News
Our own, Dr. Primosch, featured on Penn's Home Page
See: www.upenn.edu
"New concert series in Kislak,"
Featuring standard repertoire and works held by the library, organized by Prof. Caldwell and Calcagno. For more see: http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/music_series.html
New Compositions from Dr. James Primosch (Professor of Music) and Dr. Rob Maggio (Ph.D Composition, 1990) performed by Mendelssohn Club and reviewed by Philadelphia Inquirer
http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/david_patrick_stearns/20160503_Mendelssohn_Club_gives_intriguing__inconsistent__program_featuring_new_Philly-area_composers.htm
Penn Music Professor,Timothy Rommen,
is named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation for 2016-17.
Penn Alum, Emily Zazulia (Ph.d., Musicology, 2012) appointed
Shirley Shenker Assistant Professor of Music at the University of California at Berkeley. Congratulations Emily!
Gavin Steingo (Ph.d. Ethnomusicology, 2010) appointed
Assistant Professor at Princeton University Music Department. Congratulations!
Congratulations to Jessica Swanston Baker (Ph.D. 2015, Ethnomusicology)
for her appointment as a new Assistant Professor (tenure track) at the University of Chicago.
Director of Baroque and Recorder Ensembles, Gwyn Roberts, featured on BBC Radio 3's "The Early Music Show"
Penn Baroque and Recorder Ensembles are led by Gwyn Roberts, who also serves as director of Philadelphia's baroque orchestra Tempesta di Mare. She is featured along with co-director of Tempesta di Mare, Richard Stone, on "The Early Morning Show" with Lucie Skeaping. Take a listen to the show here.
Assistant Professor Glenda Goodman edited a special issue
of the journal American Music on the theme “Transatlantic Perspectives.” The issue, which came out in Fall 2015, features an article by Penn alum Myron Gray.
Juan Castrillon (Ethnomusicology Candidate) has published
an article in the Journal of Music and Dance Studies of the Technical University of Istanbul. "Spatial transformation of music practice in Istanbul: Repositioning of subjectivities," Porte Akademik 10 (2014), 131-143. Click here to read article.