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Steven Stucky: Rhapsodies at the NY Philharmonic | Fri Sep 9, 2008
Composer Steven Stucky's new piece "Rhapsodies" will be featured
this month, September 18-20 and 23, by the New York Philharmonic. An
online video featuring Stucky discussing his new work can be found here on nyphil.org. continue...
Roberto Sierra to compose inaugural Sphinx commission for 12 orchestras | Sun Aug 8, 2008
Composer Roberto Sierra, the Old Dominion Foundation Professor in
the Humanities at Cornell, has been selected to compose the inaugural
work for the Sphinx Commissioning Consortium.
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Student Nathan Ward's Wireless, Wearable Accelerometers | Thu May 5, 2008
Student Nathan Ward (Music 120, 220, 620, 302) will
present work developed at the Cornell Electroacoustic Music Center at the 2008 NIME (New Interfaces for Musical
Expression) conference in Genova, Italy (June 5-7). His work "presents examples
of a wireless sensor network as applied to
interactive media applications. continue...
Malcolm Bilson's Knowing the Score DVD available | Thu May 5, 2008
Malcolm Bilson's performance of Haydn's Fantasia in C, performed in the Esterháza Castle in Fertöd, Hungary. continue...
Mayfest '08, an annual festival of Chamber Music | Sun May 5, 2008
Mayfest '08 (Xak Bjerken and
Miri Yampolsky, Artistic Directors) offers intimate chamber music
concerts in Cornell’s Barnes Hall as well as at the nearby Hay Loft of the Carriage House Café.
A lively combination of classics, newer works, and jazz are presented
by internationally renowned guests, Cornell music faculty, and select
student performers, as well as works written just for us by Cornellians
Steven Burke and Chris Gendall. continue...
The Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club will travel to cities in
mainland China March 13-25 to perform for a wide range of audiences,
building on the Cornell-China relationship founded more than a century
ago. continue...
Music with a mission: CU Winds revisit Costa Rica | Mon Jan 1, 2008
The Cornell Wind Ensemble (CU Winds) had its second tour of Costa
Rica in January, a humanitarian and cultural outreach trip with 49
student musicians delivering more than 80 donated instruments to three
schools and performing concerts across the country. continue...
A New Organ for Anabel Taylor Chapel | Mon Dec 12, 2007
Cornell University has commissioned a new organ for Anabel Taylor
Chapel as part of an international research project involving three
academic institutions in the field of organ studies: Cornell, the
University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and the Eastman School of Music,
Rochester NY. continue...
Professor Steve Pond wins Woody Guthrie Book Award | Sun May 5, 2007
Cornell associate professor of music Steven Pond's recent book,
"Head Hunters: The Making of Jazz's First Platinum Album," has garnered
a Woody Guthrie Book Award from the U.S. branch of the International
Association for the Study of Popular Music for its distinguished
examination of the crossroads between music and culture. continue...
Cornell Department of Music receives gift from Sidney T. Cox | Thu Dec 12, 2006
The Cornell Department of Music has received its largest gift ever,
$6.5 million, from the estate of alumnus Sidney T. Cox '47, M.A. '48
(1922-2005). This bequest, the culmination of a lifetime of giving to
the department, will support three areas within the department: the
performing ensembles; concerts and lectures; and graduate education in
musicology, composition and performance practice. continue...