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
Eugene Lew, lecturer and Director of Sound & Music Technology, reflects on over a year without live performance
Eugene Lew is a lecturer and Director of Sound & Music Technology for the Music Department.
"Listening Through Art" featuring Carol Muller, Professor of Music in conversation with Ernesto Pujol
The third episode of The PARK podcast, “Listening Through Art,” features Ernesto Pujol, a
Dr. Bo kyung Blenda Im (Ph.d. Ethnomusicology 2019) Global Korean Diasporas Postdoctoral Fellow for academic year 2021-22
The Korea Institute is pleased to announce the Global Korean Diasporas Postdoctoral Fellow for academic year 2021-22: Dr. Bo kyung Blenda Im.
Collegium Musicum performs "Mille Regretz" by Josquin des Prez
As soon as stay-at-home orders were implemented last spring 2020, the Music Department Ensembles shifted from in-person rehearsals to virtual ones.
Remembering James Primosch
The Department of Music mourns the loss of our colleague Jim Primosch, who passed away on Monday, April 26, 2021 at the age of 64. He was a composer and pianist and the Robert Weiss Professor of Music at the University of Pennsylvania.
We are happy to report Maria Ryan (Ph.d. 2021)
has accepted an Assistant Professor of Musicology position in the College of Music at Florida State University. Dr. Ryan will begin teaching in August 2021. Congratulations!
Music Students Shine in Awards and Fellowships
Congratulations to all!
Erik Broess recipient of Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Graduate Student!
Presented annually to graduate students in the arts and sciences in recognition of their contributions to undergraduate teaching.
Professor Mary Channen Caldwell receives a Dean's award for Distinguished Teaching by an Assistant Professor.
This award is given to assistant professors who show unusual promise as teachers/scholars. Congratulations to Dr. Caldwell and all the 2021 Teaching Award recipients!!
Mary Channen Caldwell awarded 2021 NEH Summer Stipend
Mary Channen Caldwell, Assistant Professor of Music, was awarded an NEH Summer Stipend to support research on her book project on musical hagiography and the medieval cult of St. Nicholas in western Europe (ca. 1100–1500).