

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Itzá García, Composition

Itzá García will give a presentation entitled: “Tempo FM: Electronic processing beyond sound” at the Society of Music Theory (SMT) 2022 Annual Meeting. She will discuss her development of the concept Tempo FM in relation to her piece Secondly… for string quartet written in 2022. The talk will cover the relationship between frequency and tempo in […]

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George Katehis, Composition

On December 1st at Altefeuerwache Köln (Cologne, Germany), f:t trio (pianists Magdalena Cerezo, Yu-Ting Huang, and Jana Luksts) will present a concert of newly-commissioned works for piano six-hands by George Katehis (world premiere) and Sophie Youjung Lee (world premiere) alongside works for various configurations by Jessie Marino, Mauricio Kagel, Georges Aperghis, and Elena Rykova. More […]

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Tobias Fandel, Composition

The German ensemble Contemporary Insights premiered on last Saturday 22nd October a new composition by PhD in composition student Tobias Fandel (tobiasfandel.de). The piece ‘upscale’ for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, and Electronics was commissioned as part of the concert “Musik & Gegenwart 95” of the ZfGM (Center for Present Day Music) at the University of Music […]

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Gabriel Bouche, Composition

On January 14, 2023, the Victory Players Ensemble and its conductor Tian Hui Ng will give the first full performance of Gabriel Bouche Caro’s piece for chamber ensemble Ni fú, ni fa. The piece deals with ideas of colonialism and sovereignty in Puerto Rico and is inspired by texts from Puerto Rican author Giannina Braschi […]

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