Jazz Dreams II: A Film Screening A Conversation with filmmaker Geoffrey Poister and musician Courtney Bryan Columbia composer Courtney Bryan (above, center) is among 3 young musicians from New Orleans who are featured in a new documentary film, presented by Columbia’s Center for Jazz Studies. The film “follows three young jazz musicians from New Orleans […]
Category: CU Community Publications
“Silent Music” by Prof. Susan Boynton – Book Release & Panel Discussion
Congratulations to Prof. Susan Boynton on her new book, Silent Music: Medieval Song and the Construction of Eighteenth-Century Spain, published by Oxford University Press (2011). There will be a book release and panel discussion taking place on Monday, October 31, at 6:30pm, in the Skylight Room of the CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave. (at […]
John Szwed’s Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded The World is in
Prof. John Szwed’s new biography of Alan Lomax, the American folklorist and ethnomusicologist, is in, and available in CLIO, under call number ML423 L6347 S98 2010, and it promises to be a thoughtful and entertaining read. Szwed is a noted anthropologist and jazz scholar, professor in the Music Dept. at Columbia, and also Acting Director […]
Featured acquisition: Songs of Our Fathers, Aaron J. Johnson
Songs of Our Fathers, a recent CD by Columbia doctoral candidate Aaron J. Johnson, has just been cataloged and added to the collection. It features Aaron as composer and trombonist. It’s available under call number CD16170, and is a great listen. Check it out! […]
‘Art of the States’ – American music in streaming audio
“Art of the States” is an interesting website, showcasing American composers and performers, and providing streaming audio (in RealPlayer format) of many works. You can search by composer, performer, instrumentation, time period, or genre. There is also an extensive list of links related to composers, performers, labels, and publishers (it is somewhat buried, under “About […]
Yelena Grinberg Concert, Sunday 4/27
Music Dept. Ph.D. Yelena Grinberg will perform in a concert at Merkin Hall, on Sunday, 4/27 at 8pm. More details available at this link. She can also be heard performing Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Brahms, and others, on CD13034 in the collection of the Music & Arts Library. Recordings circulate to students, faculty, and staff for 2 […]
Upcoming Concert, Friday May 9th – Aaron Meicht
On Friday, May 10th, at 7pm, the Music & Arts Library’s own Aaron Meicht will be featured in a concert in the Experimental Music Series at St. Mark’s Church in the East Village, 131 E. 10th St. (at 2nd Ave). Other featured artists are Paula Mathussen and Gisburg. Aaron has 2 CD’s available in the […]
Recording by Yelena Grinberg
There’s a recording in the Library’s collection, featuring Music Dept. student Yelena Grinberg on the piano. Check it out! (recordings circulate to Columbia students, faculty and staff for two weeks) […]