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American Musicological Society Appoints UPenn Music Faculty, Alums to 2022 Council
The AMS is has announced the results of its 2022 Board and Council election. Among the individuals elected are current Music Department Faculty Member Mary Channen Caldwell, and alums Lily Kass and Deirdre Loughridge. Candidates-elect formally begin service in late summer/fall 2022. Please visit The AMS website below to see the official announcement and read more about each council member.
Wildflower Composers presents two concerts this month as part of their 2022 summer season!
Founded and Directed by Fifth Year Graduate Student in Composition, Erin Busch, the Wildflower Composers team is composed of individuals in Philadelphia who have a passion for inclusivity and diversity in the arts. If you are in the city & interested in hearing some new music, consider attending one or both of these events:
Bo kyung Blenda Im Appointed to Faculty at Yale Institute of Sacred Music
Bo kyung Blenda Im (PhD Ethnomusicology, 2019) has been appointed as assistant professor of sacred music of divinity at Yale University beginning July 1, 2023.
The BBC sits down with Tyshawn Sorey to discuss his latest composition, "Monochromatic Light (Afterlife)"
The BBC recently sat down with Sorey at the University of Pennsylvania to discuss his latest composition, "Monochromatic Light (Afterlife)".
Music Department Faculty and Staff Receive 2022 Grant Awards from The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation
In its fifth year, The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation awarded 49 grants over the course of the year, for a total of $288,000 in funding. We're pleased to share that of those grant recipients are three people who work in the Penn Music Department!
2022 Annual Composition Competition Winners Announced
The UPenn Composition faculty has awarded the following prizes this year in the annual composition competition: Erin Busch - Hilda K. Nitzsche Music Prize for 'Ensure Proper Drainage’. Ania Vu - Helen L. Weiss Prize for ‘Lost within Letters' for soprano, alto flute, violoncello. Nathan Courtright - David Halstead Music Prize for ‘Light sent back bent’ for percussion quartet.
Professor Mary Caldwell's First Book Released by Cambridge University Press
Professor Mary Caldwell's first book, Devotional Refrains in Medieval Latin Song has been released by Cambridge University Press. In this book, Caldwell explores the nature of refrains and what they do in medieval song, concentrating on the musical practices of religious communities attached to churches, abbeys, and schools.
Professor Mary Caldwell awarded Franklin Research Grant from the American Philosophical Society
Professor Mary Caldwell has been awarded a Franklin Research Grant from the American Philosophical Society to work on her second book, Saintly Song: Musical Hagiography and the Medieval Cult of St. Nicholas. The award will support research in European archives and libraries next summer.
Kristopher Bendrick Receives 1st Prize at 2022 ASCAP/SEAMUS National Conference
Kristopher Bendrick, Ph.D. candidate in Composition, was awarded 1st prize in the 2022 ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commissioning Competition for his work progressively smaller TVs, solo for soprano, flute, and piano with electronics.
Erin Busch Receives Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students
Erin Busch, Ph.D. candidate in Composition, received a Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students. Busch is one of ten recipients, chosen for the year 2022.