Braxton Shelley wins Best Graduate Student Paper from Society for Christian...
Music History and Theory PhD student Braxton Shelley won the prize for Best Graduate Student Paper at the annual meeting of the Society for Christian Scholarship in Music, which met this weekend at...
View ArticleEnsemble-in-Residence eighth blackbird takes home their fourth Grammy
We’re excited to share that eighth blackbird, one of the music department’s Ensembles-in-Residence, has won the 2015 Grammy award for Best Chamber Music / Small Ensemble Performance for their album...
View ArticleHigh praise for Contempo from Chicago Tribune
John Von Rhein of the Chicago Tribune gave accolades to ensemble-in-residence Contempo for their gripping presentation of new European music in their recent “Focus on Europe” concert in the Reva and...
View ArticleAugusta Read Thomas work premiered on new album “Dawn to Dusk” from Utah...
From the Utah Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Thierry Fischer comes Dawn to Dusk, a new album that features EOS (Goddess of the Dawn), a Ballet for Orchestra by University Professor Augusta Read...
View ArticleUpcoming Ear Taxi Festival to highlight Chicago's vibrant contemporary...
The Ear Taxi Festival—a first-of-its-kind celebration of contemporary music in Chicago—will send listeners on a joy ride through Chicago’s vibrant contemporary music scene on Oct. 5-10, 2016....
View Article2016 Concerto Competition winners showcased with University of Chicago...
The first place winner of the 2016 University of Chicago Concerto Competition will perform with the University Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, April 23 at 8:00 PM in Mandel Hall. Cellist Andrew Molina...
View ArticleRehanna Kheshgi featured in newsletter of American Institute of Indian Studies
PhD Ethnomusicology candidate Rehanna Kheshgi traveled to northeastern India on an American Institute of Indian Studies fellowship to conduct research on Bihu music and dance, a formerly stigmatized...
View ArticleHoward Sandroff, Director of the Computer Music Studio, retires
Howard Sandroff, who served as Senior Lecturer in Music and Director of the Computer Music Studio for more than three decades, has retired from the University. Howard has long been an international...
View ArticleUChicago Arts recognizes Barbara Schubert’s 40 celebrated and impactful years...
Barbara Schubert is the Department of Music’s longtime Senior Lecturer, Performance Program Director, and the Director/Conductor of the University Symphony Orchestra and New Music Ensemble. This year...
View ArticleMartha Feldman discusses new doubts about Early Modern music regarding...
As the Music Department does some restructuring of its graduate proseminars on music history, Mabel Greene Myers Professor Martha Feldman, president-elect of the American Musicological Society, is...
View ArticleAnthony Cheung awarded John Simon Guggenheim fellowship
Anthony Cheung, Assistant Professor of Music, is one of four UChicago faculty members awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship this year. They are among 178 winning scholars,...
View ArticleSteve Rings discusses his perspectives on the Digital Humanities in Tableau
Associate Professor of Music Steve Rings sat down with Tableau, the magazine of the Humanities Division at UChicago, to talk about the implications of the rise of the Digital Humanities. The profusion...
View ArticleBarbara Schubert honored with Janel M. Mueller Award for Excellence in Pedagogy
The Department of Music is immensely excited to share that Barbara Schubert has been awarded the Janel M. Mueller Award for Excellence in Pedagogy. Barbara is a longtime Senior Lecturer, the director...
View ArticleAugusta Read Thomas discusses her musical creativity and compositional processes
After receiving the 2015-2016 Composers Award from the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, University Professor Augusta Read Thomas sat down with Lancaster Online to discuss her own creative processes and...
View ArticleCongrats to our students garnering fellowships, grants for dissertation research
PhD students in the Department of Music continue to be awarded with noteworthy fellowships and grants towards their ongoing dissertation research and completion in 2016 - 17.
View ArticleClay Mettens wins 2016 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award
Congratulations to Composition PhD student Clay Mettens, who is one of the winners of the 2016 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award. The national contest supports and encourages young, emerging...
View ArticleJack Hughes and Phil Taylor among 64th Annual BMI Student Composer Award winners
A hearty congratulations to PhD students Jack Hughes and Phil Taylor for garnering wins at the 64th Annual BMI Student Composer Awards. They are among nine students to receive the award this year,...
View ArticleAnne W. Robertson appointed Interim Dean of Division of the Humanities
The Department of Music congratulates its current Chair, Anne Walters Robertson, Claire Dux Swift Distinguished Service Professor, on her appointment as Interim Dean of the Division of the Humanities,...
View ArticleBerthold Hoeckner discusses the relationship between mind, body, and wisdom
Speaking on The Academic Minute, a production of WAMC/Northeast Public Radio, Associate Professor of Music Berthold Hoeckner discusses research on wisdom and how being in tune with both mind and body...
View ArticleMwata Bowden to lead innovative ensemble in Chicago Jazz Festival 2016
Mwata Bowden, the director of the Performance Program’s Jazz X-tet, will be performing in the Chicago Jazz Festival 2016. On September 1st, the festival’s opening day, Mwata will lead fellow AACM...
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