PhD candidate in Musicology & Ethnomusicology Jake Blount is part of the new band New Dangerfield. The group's debut single is available at https://lnk.to/new-dangerfield, and they perform several concerts this spring and summer.

"New Dangerfield is the highly anticipated Black string band supergroup that brings together Afrofuturist fiddler Jake Blount with composer, songwriter, and old-time banjo player Kaia Kater, bluegrass banjo iconoclast Tray Wellington, and powerfully versatile bassist Nelson Williams."

We are happy to share the news that two members of our department -- Srinivas Reddy and Hamsa Shanmugam were awarded Fulbright fellowships for 2024-25

Byrd McDaniel, PhD '19 Musicology & Ethnomusicology and current Assistant Director of Student Development in the Graduate School, is the author of the new book "Spectacular Listening: Music and Disability in the Digital Age" published by Oxford University Press.

In a review of Mark Steinbach's recently published Aeolus recording of Olivier Messiaen's La Nativité du Seigneur, critic Stephen Greenbank writes that Steinbach "captures the drama, intensity and raw power... offers a wealth of lofty insights and a tremendous variety of colour and shadings to this maginificent score."

Cellist Tyler J. Borden is the recipient of the first New Music Performance Grant @ Brown

Composer and Associate Professor of Music Wang Lu featured in Brown's Impact Magazine

Jazz at Lincoln Center presents Marcus Grant's "Nina Simone & Abby Lincoln: How it Feels to be Free" on February 8, 2024.