Composer Wang Lu, a David Josephson Assistant Professor of Music at Brown University, won the Wladimir and Rhoda Lakond Award in Music from the Academy of Arts and Letters in recognition of her artistic excellence as a composer.

Composer Wang Lu, a David Josephson Assistant Professor of Music at Brown University, received high praise in this Washington Post story which highlights 21 contemporary artists who "sound like tomorrow."

This semester, we will kick off our ongoing reading group on Music and Race by taking a step away from music, to join our incoming first-year students in reading the 2006 Report of the Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice.

On January 15, 2021, composer Philip Glass' record label Orange Mountain Music released GLASS BACH DRESDEN a new recording featuring Brown University Organist Mark Steinbach performing on the 1755 Gottfried Silbermann organ in Dresden's Kathedrale St. Trinitatis. Stream, purchase a digital download or a CD here: http://smarturl.it/8uvdzk

The Department of Music proudly shares the news Violet Cavicchi Munoz, PhD '20 Ethnomusicology, accepted a position as Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Kenyon College.

We are looking forward to welcoming our musical community back, whether you will be on campus or studying remoting.

Please enjoy this excellent recorded performance by students from one of our Jazz Combos.

Over the past week, our colleagues here at Brown and elsewhere have released many powerful solidarity statements in support of Black Lives Matter, denouncing police brutality, white supremacy, and the repeated racist murders of Black men and women.

On May 19, 2020, The Boston Modern Ochestra Project (BMOP) released a full album of music composed by Brown University Assistant Professor of Music Eric Nathan.

The Department of Music is delighted to announce three hires: Dr. Charrise Barron, Dr. Anthony Cheung, and Dr. Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo. We are terrifically lucky to have three such absurdly talented individuals joining us in Music. And we are excited to see the new directions in which they help lead our department!

A website to recognize Matthew McGarrell's dedication to music at Brown University:

Wang Lu, Brown University Assistant Professor of Music, was selected to Chicago Opera Theater’s (COT) Vanguard Emerging Opera Composer Program.

Assistant Professor of Music Eric Nathan was recently recognized in a story published in the printed journal, IMPACT: Research at Brown. The online version of the story follows below. Bravo, Professor Nathan!

The Brown University Orchestra Concerto Competition took place this past weekend. Kudos to all who participated—all contestants showed remarkable effort.

When the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s MusicNOW series launches its 22nd season on Oct. 7, the ensemble’s fabled brass musicians will step into spotlight.

The New England Philharmonic and Music Director Richard Pittman have appointed Assistant Professor Eric Nathan as the Philharmonic’s new Composer-in-Residence beginning in the 2019-20 season.

Last week, we lost a friend and colleague, David Rubinstein, who succumbed to his long battle with cancer at age 57. David was a viola/violin teaching associate in our Applied Music Program and a coach of Chamber Music ensembles.

The Department of Music proudly shares the news that Byrd McDaniel, PhD '19 Ethnomusicology, will join Northeastern University as Visiting Assistant Professor in Fall 2019. Congratulations, Byrd!

The Department of Music is proud to share the news that Asha Tamirisa, PhD '19 Music & Multimedia Composition (formerly known as Computer Music & Multimedia), has accepted the tenure track position of Assistant Professor of Music at Bates College. Congratulations, Asha!

The Department of Music proudly announces the hire of Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo for a 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Music with specialization in the aesthetics and techniques of music of the African diaspora.

Byrd McDaniel, PhD Candidate in Ethnomusicology, was featured as one of the speakers at the Graduate School's "Research Matters" event on April 9, 2019 in Grant Recital Hall.

Special to The Providence Journal

Last week, we lost a friend and colleague, Debra Mann.

Professor Kiri Miller's book, Playable Bodies: Dance Games and Intimate Media, has been awarded the 2018 de la Torre Bueno© Book Award.

Brown University invites applications for a 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Music with specialization in the aesthetics and techniques of music of the African diaspora. This position is to be held jointly at the Cogut Institute for the Humanities and the Department of Music, effective July 1, 2019.

The Department of Music is proud to announce the hire of musicologist Emily Dolan as Associate Professor of Music effective July 1, 2019.

“I just want to do something and then it’s gone. Just make a recording or just make some photographs or just make a video.”