The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that Distinguished Professor Tania León has been honored with a United States Artists award. GC News reports: Distinguished Professor Tania León (GC/Brooklyn, Music) has had another very good year. Mayor Bill de Blasio issued a proclamation declaring February 1, 2017, “Composers Now Festival Day,” for the organization León founded and […]
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that the work of composition professor Tania León and her new opera on the Little Rock Nine were featured in a New York Times article on October 2nd, 2017, following excerpts from the work being performed at the University of Central Arkansas. For the complete New […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that pianist Adam Kent will be performing a concert of piano music composed by GC Professor Tania León at the University of California Riverside on May 23rd, 2016. The concert is from 8-9:30pm in the Arts Building Performance Lab, ARTS 166, and admission is free and open to […]
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share an interview featuring composition student Whitney E. George with Blue Tapes and X-Ray Records, published on November 18th, 2015. An excerpt from the interview is as follows: Having recently chatted to William Basinski and Roomful of Teeth, we continue our series of interviews with our favourite modern classical […]
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that GC composition students Elizabeth Adams and Inés Thiebaut and GC Faculty member Dr. Jeff Nichols were recently featured in The Wall Street Journal for their participation in a concert at the Tenri Cultural Institute on Saturday, October 17th, 2015. (more…)
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that on October 2nd, 2015, a new work by composition Professor Jason Eckardt will be premiered by Flutist Claire Chase at The Kitchen in New York City, as part of her Density 2036 project. (more…)
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share with you a video of composer Jeanine Tesori’s acceptance speech when she won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Musical Score for Fun Home. We are honored to have GC Music Composition faculty member Professor Tania León acknowledged by name in her acceptance speech: “I am so […]
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that tomorrow, May 20th, 2015, the Dr. Faustus composers project will present its latest project, New Synchronisms, inspired by Mario Davidovsky’s eponymous compositions and will feature five world premieres of works for solo instrument and electronic sounds by GC composers Elizabeth Adams, André Brégégère, Nicholas R. Nelson, […]
The Graduate Center Music Program is please to share that on May 23rd, 2015, The Curiosity Cabinet will be presenting a new collaborative work titled “The Curious Tale of Ed Leedskalnin” with puppeteer Daniel Fay at The Standard Toykraft in Brooklyn, featuring new music by GC composer Whitney George, and with GC DMA alumna Alice Jones playing […]
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that the Society of Chamber Music in Rochester’s College Composition Competition winner is GC Composer Harry Stafylakis. Stafylakis’s composition, Never the Same River for two violins, cello, bassoon and piano will receive a cash award and a performance in a SCMR concert during an upcoming season. Congratulations, Harry! […]
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