News
James Diaz Acosta, Ph.D. Candidate in Composition, awarded prize
the 2018 Bogota Philharmonic Prize in Composition for the piece "Frank[in]g" for orchestra. See here.
Fri. Oct. 26: "Sound, Gender, Color Line" Symposium honoring Marian Anderson (1897-1993)
To honor the career of African American Philadelphia-born musician and cultural ambassador, Marian Anderson (1897-1993), the Kislak Center and the Departments of Music and Africana Studies have organized a one-day symposium to explore Anderson's musical career in the context of the intersection of sound studies and critical race theory.
Monique Ingalls, Ph.D. ('08) publishes new book
Singing the Congregation: How Contemporary Worship Music Forms Evangelical Community (Oxford University Press, 2017).
"Black Opera and Verdi": Talk by Naomi André on Thu. Oct. 25 at 5:15 in rm. 101
We are excited to announce that, on Thursday 10/25 at 5:15 in room 101, Prof. Naomi André (University of Michigan) will present a talk entitled “Black Opera and Verdi: Ulrica, Aida, and Otello”
Assistant Professor Mary Caldwell publishes article in JRMA
View full article, "Cueing Refrains in the Medieval Conductus," Journal of the Royal Musical Association 2018, Vol. 143, Issue 2.
Scott Ordway (Ph.D. in Composition, 2013) announces 2018-19 season
The 2018-19 season includes world premiere performances of four large-scale works by Scott Ordway: a commissioned orchestral piece in Tucson; an opera-in-development in New York; a 45-minute monodrama on original texts in Frankfurt; and an evening-length theater of music, directed by the composer, in San Antonio.
David Osbon (Ph.D. in Composition, 1997) releases CD of original compositions.
The CD collection is called 'Athens after Prometheus' recorded by the Anglo American Duo and is released on the Albany label (available from all the usual online and download outlets!).
Juan Castrillón, Ph.D. candidate in Ethnomusicology, appointed
Research Assistant at the Center for Experimental Ethnography of the UPENN Anthropology Department (2018-2019), and director of the CAMRA Screening Scholarship Media Film Festival 2019.
American Musicological Society awards three PENN Ph.D.'s
Siel Agugliaro (fifth-year Ph.D. candidate, musicology) and Brooke McCorkle (Ph.D. 2015) are recipients of the 2018 AMS William Holmes/Frank D’Accone Endowment for travel and research in the history of opera. Maria Ryan (fourth-year Ph.D. candidate, musicology) is a recipient of the 2018 AMS Ora Frishberg Saloman Fund for musicological research.