Category: Announcements

Barbara White: A Plea for Compassion

Mar 12, 2018

In an article titled “Barbara White: A Plea for Compassion,” Professor Barbara White speaks with Frank Oteri of New Music Box about her compositions, musical inspirations, and social challenges that inform her …

Kris Davis Releases Duet Album

Feb 22, 2018

On her 2016 album Duopoly, pianist and member of the Performance Faculty in the Music Department of Princeton University Kris Davis highlighted her deeply attuned artistry as never before. Conceived …

Rudresh Mahanthappa named Best Alto Saxophonist in JazzTimes’ 2017 Expanded Critics’ Poll

Feb 22, 2018

The Anthony H. P. Lee ’79 Director of Jazz at Princeton University, saxophonist and composer Rudresh Mahanthappa has been named “Best Alto Saxophonist” in the JazzTimes 2017 Expanded Critics Poll, published in …

Jeff Snyder Releases Solo Album

Jan 25, 2018

“Sunspots,” on Carrier Records, will be released on Friday, January 26, 2018. After years of appearances on compilations and as a group member, Director of Electronic Music composer and improvisor Jeff …

Eighth Blackbird in a Week-long Residency

Jan 22, 2018

The Department of Music is thrilled to host the MacArthur Award and four-time GRAMMY Award-winning sextet, Eighth Blackbird, in a week-long residency at Princeton Sound Kitchen, February 20-26, 2018.   Over …

Concerto Competition Winners Announced

Jan 16, 2018

The winners of this year’s Princeton University Orchestra Concerto Competition are:  Leland Ko ’20, cello  (Ernest Bloch: Schelomo Rhapsodie Hébraïque) Solène Le Van ’18, soprano (Samuel Barber: Knoxville Summer of 1915, …

Rudresh Mahanthappa’s “Agrima” on New York Times’ “Best Albums of 2017”

Dec 7, 2017

It has been an exciting week for Jazz at Princeton University. On the heels of the Creative Large Ensemble’s joining saxophone legend Archie Shepp on the Richardson Stage (a review by the prestigious …

Marna Seltzer Selected as Musical America’s Top 30 Professionals of the Year

Dec 5, 2017

Marna Seltzer, Director of Princeton University Concerts, has been recognized by Musical America Worldwide as one of its Movers & Shapers: Top 30 Professionals of the Year. This prestigious distinction, presented annually by …

CD Release: Olagón: a Cantata in Doublespeak

Nov 6, 2017

Olagón: a Cantata in Doublespeak is a new collaboration between Princeton University Department of Music Professor Dan Trueman, Global Scholar Iarla Ó Lionáird, and the Lewis Center for the Arts Professor Paul Muldoon, with …

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 …

Profile on Rudresh Mahanthappa, Director of Jazz, in US1

Apr 17, 2017

As Princeton’s new director of jazz studies, internationally known alto saxophonist and innovator Rudresh Mahanthappa shows his hands-on involvement when he says, “I play with all my groups in rehearsal …

Simon Morrison’s New York Times Interview

Dec 27, 2016

By Zachary Woolfe, from The New York Times Confusion has flooded the web since it was announced that dozens of members of the Alexandrov Ensemble, a famed army choir and …

Graduate Composers Emma O’Halloran and Alex Dowling Make LP Debut as “Games Violet”

Nov 15, 2016

‘…fascinating pop moments full of strong, haunting, imaginative electronic lines and shadows.’ – Irish Times ‘Combining creative rhythm patterns, choice keys, wailing guitars & whispering harmony duet-rounds; Games Violet are …

Prof. Simon Morrison’s “Bolshoi Confidential” Receives Instant Critical Acclaim

Oct 17, 2016

Musicology Professor Simon Morrison has published a new book, Bolshoi Confidential: Secrets of the Russian Ballet from the Rule of the Tsars to Today, to instant critical acclaim. While reviews continue to …

Dasha Koltunyuk ’15, Wins Thousand Islands International Chopin Competition

Sep 23, 2016

Congratulations to Dasha Koltunyuk ‘2015, Marketing & Outreach Manager for the Music Department, who won first place at the Thousand Islands International Piano Competition. First place prize was $2000. Second and third place …