Symposium: “Benjamin Britten: Spheres of Influence” will feature Dr. Paul Kildea, Conductor and Author, and Daniel Albright, Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature, Harvard University on May 2 & 3. Event details
Benjamin Britten: Spheres of Influence
Sebastian Bäverstam—praised by The Strad for his “…powerfully expressive style” and his “consummate instrumental mastery”—will lead a cello master class on May 9 in Fulton Recital Hall. More
"...powerfully expressive style"
The final Middle East Music Ensemble concert of the 2012-13 season explores music by contemporary Arab composers on May 25 in the Logan Center Performance Hall. More
Contemporary Arab Composers
The Music Visiting Committee Colloquium Series welcomes Nicholas Cook, University of Cambridge 1684 Professor of Music and University of Chicago Georges Lurcy Visiting Professor, on Friday, May 31 at 3:30 PM. More
Annual Georges Lurcy Lecture
The 2013 Annual Cathy Heifetz Concert program will feature the University Symphony and the combined choirs performing Carl Orff’s grandiose “Carmina Burana” with special guests, June 1 and 2 in Mandel Hall. Details
a capstone event
Rigor, Creativity, Innovation
Positioned at the heart of a world-renowned academic institution, the Department of Music offers graduate degrees in Composition, Ethnomusicology, and Music History and Theory. The Department also offers an undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree in Music. Complementing them is a lively performance program that involves undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral students.
Latest News and Announcements
Nicholas Cook to receive honorary degree
Nicholas Cook, Georges Lurcy Visting Professor of Music, will receive an honorary degree at the Spring Commencement. The University of Chicago gives honorary degrees in recognition of exceptional contributions to scholarship.
Arts|Science installation opens at Logan, features work of Francisco Castillo Trigueros
Francisco Castillo Trigueros (a Ph.D. student in Composition in the Department) and Josiah Zayner (a Ph.D. student in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) have collaborated on the the Arts|Science initiative, which resulted in an installation at the Logan Center.
Majel Connery receives Mellon postdoctoral fellowship at UC, Berkeley
Majel Connery (who will receive her Ph.D. in history and theory at the coming Spring commencement) has received a Mellon postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Music at the University of California, Berkeley.
Füsun Koksal accepts Visiting Assistant Professor position at Middlebury College
Füsun Koksal (ABD in composition) has accepted a Visiting Assistant Professor position at Middlebury College in Vermont’s lovely Champlain Valley.
Music Accord announces Ran premier
Music Accord announces upcoming world premieres of five commissioned works by Mark Adamo, Brad Mehldau, Sebastian Currier, Lowell Liebermann, and our own Shulamit Ran (which will be written for the Pacifica Quartet).
Alumna Feng-Shu Lee accepts position at National Dong Hwa University
Feng-Shu Lee (Ph.D. 2012) has accepted a position at the National Dong Hwa University in Taiwan which she will begin this coming Autumn. This is a great opportunity for Feng-Shu, who follows two other U of C alums who have taught at National Dong Hwa University: Chien-Chang Yang (now at National Taiwan University) and Chun-Bin Chen (now at Taipei National University of the Arts).
Alumnus Mark Yeary accepts tenure-track position at University of Louisville
Mark Yeary (Ph.D., 2011) has accepted a tenure-track position in music theory at the University of Louisville. He has been serving as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University during the past couple of years.
The Visiting Committee Colloquium Series welcomes Martin Zenck
Towards Functionality/Dysfunctionality and the Autonomy of Music in Film. Friday, April 19, 2013 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm in Fulton Hall. Download a version of the presentation here. Reception to follow.
Mariusz Kozak accepts tenure track position at Columbia University
Mariusz Kozak (Ph.D., 2012) accepts a tenure track position as an Assistant Professor at Columbia University. Mariusz is presently on a post-doc at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University.
Graduates launch careers at Williams College and Earlham College
Mary Caldwell accepts a one-semester position as Visiting Assistant Professor at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and Rumya Putcha accepts an additional one-year position as Visiting Assistant Professor at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana.
13th Annual Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Musiktheorie (GMTH) in Rostock
The next Annual Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Musiktheorie will take place October 4–6 2013 at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock/Germany. The general topic of this years conference is Music Theory and Aesthetics. More information in German is available on the website of the GMTH.
Melissa Bilal accepts Mellon Postdoc at Columbia University
Melissa Bilal has accepted a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship at Columbia University starting this Autumn. Melissa is a Ph.D. student in ethnomusicology who currently holds a Franke Institute for the Humanities Dissertation-Year Fellowship.
Alisha Jones awarded Tave Teaching Fellowship
Alisha Jones has been awarded a Tave Teaching Fellowship for 2013-14 for her course, "Music and Mysticism." Alisha's is but one of five Tave courses that will be offered next year.
Jim Sykes accepts tenure-track position at Penn
Jim Sykes (Ph.D., 2011) will take a position this autumn as Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Pennsylvania.
Martha Sprigge accepts offer to join the Michigan Society of Fellows
Martha Sprigge has accepted a three-year post-doctoral position with the Michigan Society of Fellows beginning September 1, 2013. As part of the fellowship she will also have an appointment as Assistant Professor in the Department of German and the School of Music at the University of Michigan.
Recent alum Shayna Silverstein accomplishes rare double feat
Shayna Silverstein (Ph.D. 2012) has accomplished a rare double this year: she has recently accepted an appointment as Assistant Professor in the ethnomusicology program of the School of Music of the University of Maryland, College Park and she is the recipient of a prestigious Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Penn Humanities Forum at the University of Pennsylvania for the 2013-14 academic year. She will join Maryland's faculty for the 2014-15 academic year.
Jonathan DeSouza accepts tenure-track position at University of Western Ontario
Jonathan DeSouza has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor on the Don Wright Faculty of Music at the University of Western Ontario.
8bb rocks the Grammys
Ensemble-in-residence eighth blackbird won their third Grammy Sunday for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Boston Symphony Orchestra to premiere Augusta Read Thomas' 3rd Cello Concerto
Performances take place on March 14-16, 2013 at Boston’s Symphony Hall featuring cellist Lynn Harrell, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach
Andy Greenwood accepts appointment at Meadows School of the Arts
Andy Greenwood has accepted a two-year appointment as Visiting Assistant Professor of Music History in the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX.
Weekend Spring Concerts
This weekend’s Spring Concerts include the University Chamber Orchestra performing the World Premiere of Jae-Goo Lee’s “A Lament for the Innocent” (5/18) and the University Wind Ensemble presenting “Light and Shadows” (5/19) with works by John Mackey, Alfred Reed, Monteverdi, and more!
