The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that D.M.A. Graduate Alice Jones has been chosen to speak at the 2015 Graduate Center Commencement ceremony! She was elected from many worthy candidates from all the GC doctoral programs to present some welcoming remarks to this year’s graduates. Congratulations, Alice! For more information about Alice Jones, […]
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 a lineup of upcoming concerts by GC alumnus Kinan Azmeh, who will be performing in five different countries over the next four months, going between New York City, Berlin, San Antonio and several other cities in between! Upcoming concerts include the following (as published in Azmeh’s […]
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that Ensemble 365, consisting of Graduate Center Music performance students and alumni Alice Jones, Mary Hubbell and Karen Rostron, Marta Bedkowska and Mirna Lekić, has been selected to perform at the 2015 Queens New Music Festival. The performance will take place on Sunday, May 17, 2015, at […]
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that D.M.A. pianist Ran Dank will be performing a solo concert at the Town Hall on February 8th, 2015, as part of the Peoples’ Symphony Concert series. The program will include the following works: Boulez: Douze Notations Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27, No. 1 in E flat major Chopin:: […]
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to congratulate D.M.A. vocalist Andrea Covais on her recent participation in the New Jersey High School’s Choral Day. Covais gave two master classes to both the SATB choir and the SSA choir, working with individual singers as well as the choir as a whole. Their work was showcased at […]
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to congratulate D.M.A. cellist Caroline Bean Stute on being selected to join “The President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band as a staff sergeant, the oldest professional musical organization in the country. Founded in 1798 by an Act of Congress, the 160-member organization is closely tied to the White House, […]
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that The American Association of University Women (AAUW) awarded a 2014-15 American Fellowship to GC Flutist Jessica Valiente. American Fellowships, AAUW’s oldest and largest funding program, date back to 1888 and support women scholars who are completing doctoral dissertations, conducting postdoctoral research, or finishing research for […]
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to congratulate Ji In Yang, a violinist in the D.M.A. program in performance, on a fantastic performance this past Tuesday, October 28th at Alice Tully Hall, as part of the Sejong Soloists. The concert was a dual celebration, commemorating Sejong’s 20th anniversary and honoring Artistic Director Hyo Kang. Highlights of […]
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that GC Faculty member and composer Tania León has been commissioned by the University of Central Arkansas to write an opera in collaboration with Henry Louis Gates Jr. as her librettist for the upcoming 60th Anniversary of the “Little Rock Nine” events of 1957. The opera, titled Little Rock […]
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that DMA violinist Joan Plana will be performing with Chicago’s period-instrument orchestra Baroque Band for their season finale concerts today (June 6th), tomorrow (June 7th), and this coming Wednesday (June 11th). Joan has had a very successful season as concertmaster with Baroque Band in Chicago and The […]
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that the Queens New Music Festival on May 16th-18th will feature two GC Music students, and one GC Music alumni. D.M.A. flute alum Roberta Michel will be performing with GC D.M.A. pianist Mirna Lekić on Saturday, May 17th @ 6pm. Roberta and Mirna form Duo RoMi, a New York‐based ensemble dedicated […]
