News
Vanessa Williams (Ph.D. candidate in Musicology) publishes article in Journal of Musicological Research.
"'Welded in a single mass': Memory and Community in London's Concert Halls"Journal of Musicological Research 33/1-3 (2014), 27-38.
Dr. Jennifer Kyker, (Ph.D. 2011, Ethnomusicology) publishes article in Ethno Forum
Jennifer Kyker (2014): Learning in Secret: Entanglements between Gender and Age in Women's Experiences with the Zimbabwean Mbira Dzavadzimu, Ethnomusicology Forum, DOI: 10.1080/17411912.2014.880601 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17411912.2014.880601
Luke Carlson, Graduate Student in Composition, wins
November 2013 First Prize, 2014 MACRO Composers Competition: (Edges for string quartet) Prize includes giving a presentation on Edges at the MACRO Workshop in Madison, Wisconsin, June 27-28, 2014.October 2013 Winner, International Trumpet Guild Call for Scores: 2014 performance at the International Trumpet Guild Conference in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania (Fanfaronade for two trumpets)
Penn Symphony Orchestra member Nicole Pobre talks about her experience with David Kim, concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra
Nicole Pobre, a junior in SEAS, writes about being a member of the orchestra for this unforgettable concert with David Kim as soloist.https://provost.upenn.edu/initiatives/arts/stories/2013/10/23/penn-symph...
Christine Dang, Ph.D. candidate in Ethnomusicology,
Presents at three November 2013 Conferences:“Democracy Vocalities: Musical Aestheticization of the Senegalese Elections of 2012,” paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, 2013. “Sonic Flow, Cultural Mobility, and Political Métissage in the Birth of Saint-Louis Jazz,” paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Baltimore, 2013.
Myron Gray, Ph.D. Candidate in Musicology,
presents "Renaud de Chateaudun's 'Queen of France' and the Royalist Lament in Federal Philadelphia." American Musicological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh PA, November 8, 2013.
Kai-Young Chan, Ph.d. candidate in Composition,
Featured piece: Shimmers the Shivery Moon, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano. 2013 Chinese Composers' Festival, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, 5 December 2013, 8 p.m., Sheung Wan Civic Centre Theatre
Carlo Lanfossi, Ph.D. candidate in Musicology,
presents at AMS Annual Meeting, 8 November, 3:30 p.m., Pittsburgh, PA. "Rehabilitating Agrippina on the Opera Seria Stage between Venice and Milan."
Brooke McCorkle, Ph.D. candidate in Musicology,
publishes in Norient Academic Online Journal, Volume 2. July 2013. "Stuff that Dreams Are Made of: Music and the Future in Wong Kar-wai's Chungking Express."
Luke Carlson, Ph.D. candidate in Composition,
has been awarded the Druckman Prize at the Aspen Music Festival, a commission for an original 10-12 minute orchestral composition to be performed at the festival (summer 2014) under the baton of the music director, Robert Spano.