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PhD Scholar Echezonachukwu Nduka Featured in Lagos Metropolitan Article
Echezonachukwu Nduka, PhD student in Ethnomusicology, integrates his musical and literary passions in an article from Lagos Metropolitan, describing how his poetry reflects the influence of music.
Staff Members Adara Jones and Megan Webb Earn Staff Recognition Awards
Penn Music is proud to share the recognition of Adara Jones, Undergraduate Coordinator, and Megan Webb, Academic & Financial Coordinator, in the 2023 Staff Recognition Awards.
PennMusic Natacha Diels and Qiujiang Levi Lu to perform at The Rotunda on November 17
Support PennMusic's Natacha Diels and Qiujiang Levi Lu as they each perform solo sets at the Rotunda on November 17th, presented by Bowerbird. This is a ticketed event (Pay What You Wish).
Professor Mary Channen Caldwell Publishes Article in Speculum
Professor of music Mary Channen Caldwell recently published an article in Speculum, a medieval history journal, about the emergence of new Latin songs known as nova cantica.
Penn Music Alum Ruthie Meadows Publishes First Book
Recent graduate Ruthie Meadows, Assistant Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, just published her first book in the Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology series at the University of Chicago Press.
PhD Candidate Winnie Lai Awarded 21st Century Fellowship from the Society for Ethnomusicology
PhD Candidate Winnie Lai was one of two recipients of the 21st Century Fellowship from the Society for Ethnomusicology.
Mary Caldwell's Recent Article Included in Special Issue of "postmedieval"
Professor of Music Mary Caldwell's recent article, "Dancing in silence in premodern Europe," has been included in “Legacies of Medieval Dance,” a new special i
Ph.D Candidate Chase Castle Published in Journal of the Society for American Music
Chase Castle, Benjamin Franklin Fellow and PhD Candidate in Music, has had his research article "Sonic Domination and the Politics of Race in Southern Antebellum Hymnody" publ
Ph.D. Candidate Juliet Glazer Featured in Penn Today Article
"The fifth-year Ph.D. student in anthropology and ethnomusicology examines the aesthetics, sound, and valuation of instrument-making in the U.S.
Siel Agugliaro receives the 2023 International “Giuseppe Verdi” Award
Siel Agugliaro (PhD, Historical Musicology, 2021) is the winner of the twentieth edition of the International Award “Giuseppe Verdi” with the research project "Farewell, valley of tears": Giuseppe Verdi and Italian Immigration to the
Professor Jairo Moreno Releases Book, "Sounding Latin Music, Hearing the Americas"
How is Latin American music heard, by whom, and why?
"Orpheus Uncovered" Performance and Production Video
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"Orpheus Uncovered" presents the story of Orpheus and Eurydice as narrated in music by composers who wrote operas based on this myth: Cl