News
Brooke McCorkle (Ph.D 2015) publishes co-authored book with Sean Rhoads entitled
Japan's Green Monsters: Environmental Commentary in Kaijū Cinema (McFarland 2018).
Eugene Lew (Director of Sound and Music Technology) and Kevin Laskey (PhD Candidate) among 2018 Grantees of the Sachs Program in Arts Innovation
2018 Grant Awards from the Sachs Program Congratulations to both Eugene Lew, Director of Sound and Music Technology, and Kevin Laskey, PhD candidate in composition, for being awarded inaugural grants through the Sachs Program for Arts Innovation.
Professor of Music Carol Muller awarded one of six SAS Dean's Global Inquiries Fund 2018 grants
The Penn Arts & Sciences Dean’s Global Inquiries Fund, an initiative that encourages the collective investigation of global topics across the liberal arts, recently awarded its second round of grants.
Emily Sung, Director of University Choir and Choral Society (2018-19)
The Department has appointed Emily Sung to the interim position of Director of the University Choir and the Choral Society. We welcome Ms. Sung to Penn's lively music performance community!
Mezzo-soprano Meg Bragle appointed Resident Artist
The Music Department is delighted to announce the appointment of distinguished mezzo-soprano Meg Bragle as Resident Artist and Director of Vocal Studies. Ms. Bragle will direct Penn's Opera Scenes (during the spring semester) and the new Collegium Musicum (formerly Ancient Voices). She will also lead masterclasses, offer coachings, perform recitals, and visit classes. Bio
Assistant Professor Jim Sykes publishes article in the interdisciplinary journal "Sound Studies"
An essay by Prof. Jim Sykes, entitled “Ontologies of acoustic endurance: rethinking wartime sound and audition,” has been published in the interdisciplinary journal Sound Studies. See here.
Assistant Professor Jim Sykes publishes review
in the journal "Ethnomusicology" - see here
Ph.D. candidate Maria Ryan publishes essay on “Written on Skin”
in Routledge’s miscellany “Recomposing the Past”
Prof. Guthrie Ramsey interviewed by Time Magazine
on Charlie Gambino's video "This is America" - see hereProf. Guthrie Ramsey, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Music, provides an in-depth analysis of Childish Gambino's music video "This is America" in Time Magazine: "Even though we think of popular culture as a space where we escape, [Childish Gambino’s] forcing us to understand that there’s actually nowhere to run." See here.
Assistant Professor Mary Caldwell featured in "Penn Today"
on her freshman seminar "Hearing (in) the Middle Ages" - see here https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/exploring-sounds-middle-ages