Book reveals life and times of Anna Magdalena Bach
Anna Magdalena Bach has been called “history’s most famous musical wife and mother.”
Sonic treasures from Ottoman Jewish Los Angeles
<p>Explore treasures of Sephardic Jewish music culture at Book of J’s performance of “LA Archivera” on Monday, Nov. 11, at 8 pm in Cornell University’s Barnes Hall Auditorium. The free event will feature mid-century Los Angeles and 20th-Century Jewish Ottoman music traditions. The public is invited.</p>
Musicologist discovers tape of unreleased Lou Reed music
"The import of the discovery didn’t hit me until...a curator of the archive said, ‘I think you’ve just discovered a lost Lou Reed album.’”
How I discovered a dozen new Lou Reed songs
<p>In <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/how-i-discovered-a-dozen-new-lou-reed-songs/2019/11/01/44377214-fb53-11e9-8906-ab6b60de9124_story.html">this Washington Post opinion piece</a>, Judith Peraino, music professor, describes her amazing discovery of unknown Lou Reed songs at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh.</p>
Experimental band Henry Cow challenged itself, audiences
Cornell professor Benjamin Piekut’s latest book is an exhaustive study of an experimental British group that blurred the lines between genres as it created captivating music.
Indonesian Gamelan performances this week
<p>The Cornell Gamelan Ensemble presents two days of Indonesian performances at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art with visiting guest artists from Java and Bali. On Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m., guest artists Gusti Sudarta (Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Denpasar) and Darsono Hadiraharjo (SEAP Visiting Critic) will perform excerpts of traditional wayang (shadow puppetry), providing audiences a rare opportunity to experience both Balinese and Javanese forms of this vital art form.</p>
Joy Zhang ’21 wins Cornell Concerto Competition
The Cornell Symphony Orchestra's principal flautist performed Georges Hüe’s Fantaisie for Flute and Piano.
Ithaca Sounding celebrates homegrown modernist, experimental work
<p>Cornell’s Department of Music is collaborating with performers from Ithaca College and the community to offer Ithaca Sounding 2020, a multi-day, multi-venue event Jan. 30-Feb. 2.</p><p>The festival and symposium will feature concerts, workshops, talks, presentations and readings focused on modernist and experimental concert music by Ithacans past and present, including keyboard composers Julius Eastman, Sarah Hennies, Robert Palmer, Ann Silsbee and David Borden.</p>
Moog festival to feature talks, music, exhibition
<p>The strange oscillations that first emanated from the small synthesizer factory of Robert Moog, Ph.D. ’65, more than a half-century ago in the quiet village of Trumansburg, New York, have become signature sounds reverberating throughout the history of electronic music – from Wendy Carlos to Daft Punk; from Emerson, Lake and Palmer to Flying Lotus.</p>
NYC Visioning projects host cross-campus events
<p>The four faculty teams that received funding support through the <a href="https://president.cornell.edu/initiatives/cornell-in-nyc/">President’s Visioning Committee on Cornell in New York City</a> have conducted cross-campus workshops, hosted interdisciplinary talks and expanded their outreach as they move towards presenting final results in the fall.</p>
Cornell celebrates electronic music pioneer Robert Moog
<p>Cornell and the Ithaca community celebrated the life, work and influence of synthesizer inventor Robert Moog, Ph.D. ’65, with three days of events March 5-7.</p>
Faculty mobilize to provide virtual instruction
Cornell's Center for Teaching Innovation is helping faculty prepare for the shift to virtual learning April 6.
Students find community in a capella group Tarana
<p dir="ltr"> One of the most distinctive aspects of college is a capella. It only takes a few weeks for the never-ending string of showcases and concerts to begin. Posters are plastered all over campus, and Ho Plaza is dominated by quarter cards. From the spontaneous arch sings to the nonstop Facebook invites, a capella groups are persistent to no end. What drives this persistence, though, is the immense loyalty and commitment that a capella fosters among its members.</p>
Students finds opportunity to travel through passion for music
<p> <em>This column was written before our current remote learning model, so while Eric isn't on campus enjoying creating music with his peers, he is working remotely on his musical pursuits and other classes.</em></p><p> As a senior, I've wrapped things up with my major and will spend my last semester pursuing the things I really enjoy. Looking back at what I've done, I think that music has been the biggest and most important influence on my undergrad experience.</p>
See a need on campus? Start a new club
<p dir="ltr"> Previously in these blogs I’ve written about how I became involved in a group I never thought I would join: HanChum Traditional Korean Dance Team. I joined the fall semester of my freshman year, and now I’m six semesters in and absolutely loving the experience. I’m not Korean, and I had never done any kind of traditional dancing.</p>
Cornell Concert Series works to keep the music playing
<p>Social distancing measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 canceled the last two shows of the spring 2020 <a href="http://www.cornellconcertseries.com/">Cornell Concert Series</a>, challenging organizers to connect performers with fans in new ways.</p>
Choral groups join in virtual listening sessions
<p>The more than 200 members of Cornell’s choral groups may not be able to sing together each week, but they are still spending time listening and sharing their love of music virtually, with a host of guest visitors this semester.</p>
Sierra, Stucky concertos featured on radio program
<p>Two 21st-century works for recorder and orchestra by Cornell faculty composers are included in a <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.wqxr.org/story/recorder-pieces-you-wishing-never-gave-recorder/&source=gmail&ust=1587838455947000&usg=AFQjCNEHHlWTfQ3Ezn9xXR5znfq0qa4gww" href="https://www.wqxr.org/story/recorder-pieces-you-wishing-never-gave-recorder/" target="_blank">recent feature </a>by New York City classical radio station WQXR.</p>
Department of Music shares performances online
The department is sharing a variety of faculty and student projects on a new Quarantunes page.
Access Fund eased pandemic’s burden on students
<p> Raven Schwam-Curtis ’20 had seen the coronavirus coming: She visited China and South Korea on a research trip over winter break, when the first cases were being reported there.</p><p> But she was still confronted with financial and emotional disruption when the pandemic forced Cornell to abruptly suspend classes in mid-March and switch to remote learning April 6, following spring break.</p>
Marta Faulkner: 'College is a time for exploring what inspires you most'
<h3> Marta Faulkner<br /> Mathematics & Music<br /> Canyon City, OR</h3><p> <strong>Why did you choose Cornell?</strong></p>
Album from A&S couple captures present moment
Fitz Gibbon and McCullough have been working together since 2006 and gave their first duo recital in 2009.
Six stories of six weeks of virtual learning
<p> Spring 2020 was a semester like no other. Over the course of a few weeks, thousands of classes – lectures and seminars, laboratory and performance courses, capstone projects and veterinary clinics – transitioned entirely online. Instructors navigated technical and logistical difficulties, as well as the shifting realities of a global pandemic. But amid the challenges, students and faculty found opportunities for innovation, connection and intellectual growth.</p>
