Congratulations to recent DMA alumnus and clarinetist Graeme Steele Johnson, whose album Forgotten Sounds (the world-premiere recording of Loeffler’s Octet) has been nominated for the Gramophone Classical Music Award! The Gramophone Classical Music Award is one of the highest honors in the classical recording industry, and Forgotten Sounds shares the chamber music category shortlist with five […]
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 […]
Congratulations to pianist and Graduate Center alumnus Nicolas Namoradze on his residency at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland this summer! As part of his residency he will present Neuropiano, a multidisciplinary collaboration involving several research teams that explores a pianist’s brain activity during performance, using Neuroscape’s extraordinary Glass Brain technology. The Neurorecital, a live-concert version […]
Pianist Quynh Nguyen (DMA ’09), currently a piano professor at Hunter College and recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship, talks about her musical upbringing and teaching at Hunter, as well as her teaching philosophy in a new CUNY/Hunter College video feature. See video here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DIyjRaShPOC/
Congratulations to DMA violinist Samuel Andonian, who will be joining the Boston Symphony Orchestra! He is among the four new musician appointments announced by the BSO, effective this current season. For more on Samuel and the new BSO appointments, see article below: https://symphony.org/new-musicians-and-a-promotion-at-boston-symphony-orchestra/
Congratulations to three doctoral students from the Music department who have been awarded Graduate Center Dissertation Fellowships for the 2025-2026 academic year: Rajeswari Ranganathan, Madison Schindele, and Joseph Vaz! They are among the 102 doctoral candidates who were awarded dissertation fellowships from the annual Graduate Center Dissertation Fellowship competition. Rajeswari Ranganathan (Ethnomusicology) Nāgasvaram Ensemble […]
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 […]
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
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
A new article, “Assembling Hyperpop: Genre Formation on Wikipedia,” co-authored by ethnomusicology students Romulo Moraes and Julia Santoli, DMA student Sophie Delphis, and ethnomusicology faculty Eliot Bates, was recently published in the journal Cultural Sociology. This was a student-led research project that began in Prof. Bates’ class “Music in/on the Internet.” See link below for […]
