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 weeks learning the history and artistry of the traditional Chinese performance art. READ MORE
Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade Selected for Glyndebourne: Balancing the Score Program
Nov 9, 2018
Graduate composer Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade has been selected as one of the first four participants in Balancing the Score: a new program at Glyndebourne created to help address the under-representation of female composers in classical music. The program allows four female composers to spend two years immersed in life at Glyndebourne, where they will be introduced to commissioning opportunities, attend rehearsals …
Jeff Snyder Releases Three New Albums
Nov 6, 2018
It is an exciting fall season for our Director of Electronic Music and the Princeton Laptop Orchestra, Jeff Snyder. This Friday, November 9, Snyder will release “Concerning the Nature of Things.” This new album of original compositions blends influences from medieval polyphony, algorithmically-generated Brazilian rhythms, and experimental noise music and features unusual electronic instruments that Snyder invented …
Elizabeth Margulis to Join Faculty in Fall 2019
Oct 26, 2018
The Princeton University Department of Music is thrilled to announce the addition of Elizabeth Margulis to the faculty beginning Fall 2019. Professor Margulis, currently a Distinguished Professor and Director of the Music Cognition Lab at the University of Arkansas, is renowned for her fusion of music and cognitive science. Her contributions to this exciting field …
Princeton Musicians Come Together in New Record
Oct 22, 2018
Underwolf Records, co-directed by Princeton University graduate composers Noah Kaplan and Chris Douthitt, as well as Princeton Sound Kitchen performer Rosie Kaplan, has released a new album. “Rauschenberg Was Weeping” includes works by Rinde Eckert (frequent visiting lecturer in the Department of Music and the Lewis Center for the Arts) and graduate composer Quinn Collins, …
Graduate Composer Troy Herion Writes Film Score for “306 Hollywood”
Sep 20, 2018
Graduate composer Troy Herion has written the film score for 306 HOLLYWOOD which premiered opening night at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and has been featured in over thirty-five other film festivals. Already winner of numerous prizes, including the Emerging International Filmmakers at Hot Docs, Grand Jury Prize at the Kansas City Film Festival, Award of Distinction …
Jazz at Princeton University Honored in Downbeat Magazine Critics Poll
Jul 16, 2018
Congratulations to Director of Jazz Rudresh Mahanthappa and Jazz Piano instructor Kris Davis, who have both been recognized in this year’s Downbeat Magazine’s International Critics’ Poll awards! Mahanthappa won Alto Saxophonist of the Year for the seventh time in the last eight years. Davis was a winner in the Rising Star: Jazz Artist category. For a full list of …
Iarla Ó Lionáird Wins Gold at New York Radio Festival 2018
Jul 13, 2018
The Athena Media radio episode Vocal Chords: ‘Iarla Ó Lionáird in conversation with Peggy Seeger’ has won Gold in the Biography/Profile category at the New York Radio Festival 2018. The series explores the journey of the human voice in song, as Global Scholar Ó Lionáird meets and records with outstanding singers and discovers their motivation, influences and their life’s relationship with …