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Choral Open House, Monday, August 26 at 4:00 PM
Attention all singers! Anyone interested in learning more about the vocal and choral opportunities in the Music Department is invited to a Choral Open House to meet our ensemble directors, find out what kinds of repertoire you will sing, and do a little reading. The open house will be on Monday, August 26th at 4:00pm in Rose Recital Hall in Fisher-Bennett Hall (4th floor). We hope to see you there!
2019-2020 Auditions for all Departmental Ensembles Announced
The Department of Music announces auditions for all departmental ensembles for the 2019-2020 academic year. We offer eleven ensembles led by active professionals. They include the:
Senior music major Leo Sarbanes profiled in Penn Today
SEE HERE >> https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/Penn-senior-Leo-Sarbanes-intern-Opera-Philadelphia Images courtesy of Penn Today.
Keisuke Yamada, Ph.d. candidate in Ethnomusicology, publishes peer-reviewed article in Japanese Studies.
His article entitled "On the Genealogy of Kokujin: Critical Thinking about the Formation of Bankoku and Modern Japanese Perceptions of Blackness" appears in Japanese Studies.
Elizabeth Braden joins Music Department staff as Choir Director
The Penn Music Department is excited to announce the addition of Elizabeth Braden to its staff as the director of the University Choir. She will begin her duties in the Fall 2019 semester. In addition to her new role at Penn, Ms. Braden will continue her work as the Chorus Master at Opera Philadelphia, a position she has held since 2004. She has also served as the Director of Music at the Wallingford Presbyterian Church and an Assistant Conductor with the Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia. Welcome to Penn, Liz!
Juan Castrillon's (Ph.D. Candidate in Ethnomusicology) film selected by the Canadian University Music Society.
The film will be screened during the film series of MUSCAN annual conference in Toronto this coming Wednesday, 5 June, Room 335 at 11:30 am.
Professor Glenda Goodman, Rare Book School Summer lecture
Prof. Goodman will be giving one of the Rare Book School Summer Lectures on 6/4, 6pm, in Kislak. Free and open to the public. More info here.
"Sachs Program for Arts Innovation" Awards 2019 Grants to Music Courses and Projects
see here Courses taught by: Mauro Calcagno Lauren Flood Molly McGlone
"Performance Analysis History" Course Featured in Penn Today
see here https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/music-merger
Seeing, hearing, and encountering post-apartheid South Africa | Penn Today
A Penn Global Seminar course taught by Carol Muller took the 16 undergraduates to South Africa to explore that nation's history and post-apartheid present day through music and culture. The students demonstrated the impact of the journey through final projects including a painting, a written paper, a poem, a film, a photo essay, a musical score—even a set of political cartoons.