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Jacob Walls, 5th Year Graduate Student in Composition Featured on New Solo Recording of Matthew Levy
Congratulations to Jacob Walls, 5th year graduate student in composition, on the new solo recording of Matthew Levy (of PRISM Quartet)
Ania Vu, Fourth Year Graduate Student in Composition is Fourth-Prize Winner of the Megalopolis Sax Orchestra Call for Scores
Meet the fourth-prize winner of the Megalopolis Sax Orchestra Call for Scores, Ania Vu
Newly Appointed Penn Faculty, Tyshawn Sorey Joins King Britt in Artist-to-Artist Talk With American Composers Forum, Philadelphia Chapter
American Composers Forum, Philadelphia Chapter is pleased to present an online artist talk between composer and DJ King Britt and composer and multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey. The two artist
James Diaz Receives 2020 National Sawdust New Works Commission
Congratulations to James Diaz, Third Year Graduate Student in Composition!
The Daedalus Quartet Discuss Their 2017 Performance of George Crumb's "Black Angels" at the Penn Museum
The Daedalus Quartet, Penn's internationally renowned string-quartet-in-residence, will be featured on "Made at Avaloch" on Avaloch Farm Music Institute's YouTube channel on Friday, August 28 a
Alumnus Joshua Hey awarded commission from the Barlow Endowment to write a piece for the Daedalus Quartet
Congratulations to Penn Alumnus, Joshua Hey!
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For composer James Primosch, it’s all about the words. The Pennsylvania Gazette features Composer and Professor of Music, James Primosch. Click here for the full piece.
‘Quartet Caroling’ at the Newburyport Music Festival curated by David Yang
Director of Penn Chamber, David Yang is also the Artistic Director of Newburyport Chamber Music Festival for 2020.
