How Jeffrey Snyder, Director of Electronic Music & PLOrk, Will Spend His Summer
May 31, 2023
Jeffrey Snyder is presenting the Electrosteel at New Interfaces for Musical Expression & mixing a new record of electronic dance music.
Ruth Ochs Named Honorary Member of the Class of 2023
May 10, 2023
The Department of Music is proud to congratulate Ruth Ochs, conductor of the Princeton University Sinfonia, who has been inducted as an honorary member of the Class of 2023.
Musicology Graduate Students Christopher Parton & Hannah McLaughlin Receive 2023 Teaching Award
Apr 20, 2023
The Department of Music congratulates Musicology students Christopher Parton and Hannah McLaughlin, who were among the 10 winners of this year’s Graduate School Teaching Award in recognition of outstanding undergraduate teaching.
Advisee Stories: Building Instruments, Enacting the Chimurenga, and Reframing Pedagogical Approaches to Tuning
Apr 18, 2023
The Senior Thesis is an integral part of every undergraduate’s journey at Princeton — an opportunity to dive deep into a topic of the student’s choosing and, under the guidance of a faculty advisor, develop a substantial independent project synthesizing their discoveries. This series celebrates the diversity of senior theses created by our Music Majors.
Advisee Stories: K-Pop Fandom, Experiments in Gathering, and Kendrick Lamar
Apr 17, 2023
The Senior Thesis is an integral part of every undergraduate’s journey at Princeton — an opportunity to dive deep into a topic of the student’s choosing and, under the guidance of a faculty advisor, develop a substantial independent project synthesizing their discoveries. This series celebrates the diversity of senior theses created by our Music Majors.
Advisee Stories: Bridging Musical Worlds from Carnatic to Chamber Music
Apr 16, 2023
The Senior Thesis is an integral part of every undergraduate’s journey at Princeton — an opportunity to dive deep into a topic of the student’s choosing and, under the guidance of a faculty advisor, develop a substantial independent project synthesizing their discoveries. This series celebrates the diversity of senior theses created by our Music Majors.
How Milo Poniewozik (’23) Spends a Tuesday on Campus
Mar 28, 2023
We caught up with Milo Poniewozik (’23) to learn how Poniewozik spends a Tuesday on campus.
Nancy Agosto: A Princeton-Trenton Story
Mar 20, 2023
Agosto is the Program Coordinator for Trenton Arts at Princeton, or TAP, a collaboration between the Department of Music, Lewis Center for the Arts, and Pace Center for Civic Engagement.
How Lola Constantino (’23) Spends a Wednesday on Campus
Mar 15, 2023
We caught up with Lola Constantino (’23) to learn how Constantino spends a Wednesday on campus.
How Shruti Venkat (’23) Spends a Monday on Campus
Feb 24, 2023
Meet Shruti Venkat (’23) Music certificate student and Princeton Glee Club Student Conductor and Manager.
Saturdays Look A Little Different at the Lewis Arts Complex: Introducing the Trenton Youth Singers
Feb 23, 2023
Most Saturday mornings walking across campus, things are quiet. Students, recovering from a week of classes, problem sets, papers, and more, are sleeping in. Aside from the occasional early riser bustling off to the library or Small World, there’s a sense of calm.
Meet the STEM Majors of Sinfonia
Jan 31, 2023
Twice a week in the Lee Music Performance & Rehearsal Room, the Princeton University Sinfonia gathers to rehearse. Led by director Ruth Ochs, the orchestra is made up of students from all class years, many STEM majors coming from across the University’s myriad of technical disciplines, to enjoy a few hours a week of music and community.
5 Concerts & Recording Releases the Princeton Composition Faculty are Excited About
Jan 14, 2023
We caught up with Nathalie Joachim – Grammy-nominated flutist, composer, and vocalist, 2020 United States Artist Fellow, and co-founder of the critically-acclaimed duo Flutronix – and asked her which five concerts and recording releases she’s excited about this winter.
Announcing the 2022-2023 Concerto Competition Winners
Jan 3, 2023
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Princeton University Orchestra Concerto Competition.
What Does a Princeton Musicology Faculty Member Have on their Desk?
Dec 21, 2022
What’s on a musicologist’s desk? Jamie Reuland, a scholar of music of the Middle Ages, invited us in for a peek into the method behind the musicology.
Musicology, with a Twist: Princeton’s Music Cognition Lab
Dec 16, 2022
The Department of Music was pleased to welcome Dr. Elizabeth Margulis to the faculty in the Fall of 2019 as Professor of Music and Director of Graduate Studies (Musicology) to examine the relationship between music and the mind.
What’s Your Earliest Musical Memory? with Princeton Alumni of Classes ’13-’20
Dec 16, 2022
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, we reached out to alumni who were all active members of the Music Department community and asked them to share their earliest musical memory.
How Halle Mitchell (’23) Spends a Monday on Campus
Dec 7, 2022
We caught up with Halle Mitchell (’23) to learn how Halle spends a Monday on campus.
Graduate Student Sophie Brady Awarded Top Prize from the American Musicological Society
Dec 7, 2022
The Princeton University Department of Music is proud to congratulate graduate student Sophie Brady, who has been awarded the Paul A. Pisk Prize for her paper “From the Living Room to the Concert Hall: Francis Bebey’s Experimental Collaborations.”
Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa (’14) Is Booked, Blessed, and Back at Princeton
Nov 30, 2022
Tanyaradzwa is like so many Princetonians – ambitious, fiercely intelligent, a true multi-hyphenate. Yet it is her way of walking in abundance that is perhaps her most striking and admirable quality.
5 Concerts & Recording Releases the Princeton Composition Faculty are Excited About
Nov 30, 2022
We caught up with Donnacha Dennehy and asked him which five concerts and recording releases he’s excited for this fall.
What Does a Princeton Musicology Faculty Member Have On Their Desk?
Nov 23, 2022
What’s on a musicologist’s desk? Wendy Heller, a leading scholar in the field of Baroque music with expertise in the study of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century opera from interdisciplinary perspectives, invited us in for a peek into the method behind the musicology.
What’s Your Earliest Musical Memory? With The Princeton University Glee Club
Nov 18, 2022
On a recent brisk Monday afternoon, we paid the Princeton University Glee Club a visit to chat music, memory, and the early moments that make the music-lover.
DANCEUSA.ORG: Olivier Tarpaga Awarded Dance/USA Artist Fellowship
Nov 17, 2022
Director of African Music Ensembles Olivier Tarpaga is one of 30 artists across the United States to be selected as a 2022 Dance/USA Artist Fellow.