Han Xu named postdoctoral fellow at Peking University
Han Xu (DMA, 2023) has been named a postdoctoral fellow in composition and sound studies at the School of the Arts at Peking University.
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Rachel Horner and Kate Thorpe win Spencer Prize
Rachel Horner and Kate Thorpe win Spencer Prize
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Three Piekut Paperbacks
Three paperbacks of Benjamin Piekut's work released
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Nexus Scholars Program expands research opportunities to 101 students
This summer, 101 students in the College of Arts and Sciences will take part in groundbreaking research on campus with 61 faculty as part of the Nexus Scholars Program.
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Two doctoral students selected as Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellows
The fellowships will provide a stipend as well as funding for research and other activities.
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Chopin Masterclasses at CCHK
In collaboration with the International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments, the Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards presents a weekend of masterclasses, lectures, and recitals drawing on its collection of "Chopin" instruments – original Pleyel, Broadwood, Graf, and Erard pianos.
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New recording of Sierra works
A new recording of Roberto Sierra's works has garnered a rave review.
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Mayfest chamber music festival returns to Ithaca May 19-23
Cornell's international music festival welcomes longtime friends and new collaborators for five world-class concerts May 19-23.
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'The kindness of people often far exceeded my imagination'
Claire Duan is a biological sciences major.
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'I co-founded the Biology Undergraduate Research Program'
Hannah Robins is a biological sciences and music major.
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Friday appointed at UTSA
Miles Friday will join the faculty at the University of Texas San Antonio
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Students’ island clean-up trip inspires multimedia projects
Students trekked to Cuttyhunk Island during spring break to clean up traps and other fishing gear that had been abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded.
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Mozart’s Requiem, jazz trumpeter highlight late-April concert schedule
Music department concerts offer a major works concert, a jazz trumpet collaboration, a hope-filled organ recital and more, April 27 – May 2.
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Book examines the mainline Christian ‘Worship Wars’
Ethnomusicologist Deborah Justice analyzes how White American mainline Protestants used internal musical controversies to negotiate their shifting position within a diversifying nation.
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Ensemble-in-residence loadbang performs April 15
Featuring a unique instrumentation of trumpet, trombone, bass clarinet, and baritone voice, loadbang headlines a week of great musical performances April 11-17.
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Cressy receives Cambridge fellowship
Ph.D. candidate Thomas Cressy has received a prestigious fellowship at Cambridge
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Dead & Co. to play benefit at Barton Hall, honoring legendary ’77 show
Remaining members of the Grateful Dead will return to play a benefit concert in Barton Hall on May 8 as part of the band’s final tour.
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Math communicator visits campus to explore math in everyday life
“Ellenberg is a distinguished mathematician and a master of public communication."
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Cornell Giving Day is March 16!
Mark your calendars for Cornell Giving Day, March 16th! Your donation of any size on March 16 will go towards direct costs of music making, including scholarships for lessons. Thank you for your generosity and for making a difference for our students!
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Anna Steppler receives Cambridge Fellowship
Anna Steppler has won a coveted Junior Research Fellowship and Peterhouse, Cambridge.
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GRAMMY-winning soprano Dawn Upshaw performs Feb. 24
Maria Schneiders’ “Winter Morning Walks” headlines the program in Barnes Hall.
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Doctoral student to speak in Soup & Hope series
Alex Nik Pasqualini will share their story of hope in a talk as part of the Soup & Hope series on Feb. 23.
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Ogonek pieces performed around the world
Orchestral works by Elizabeth Ogonek with recent and upcoming performances
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New work by Prof. Roberto Sierra featured in Jan. 29 concert
The Sierra Duo – John Haines-Eitzen, cello, and Matthew Bengtson, piano – will Sierra’s “Cuatro Piezas para cello y piano” and other pieces Jan. 29.
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First-years share their transformational journeys ... so far
"Welcoming students to campus and providing them with the opportunity to connect to faculty and each other is a joy."
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Pianist Brian Wang wins Concerto Competition
The 18th Concerto Competition highlighted the exceptional musical talent on campus
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Annette Richards publishes new book: The Temple of Fame and Friendship
Annette Richards' new book was recently published by the University of Chicago Press
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Fictional civilization leaves behind lasting legacy
Llhuros – its relics, rituals, poetry, and music – as well as the academic commentary it inspired, "documents just one tiny little sliver of Cornell’s history. But it’s a fascinating one.”
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Papalexandri wins award from the Canton of Zurich
Professor Marianthi Papalexandri Alexandri won the CHF 24,000 Wekbeitrage des Kanton Zurich award for a new sound installation
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Reflections on loadbang's first Stucky Residency visit
2022-2023 Stucky Residency ensemble loadbang started off their two-part visit to Cornell’s campus with a bang.
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Tacet(i) Ensemble visits Cornell for Biennial project
Read more about their residency events
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Christopher J. Miller publishes new volume: Sounding Out the State of Indonesian Music
Cornell University Press has recently published Sounding Out the State of Indonesian Music, co-edited by Senior Lecturer Christopher J. Miller and Andrew McGraw.
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Ogonek's Starling Variations performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra
Elizabeth Ogonek's new piece performed
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Doctor/musician alumnus takes stage in Van Cliburn competition
"At every point in your life, different music will speak to you in new ways."
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Cornell Concert Series presents Scottish Chamber Orchestra with Nicola Benedetti, violin
The event takes place Sat., Oct. 15 at 3 pm in Bailey Hall.
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loadbang offers concerts as 2022-23 Stucky Residency for New Music ensemble
The ensemble will collaborate with graduate composers on new works and engage with students in a variety of ways.
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Chorale is back!’ says new director
“We welcome singers from any department of the university and from the community,” said Michael Poll, music director and Klarman Fellow.
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The College Welcomes New Faculty for 2022-23
This year, 15 new faculty are bringing innovative ideas in a wide range of topics to the College of Arts & Sciences’ nexus of discovery and impact, including climate change, astronomy, identity studies and the economy.
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Lerangis co-founds New Muses Project
New Muses Project Launches
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A&S opens application portal for Klarman postdoc fellowships
Klarman Fellows pursue research in any discipline in the College, including natural sciences, social sciences, humanities and the creative arts as well as cross-disciplinary fields. The application deadline is October 14.
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Department of Music welcomes Joe Lerangís
Welcome Joe Lerangís
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The healing power of music
Alison Torrillo French ’95 writes about her experience singing with the chorus during Reunion 2022.
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loadbang selected as 2022-23 Stucky Residency for New Music ensemble
loadbang selected as 2022-23 Stucky Residency for New Music ensemble
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Cibele Moura wins Sanjek Student Paper Prize
Cibele Moura wins Sanjek Student Paper Prize
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Center for Historical Keyboards summer academy hosts 12 young piano stars
Young artists from around the world will be immersed in one of the world’s most significant collections of performance-ready historical pianos, with performances open to the public August 1-6.
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Papalexandri awarded Aurelie Nemours Prize
Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri has been awarded the Aurelie Nemours Prize with Pe Lang.
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Student Spotlight: Daniel Reza Sabzghabaei
The doctoral candidate in music from Denton, Texas studies music composition with a focus on time malleability.
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Sierra named on Best Latin American Composers list
BBC honor for Roberto Sierra
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