Tenebrae Choir, with Gabriel Crouch, Receives GRAMMY Nomination
Nov 28, 2017
The Tenebrae Choir, in which Director of Vocal Activities Gabriel Crouch is a principal singer, has been nominated for their first GRAMMY award! The ensemble’s album Music of the Spheres: Part Songs of the British Isles is …
Pascal Le Boeuf Nominated for GRAMMY Award
Nov 28, 2017
Graduate student composer Pascal Le Boeuf has been nominated for a 2018 GRAMMY award! His composition “Alkaline,” from the new album Imaginist recorded by the Le Boeuf Brothers and the JACK Quartet, has been nominated …
Gavin Steingo Awarded Alan Merriam Prize
Nov 2, 2017
Congratulations to Gavin Steingo, our new Assistant Professor of Music, who has been awarded the Society for Ethnomusicology’s Alan Merriam Prize for his book Kwaito’s Promise: Music and the Aesthetics of Freedom in South …
Juri Seo Awarded Library of Congress’ Koussevitzky Commission
Oct 31, 2017
Assistant Professor of Music Juri Seo is one of six composers awarded a commission from the Library of Congress’ Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation. Established in 1949, the program awards commissions to “established composers …
Shruthi Rajasekar ’18 Receives Alex Adam ’07 Award
Oct 26, 2017
Shruthi Rajasekar ’18, a Music Composition major pursuing a certificate in Vocal Performance, was one of three recipients of the 2017 Alex Adam ’07 Award administered through the Lewis Center for the Arts. 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 …
Prof. Dan Trueman Awarded 2016 Bessie Award
Nov 2, 2016
Congratulations to Prof. Dan Trueman who has received the 2016 Bessie Award for “Outstanding Musical Composition/Sound Design”! Prof. Trueman was recognized for his contributions to There Might Others,choreographed by Rebecca Lazier, Senior Lecturer in the Lewis …
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 …