2017-18

A Showcase of Music Department Talent at National Sawdust (NYC)

Oct 26, 2017

The creative forces of the Music Department’s composition faculty Donnacha Dennehy and Dan Trueman, and Visiting Scholar Iarla Ó Lionáird, come together in a performance this Saturday, October 28, 2017 at 7:30PM at the …

Profile on Performance Director Michael Pratt in the Princeton Packet

Oct 16, 2017

The Princeton Packet has published a profile on Michael Pratt, the Director of the Program in Performance and conductor of the Princeton University Orchestra, who celebrates his 40th anniversary at the Department this season. …

A Festival of the Arts: Feature on the Princeton University Homepage

Oct 10, 2017

“During a four-day Festival of the Arts, Oct. 5-8, Princeton University celebrated the opening of the new Lewis Arts complex with a bonanza of events, open to the public. More …

Music Department Purchases 48 New Steinway Pianos

Oct 2, 2017

by Nick Barberio, Office of Communications Now on Princeton University’s homepage, an article and video story on the acquisition of 48 brand-new Steinway pianos for the Effron Music Building at the Lewis …

Rudresh Mahanthappa Featured in Downbeat Magazine

Sep 27, 2017

Jazz at Princeton University director Rudresh Mahanthappa has been featured in the November 2017 issue of Downbeat Magazine! Look out for the magazine, hitting newstands next week.

Stephanie Tubiolo Appointed As Assistant Director Of Choirs

Sep 26, 2017

Stephanie Tubiolo is the incoming Assistant Director of Choirs at Princeton University. She spent the past seven years in New Haven, CT, where she worked as a Teaching Artist with the …

Princeton University Performs Ballet With Rarely Heard Cole Porter Score

Jul 3, 2017

Two years ago, Princeton University music professor Simon Morrison was working on an article in the archives of Yale University when he noticed the original score for a ballet by …

Rudresh Mahanthappa, Director of Jazz, Wins DownBeat Magazine Critics Poll

Jun 30, 2017

Congratulations to Director of Jazz, Rudresh Mahanthappa, who has again been named a winner in the 2017 DownBeat International Critics Poll in the category of Alto Saxophone. The August issue …

Profile on Prof. Donnacha Dennehy in the Irish Times

Jun 23, 2017

Composition Faculty Donnacha Dennehy has been featured in the Irish Times. An excerpt can be found below. Read the article online, or see the PDF attachment.  “I went to Ballyroan Boys’ National School, …

A Festival of the Arts: Celebrating the Opening of Princeton’s New Lewis Arts Complex

Jun 19, 2017

To celebrate the opening of Princeton’s new Lewis Center for the Arts complex, join us for an exciting multi-day Festival of the Arts highlighting the breadth and uniqueness of the …

Donnacha Dennehy’s New Opera Awarded Fedora Prize

Jun 6, 2017

Congratulations to Prof. Donnacha Dennehy, whose latest opera, The Second Violinist, was awarded the Fedora’s 2017 Generali Prize for Opera. This prize of €150,000 is given to support future international …