Music Dept. Prof. Susan Boynton will present a lecture titled “The Beginning of Opera in Italy”, at 2:40pm on Thursday, Oct. 25th, at the Italian Academy. The event is free and open to the public. For RSVP and full event details, follow this link. […]
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Prof. Susan Boynton at the “Book History Colloquium”, Thu 9/20, 6-7:30pm
Prof. Susan Boynton, historian of medieval music, liturgy, and monasticism, and faculty in the Music Dept., presents a lecture titled “The Visigothic Script in the Age of Print: Politics and the History of Paleography“, on Thursday, 9/20, from 6 – 7:30 pm, as part of the “Book History Colloquium“, presented by the Rare Book and […]
Talk by Prof. Kevin Fellezs, Wed 3/21, 8pm, in 622 Dodge Hall
The Center for Jazz Studies presents Prof. Kevin Fellezs, giving a talk titled “Vital Transformations: Fusion’s Young Discontents”, on the early history of fusion music and its relation to jazz. For full details, see this link. The event is free and is open to the public. […]
“Ghost in the Instrument” Festival at Columbia, week of 3/19
The Computer Music Center at Columbia University presents a week of lectures, concerts, and workshops, “Ghost in the Instrument: Aspects of Musical Research and Composition“. The event is on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the PRISMA International Forum. All events are FREE and open to the public (registration is required for the software […]
‘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 […]
Event: Music faculty member George Lewis at Studio Museum in Harlem
Music faculty member George Lewis has work on display (audition?) at the Studio Museum in Harlem. The piece is titled “Travelogue”, and runs through March 15, 2009. Check it out – details are here! From the description on the Studio Museum’s website: Lewis’s Travelogue is designed to create an environment that is influenced by the […]
New book by music faculty member George Lewis
Prof. George Lewis, the Edwin H. Case Professor of American Music, and Director, The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University, has a new book out: “A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music” (University of Chicago Press, 2008). The book is available in CLIO under call number ML3508.8 C5 L48 2008. […]