Please join us in congratulating one recent and one soon-to-be alum on the following: (1) Dr. Noel Torres-Rivera, who completed his dissertation a few months ago, was offered a tenure-track Assistant Professor position at University of Missouri Kansas City (UMKC). (2) Michèle Dugay (who will defend her dissertation in July) was offered a tenure-track Assistant Professor […]
On Friday, May 21st at 1:00pm EST, second-year DMA pianist Fifi Zhang will present a solo recital of American, German, and Russian composers, livestreamed from Elebash Hall. The program begins with the blistering Caténaires by Elliott Carter followed by four hauntingly ethereal preludes by Ruth Crawford Seeger. It also includes Johannes Brahms’ six beloved Op. […]
On Wednesday, May 19th at 1:00pm EDT, violist Jeremy Kienbaum (A violist of “eloquent strength” – The Well-Tempered Ear) will perform an eclectic program of works by Joan Tower, Benjamin Britten, Max Reger, and Efrem Zimbalist, Sr. in a livestream recital from Elebash Hall. Each composer brings their own artistic flair to the program, celebrating the […]
On Wednesday May 12, 2021 at 1:00pm EST, violinist Julia Danitz will perform a grand program of works by Eugène Ysaÿe, J.S. Bach, Dai Fujikura, and Ludwig van Beethoven. The program features twelve movements total, all requiring a range of arduous expression from the instrument. Ysaÿe Sonata No. 4 (1924) is an hommàge to Fritz […]
Congratulations to Serena Wang (Adviser, Professor Anne Stone) and Emily Weiss (Adviser, Professor Jeffrey Taylor), who are among 10 students chosen through a competitive application process for this year’s Dissertation Showcase! Imagine summing up years of dissertation research and writing in a lively, three-minute public presentation. Ten students will do just that at The Graduate Center’s fourth annual “Inside The Graduate […]
On Friday, April 23rd at 1:00pm EST, violist Carrie Frey will perform a set of works exploring the instrument’s contrapuntal and lyrical capabilities in a livestream recital from Elebash Hall. The program traces a lineage of string writing from J.P. von Westhoff’s Suite No. 1 in A minor, a precursor to Bach’s famous Partitas and Sonatas, to […]
Congratulations to GC Alum Soyeon Kate Lee for winning the 2021 Mrs. AB Dolly Cohen Award for Excellence in Teaching from the University of Cincinnati! Dr. Lee is an associate professor of piano at the university’s College-Conservatory of Music. For more information: https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2021/04/faculty-awards-2021–soyeon-kate-lee.html?fbclid=IwAR38Ktw2uI3akXwymrnHFNnk7GyuO1ng1PpIHuV04WPWOwzJqV8YHDmTkKA
On April 9th, Professor Ewell presents the James W. Pruett Lecture in Music and Culture on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Symposia in Music and Culture Series. An associate professor and performing cellist at the Hunter College at CUNY, music theorist Philip Ewell’s work centers on critical race theory, harmony and mode in […]
(photo by Ana Galizes) On Wednesday, April 7th at 1:00pm EST, cellist Kirsten Jermé will perform three solo cello suites spanning three centuries in a livestream recital from Elebash Hall. Blending elements of dance, theater, poeticism, lyricism and brilliance, these suites demonstrate the evolution of the genre as well as its indebtedness to J.S. Bach – […]
On Friday, March 26, 2021 – 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., GC Professor Philip Ewell will present a talk, “On Confronting Music Theory’s Antiblackness: Three Case Studies” on the Columbia University Music Colloquium Series. Abstract: The Summer 2020 controversy over Vol. 12 of the Journal of Schenkerian Studies has changed the course of American music theory in ways not seen […]
Ellie Hisama (Credit: Hana Hisama-Vishio) This summer Ellie Hisama (Ph.D. ’96, Music) is planning a major move — after close to three decades in New York City, she is leaving to assume her new role as dean of the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music. Hisama was a professor at The Graduate Center and at Brooklyn […]
Ellie Hisama (Credit: Hana Hisama-Vishio) This summer Ellie Hisama (Ph.D. ’96, Music) is planning a major move — after close to three decades in New York City, she is leaving to assume her new role as dean of the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music. Hisama was a professor at The Graduate Center and at Brooklyn College, […]
