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2020-2021 Penn Music Ensemble Auditions & Private Lessons
Department Statement On Racial Justice
2020 has, thus far, witnessed a combination of events that have demanded of each of us a response.
James Primosch, Professor of Music, won an award and released two new albums
Award-winning composer and Professor of Music, James Primosch, released two new albums this spring. In the following Q&A, he talks about how he composes and the future of music performance in a COVID-19 world.
Annenberg Center Interviews Natacha Diels, New Faculty Member Joining Penn Music This Fall
Annenberg Center continues their new blog series with an interview of Natacha Diels who is another new faculty member joining the University of Pennsy
Annenberg Center Interviews Tyshawn Sorey, New Faculty Member Joining Penn Music This Fall
In their brand-new blog series, Annenberg Center asks five questions to discover more about artists, Penn faculty and others.
Bo kyung Blenda Im (Ph.d ’19 Ethnomusicology), named Interdisciplinary Fellow at Yale’s Institute of Scared Music
Bo kyung Blenda Im is a 2012 ISM/YDS graduate (M.A.R. in religion and music) who received her Ph.D. in ethnomusicology in fall 2019 from the University of Pennsylvania.
Young Women Composers (YWC) announces the curation of a free workshop series curated by Erin Busch, Phd graduate in composition
Young Women Composers (YWC) is proud to announce the curation of a dual-streamed, 100% free workshop series that will feature some of the most prominent and exciting voices in new music today.
Tyshawn Sorey & Natacha Diels Are Newly Appointed Penn Faculty, Joining This Fall 2020
The Department of Music is delighted to announce that Natacha Diels and Tyshawn Sorey will be joining our faculty this Fall.
Release of New Book by Glenda Goodman, "Cultivated by Hand: Amateur Musicians in the Early American Republic"
Oxford University Press releases new book by Assistant Professor of Music,
Album Release! New Music of Professor James Primosch and The Crossing
GRAMMY-winning choir The Crossing releases CARTHAGE, an album featuring six striking pieces by composer and Penn faculty m