Events
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We offer undergraduates the opportunity to major or minor in music, affording students across the university access to first-rate faculty and providing performance opportunities in a wide range of ensembles. Our graduate programs in composition, musicology, ethnomusicology, and music theory have produced leading scholars and award-winning artists.
News
Mauro Calcagno Speaks With Penn Today About Experimental Italian Theater Coming To Annenberg Center
Mauro Calcagno, Associate Professor of Music with a secondary appointment in Italian Studies, is interviewed by Penn Today regarding the show of an It
Tyshawn Sorey Among Composers Selected for Koussevitzky Foundation Prize
The Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress has awarded commissions for new musical works to seven composers.
UPenn Library Acquires Archives of The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Academy of Music
The University of Pennsylvania Libraries will facilitate research and access to nearly 175 years of Philadelphia's rich musical history provided by The Phila
Mary Channen Caldwell Interview for the New Books Network
Mary Channen Caldwell was interviewed for the New Books Network about her new book Devotional Refrains
Nuns Singing Song In Medieval Europe
"Did nuns in Medieval Europe sing anything other than chants and sacred songs? Mary Caldwell discusses one example, a song performed during the Christmas season."
Osvaldo Golijov Visit Monday, November 7
Composer Osvaldo Golijov will be visiting the Lerner Center to talk about his work on Monday, November 7 at 11:00 AM in the third floor conference room.
Announcement of 2022-23 Wolf Humanities Center Research Fellows Includes Music Faculty and Students
Of the 2022–2023 Wolf Humanities Center Research Fellows, we're ECSTATIC to see the Music Department represented by Assistant Professor of Music, Mary Channen Caldwell; Ph.D.
OMNIA Features Mary Channel Caldwell's New Book, "Devotional Refrains in Medieval Latin Song"
Mary Channen Caldwell, Assistant Professor of Music, brings together over 400 devotional Latin refrain songs from the Middle Ages in her new book, the first to explore the medieval refrain in song outside of vernacular contexts.
Tyshawn Sorey’s Work "Monochromatic Light (Afterlife)" Presented At The Park Avenue Armory
“[Tyshawn Sorey] was the composer of the year…an artist at the nexus of the music industry’s artistic and social concerns.”
—The New York Times
