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 […]
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to announce that D.M.A. student Imri Talgam won the 11th Orleans Piano Competition on March 15 in Orléans, France, including prizes totaling 15,000 euros. The competition is devoted to repertoire from 1900 to the present. He received first prize (the Prix Blanche Selva) and the medal of the […]
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that on Friday, February 28th GC students and alumni Sarah Carrier, Melissa Keeling, Bonnie McAlvin, Roberta Michel and Jonathan Singer will be hosting an exciting tribute concert event at the Firehouse Space in Brooklyn, NY, honoring composer and GC faculty member Robert Dick. Robert has been a […]
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share the rave review given to D.M.A. pianist Wayne Weng for his recent performance with the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra! Wayne performed Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor, accompanied by an innovative video component that allowed cameras to capture and display close-up views of his hands as he performed. […]
