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.
How Aaron Ventresca (’24) Spends a Thursday on Campus
Nov 14, 2022
We caught up with Aaron Ventresca (’24) to learn how Ventresca spends a Thursday on campus.
How Toussaint Santicola Jones (’25) Spends a Saturday on Campus
Nov 10, 2022
We caught up with Toussaint Santicola Jones (’25) to learn how Toussaint spends a Saturday on campus.
What Does a Princeton Musicology Faculty Member Have on their Desk?
Nov 8, 2022
What’s on a musicologist’s desk? Simon Morrison, a cultural historian with expertise in Russia, the Soviet Union, modernism, and ballet who’s been with the Music Department since the 1990s, invited us in for a peek into the method behind the musicology.
5 Concerts & Recording Releases the Princeton Composition Faculty are Excited About
Nov 1, 2022
We caught up with Dan Trueman – fiddler, collaborator, teacher, developer of new instruments, and composer of music for ensembles of all shapes and sizes – and asked him which five concerts and recording releases he’s excited for this fall.
Department Launches New Music Mentoring Program
Oct 26, 2022
The Department of Music at Princeton University is excited to announce the launch of the Music Mentoring Program, a brand new, student-led near-peer mentoring initiative.
Continuing Studio Instruction During COVID-19
May 4, 2020
“When I first heard about the university transitioning to online lessons, my first thought was that this would be the end of music making for me at Princeton,” said Yang …
Research Spotlight: Kyle Masson on the Princeton University Homepage
Aug 1, 2019
Now on the Princeton University Homepage: “Research Spotlight with Kyle Masson: Bringing early opera to life” Using the tips of his latex-gloved hands, Kyle Masson carefully turned the pages and …
Dudamel! Anatomy of a cross-campus residency (Princeton University Homepage Story)
Mar 25, 2019
A Princeton University homepage article by Jamie Saxon, Office of Communications Spread your fingers across any random desk calendar. In the space between your thumb and pinky finger, Dudamel — the …
Video story: ‘Musical Instruments, Sound, Perception and Creativity’
Jan 25, 2019
Video story by Nick Barberio, Princeton University Office of Communications, now on the Princeton University homepage. Imagine a sound, a tone. Engineering and math might go into creating a musical instrument …
On the University Homepage: Peking Opera Immersion Program
Nov 12, 2018
From the Princeton University homepage: “Arias to water sleeves: Students bridge performance, language through Peking opera.” In Shanghai, 22 Princeton University participants in the Peking Opera Immersion Program spent three …
On Princeton’s Homepage: A Feature on the Course “Venice, Theater of the World”
May 22, 2018
Feature by by Danielle Alio, Office of Communications; additional reporting by Jamie Saxon, Office of Communications “This semester, students in several Princeton courses were able to turn spring break into a global classroom experience, …
Michael Pratt Reflects on 40 years at Princeton University
Dec 7, 2017
An article written by Emily Spalding for the Daily Princetonian on December 7, 2017 (link): As the euphonious sounds of piano and violin echoed down the hallway, Michael Pratt sat in …
Masterclasses at Princeton
Nov 9, 2017
PERFORMERS AS TEACHERS: THE MASTER CLASS AT PRINCETON Video and article by Nick Barberio, Office of Communications. Published on the Princeton University Homepage, 11/9/17. Most of the work in developing artistic …
Princeton Students Help Build Musical Bridges in Sarajevo
Nov 1, 2017
Originally published by the Princeton University Humanities Council: This past summer, a David A. Gardner ’69 Magic Project Grant enabled an undergraduate string quartet to participate in the Sarajevo Chamber Music Festival: workshops, master …
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 …