Effective August 18, 2025, Professor Daniel Grabois will serve as Interim Associate Director of the School of Music and Interim Director of Undergraduate Studies through the end of the 2025-26 academic year. The Associate Director position […]
Professor Parry Karp’s new album with conductor Kenneth Woods and the BBC National Orchestra is earning critical acclaim. Released July 2025 on Signum Records, “Ernest Bloch: Schelomo – Hebraic Rhapsody, […]
Eric Tran DMA’20 Piano Performance and his piano duo Happy Dog Duo won first prize at the Anton Garcia Abril International Chamber Music Competition in Spain. Happy Dog Duo, which […]
The School of Music is excited to announce Edward Klorman as Professor of Music Theory starting Fall 2025. “I am thrilled to be joining the Mead Witter School of Music,” […]
After distinguished careers, Professor Martha Fischer and Professor Marc Vallon have each announced plans to retire at the end of the spring semester. “Professor Fischer and Professor Vallon have made […]
The School of Music is excited to announce Matthew Zalkind as Assistant Professor of Cello starting Fall 2025. Praised for his “impressive refinement, eloquent phrasing, and singing tone” by The […]
Shuguang Gong MM’23 has been selected to perform in the Preliminary Round of the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, considered to be “the most important musical event in Poland […]
By Chelsea Rademacher Please respond to the following questions: Yes No □ □ Do you know that a conjunction’s function is hooking up words, phrases, and clauses? □ □ Can you […]
Assistant Professor of Musicology Gabrielle Cornish has been awarded a 2025 ACLS Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). The longest running program at the organization, ACLS Fellowships […]
Purchase tickets From March 14-16, University Opera, in collaboration with the Wisconsin Union Theater, will present a special production of Stephen Sondheim’s popular musical A Little Night Music. Directed by […]
The School of Music recently announced Minha Jeon, piano, and Stephen Dubetz, clarinet, as winners of the 2024 Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition. Jeon will perform Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. […]
Turner Gray, a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate in Tuba Performance and Wind Conducting, has revitalized the La Salle University Pep Band as its new director. Under his full-time leadership, […]
Assistant Professor of Music Theory Michael Weinstein-Reiman’s composition “Leaves” is featured on Choral Chameleon’s new album CHANGING. “Choral Chameleon, under the direction of Vince Peterson, explores the concept of change […]
Professor of Composition Laura Schwendinger has been named the 2024-25 Abravanel Distinguished Visiting Composer at the University of Utah School of Music. Schwendinger’s residency includes a lecture and concert featuring […]
The School of Music is excited to announce Eleni Katz as a bassoon teaching faculty member starting Fall 2025. A graduate of UW–Madison and Yale, and an accomplished bassoonist, Katz has […]
Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy and Director of Graduate Studies Jessica Johnson recently produced a video featuring Missy Mazzoli’s Isabelle Eberhardt Dreams of Pianos. Johnson filmed the piece in […]
Albert Pinsonneault, Associate Director of Choral Studies, and composer Scott Gendel PhD’05 recently embarked on a profound musical journey together. Their collaboration resulted in the album HOPE EATS YOU ALIVE, […]
The Mead Witter School of Music and the School of Music Alumni Association are thrilled to announce Nathaniel Stampley ’08 as the 2024 recipient of the School of Music Distinguished […]
Director of University Opera David Ronis is the 2024 winner of The American Prize in Directing (The Charles Nelson Reilly Prize) for his work in the 2023 production of La […]
Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology Nadia Chana has won a Jaap Kunst Prize for her 2023 article “Ugly Publics.” The prize recognizes the most significant article in ethnomusicology written by members […]
