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Music Minor Grace Gramins Finds Harmony Between Music and Business with Support from Penn Music
Grace Gramins, a Wharton undergraduate minoring in Popular Music and Jazz Studies, was recently featured in Penn Today and Wharton Stories for her unique fusion of music and business.
Wenxin Tu (C’24) Curates Exhibit Showing a Correspondence between Marian Anderson and Florence Price
Penn Music graduate Wenxin Tu, C’24, has curated an exhibit in the Ormandy Music Gallery with guidance from music librarian Liza Vick.
PhD Student Echezonachukwu Nduka Published in Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa
In December 2024, Echezonachukwu Nduka, a PhD student in Music Studies (Ethnomusicology), had his review of Rebeca Omordia's African Pianism published in the 21st volume of the Journal of the Musical Arts in A
Graduate Student Hannah Junco to Join Mali Obomsawin for Pre-Show Talk at Penn Live Arts
As part of Penn Live Arts' ListenHear Series, First-Year Graduate Student in Ethnomusicology Hannah Junco
Jim Sykes Awarded Inaugural Monsoon Book Prize in Anthropology and Koskoff Prize Honorable Mention for Sounding the Indian Ocean
Jim Sykes, Undergraduate Chair and Professor of Music, was recently awarded the inaugural Monsoon Prize in Indian Ocean Studies (Archaeology and Anthropology) and recei
Mary Channen Caldwell Explores St. Nicholas's Cult and Liturgical Practices in New Chapter on Medieval Versicles
Penn Music Professor Mary Channen Caldwell has recently been included in part of Music and Liturgy for the Benedicamus Domino c.800–1650. Caldwell’s chapter puts St.
Lecturer Qiujiang Levi Lu Selected as an ISSUE Project Room Artist-in-Residence
We're excited to share and congratulate Penn Music lecturer, Qiujiang Levi Lu, who has recently been selected to join the ISSUE Project Room as an Artist-In-Residence for 2025 season.
From ISSUE Project Room:
Jeffrey Kallberg Appointed Interim Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences
The Music Department is proud to share that Jeffrey Kallberg, Deputy Dean and William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Music, will serve as Interim Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, effective January 1, 2025.
Behind the Music: Andrew Kierszenbaum C'20 on Composing for Arcane and His Journey from Penn to Netflix
Andrew Kierszenbaum C'20 is building a strong career in film and television composition, with his work on Netflix's Arcane being a major highlight.
Jeffery Kallberg Helps Authenticate Newly Discovered Chopin Score
Jeffrey Kallberg, Associate Dean for Arts and Letters and a leading scholar on Chopin, helped verify the authenticity of a recently discovered unknown work by the famous composer. “My jaw dropped,” Kallberg says.
Timothy Rommen Named University of Pennsylvania's Vice Provost for the Arts
The Department of Music congratulates Timothy Rommen, Davidson Kennedy Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of music and Africa
Kingsley Okyere Receives AADMS Prize from Society for Ethnomusicology
Graduate Student Kingsley Okyere received the African and African Diasporic Music Section (AADMS) African Student Paper Prize at the recent meeting of the Society for E