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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center

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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On Thursday, October 8th at 5:30 pm in Room 3491, the Ethnomusicology Department presents an EthnoJams colloquium by Dr. Miki Kaneda entitled "Transpacific Experiments: Intermedia Art and Music in 1960s Japan," based on her recently published book of the same title.
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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Congratulations to Prof. Gwendolyn Toth, who received Early Music America’s Howard Mayer Brown Award for lifetime achievement in the field of early music! www.gc.cuny.edu/news/graduat... @cunygcmusic.bsky.social
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Graduate Center Music Professor Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Gwendolyn Toth, an adjunct professor of Music at the CUNY Graduate Center, has received Early Music America’s Howard Mayer Brown Award for lifetime achievement in the field of early music.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
On Thursday, September 24th at 1pm, the Crystalline Chamber Collective performs in Elebash Hall as part of the Music in Midtown series. The program features piano quartets by Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann, and Novelettes for piano trio by Niels Gade.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Congratulations to Prof. Gwendolyn Toth on receiving the Howard Mayer Brown Award for lifetime achievement in the field of early music in the Americas! To read more about the award and Prof. Toth, please see link below: www.earlymusicamerica.org/awards/annua...
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
On Friday, August 28th at 6pm, DMA violinist Jessica Oddie performs with cellist Clare Monfredo and pianist Jessica Xylina Osborne in Elebash Recital Hall. The program features works by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Salina Fisher, J.S. Bach, and Johannes Brahms.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
On Wednesday, August 26th at 7:30pm in Elebash Hall, Reimagining Classical brings together an extraordinary lineup of Graduate Center musicians and friends in a program spanning more than two centuries of music. Please register for free at:
www.eventbrite.com/e/reimaginin...
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
On Friday, August 21st at 7:30pm, DMA pianist Elżbieta Bilicka performs in Elebash Hall. The program features Bach’s English Suite No. 3; Chopin’s Etude in F major, Op. 10 No. 8 and Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante; Beethoven’s Sonata No. 3 in C major; and Schumann’s Kreisleriana.
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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Congratulations to Distinguished Prof. Kofi Agawu, who won the 2026 Society for Music Analysis Pascall Medal! www.gc.cuny.edu/news/graduat... @cunygcmusic.bsky.social
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Graduate Center Distinguished Professor Wins Pascall Medal for Music Analysis
Musicologist Kofi Agawu receives the 2026 Society for Music Analysis Pascall Medal for his influential scholarship on European classical and African music.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Congratulations to Professor Kofi Agawu, who has been awarded the 2026 Pascall Medal from the Society for Music Analysis! The Pascall Medal is awarded to a scholar who has made a highly significant contribution to analytically-based musicological research and/or the teaching of music analysis.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Congratulations to DMA violinist Yebin Yoo (2nd photo from left) who has been named a finalist of the 2026 Lillian and Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach String Competition! The final round will be on October 15th at 1pm at Stony Brook University’s Staller Center Hall, with livestream on the Violin Channel.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Congratulations to musicologist and Ph.D candidate Max Keller, whose essay “My Gender is a Cello” has been featured in conjunction with the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibit, “Musical Bodies”! To read Max’s essay, please see link below: www.metmuseum.org/perspectives...
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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Congratulations to Ph.D. students Vincent DeLaurentis, Sato Moughalian, and Yoshi Weinberg, who won Fulbright fellowships to study abroad! Learn more about their research and projects @cunygcmusic.bsky.social @eesgccuny.bsky.social
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Three Graduate Center Students Receive Fulbright Fellowships for Research and Study Abroad
Vincent DeLaurentis, Sato Moughalian, and Yoshi Weinberg will travel to India, Armenia, and Austria for projects exploring labor and urban space, Armenian cultural history, and contemporary classical…
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Congratulations to GC alumna Alice Xue (Ph.D. in Music Theory, ’25) on securing a position as assistant professor of music theory and ear training at Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University! www.gc.cuny.edu/news/how-alu...
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How an Alumna Landed a Faculty Role at Johns Hopkins’ Peabody Institute
Alice Xue shares how she found her scholarly passion and what helped her succeed in a challenging academic job market.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
On Sunday, May 31st at 4pm in Elebash Recital Hall, Collide-O-Scope, a NYC-based composer’s collective and new music ensemble, performs four works of Jason Eckardt including “Red Oak” (2021); “pulse-echo” (2013); “Reach” (2024); and “Testify” (part III of Passage) (2018).
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
On Wednesday, May 27th at 5pm, DMA violinist Hyojin Ellen Kim performs with pianist Albert Cano Smit in Elebash Recital Hall. The program features Johannes Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Congratulations to Professor Agustina Checa, on winning the R. Serge Denisoff Award for the best article published in the journal Popular Music and Society for her article, "Safer Covachas”!
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
On Tuesday, May 19th at 6pm, DMA pianist Elżbieta Bilicka presents a recital in Elebash Hall. The program features Aaron Copland’s “Three moods”; Robert Schumann’s Kreisleriana, Op.16; and Alexander Scriabin’s Sonata No.3 in F-sharp minor, Op.23.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
On Friday, May 22nd at 6pm, DMA mezzo-soprano Patrice P. Eaton performs with pianist Elizabeth G. Hill in Elebash Recital Hall. The program features works by Mozart, Beethoven, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Richard Wagner, Jorell Williams, Brandon Waddles, Damien Sneed, and Evelyn Simpson-Curenton.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
On Friday, May 22nd at 12pm, DMA flutist Yoshi Weinberg performs with pianist Daniel Schreiner in Elebash Hall. The program features Dutilleux’s Sonatina; J. Eastman’s Comp 1; K. Fukushima’s Mei; Gubaidulina’s Sonatina; Saariaho’s Dolce Tormento; and N. Rorem’s Four Prayers.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Tonight’s (5/15, 6pm) concert (Elżbieta Bilicka, piano) has been RESCHEDULED — new date to be announced soon.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
On Monday, May 18th at 12pm, DMA violist Natalie Clarke performs with pianist Amber Ginmi Scherer in Elebash Hall, featuring J.S. Bach’s Chaconne; R.V. Williams’ Romance; Prokofiev’s Pieces from Romeo and Juliet; selections from G. Kurtág’s Signs, Games, and Messages; and K. Bunch’s Until Next Time.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
On Monday, May 18th at 6pm, DMA clarinetist Sakira Fujimoto presents a recital with pianist Yuantong Bai in Elebash Hall. The program features R. Schumann’s Three Romances; C. Schumann’s Three Romances; Saariaho’s "Duft"; Berg’s Vier Stücke; and Joseph Horovitz’s Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano.
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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Alumna Alice Xue, who landed a faculty role at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, shares tips for success in a challenging job market @cunygcmusic.bsky.social
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How an Alumna Landed a Faculty Role at Johns Hopkins’ Peabody Institute
Alice Xue shares how she found her scholarly passion and what helped her succeed in a challenging academic job market.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
On Friday, May 15th at 12pm, DMA violinist Alexander Goldberg performs with pianist Arseniy Gusev in Elebash Hall. The program features J.S. Bach’s Violin Sonata No.3; Kurtág’s “In Nomine-all'ongheres”; Bartók’s Sonata for Violin Solo; Schumann’s Three Romances; and Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 10.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Congratulations to DMA candidate, pianist Han Chen, who has been among those featured in the Graduate Center news for AAPI Heritage Month! www.gc.cuny.edu/news/aapi-sc...
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AAPI Scholars Make Their Mark
From boosting civic participation to earning a Grammy nomination, Graduate Center scholars of AAPI heritage are influencing culture and conversation.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
On Thursday, May 14th at 1pm, artists in the Graduate Center’s D.M.A. Program perform in chamber ensembles for the Music in Midtown series in Elebash Recital Hall.  The program features works by Philippe Gaubert, Margaret Bonds, Radamès Gnattali, and Heitor Villa-Lobos.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
On Friday, May 15th at 6pm, DMA pianist Elżbieta Bilicka presents a recital in Elebash Hall. The program features Aaron Copland’s “Three moods”; Robert Schumann’s Kreisleriana, Op.16; and Alexander Scriabin’s Sonata No.3 in F-sharp minor, Op.23.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
On Tuesday, 5/12 at 7:30pm in Elebash Hall, flutist Lucy Rubin, cellist Robert Hurley, and pianist Christian Verfenstein present a recital as the Archeo Trio. The program features Gaubert’s Trois Aquarelles; Haydn’s Trio in D Major, Hob.XV:16; Kaija Saariaho’s Mirrors; and Chen Yi’s Tibetan Tunes.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
On Friday, May 8th at 6pm in Elebash Hall, DMA cellist Robert Feifan Hurley performs a recital with Umi Garrett on piano/harpsichord. The program features sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven, J.S. Bach, Francis Poulenc, and a world premiere work by Won Jong.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
On Monday, May 4th at 7pm in Elebash Recital Hall, the Graduate Center’s Composition Department and the New Sounds on Fifth Ensemble will present a concert featuring works by GC composers including Nathaniel Otley, William Bolles-Beaven, Teté Leguia, Emily Green, Kevin Su, and Sami Seif.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
On Thursday, April 30th at 1pm, artists in the Graduate Center’s D.M.A. Program perform in chamber ensembles for the Music in Midtown series in Elebash Recital Hall. The program features Maurice Ravel's Sonata for Violin and Cello
and Johannes Brahms' Clarinet Quintet, Op. 115.
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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Announcing presenters in the 2026 Dissertation Showcase! Swapnil Landge, Maura McCreight, John Mwihaki, Clare Monfredo, Paul Odér, Julie Hecht, Siobhán O'Connor, Ivana Mellers, Rutika Patel, Kelly Brady, Evan Knight & Melanie Paul Austin. RESERVE for Mon, 5/11 event: www.gc.cuny.edu/events/insid...
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Inside the CUNY Graduate Center: A Dissertation Showcase
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
On Friday, May 1st at 11am, DMA guitarist Joseph Tollefsen presents a recital in Elebash Hall. The program features Toru Takemitsu’s “In the Woods”; J.S. Bach’s Suite in C minor, BWV 997; Leo Brouwer’s “Danza de los Ancestros”; and Steve Reich’s “Electric Counterpoint.”
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
On Monday, April 27th at 6pm, DMA cellist Hannah Rubin performs a recital with pianists Luis Ortiz and Solomon Ge in Elebash Hall. The program features Barber’s Sonata for Cello and Piano in C Minor, Op.6; Saariaho’s “Sept Papillons”; and Brahms’ Sonata for Cello and Piano No.2 in F Major, Op.99.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
On Tuesday, April 28th at 7:30pm in Elebash Recital Hall, sopranos Madison Spahn and Lindsay Campbell present the third annual “In Her Own Voice,” a recital of women composers. They will be joined by violinist Elliott Davis and pianist Neill Campbell. More info: www.instagram.com/p/DXXJ9yXFF8U/
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Join us on Tuesday, April 28th at 6pm in Segal Theatre for the premiere On Sound symposium, an event about the philosophy of music and media featuring a presentation, conversation, and performance. For more information: www.instagram.com/p/DXUgEXdEdd1/
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
On Friday, April 17th at 6pm, DMA bassoonist Christian Whitacre performs with pianist Eric Malson in Elebash Recital Hall. The program features works by J.S. Bach (arr. Waterhouse), Liza Lim, André Jolivet, Felipe Lara, and Roger Boutry.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
On Monday, April 20th at 6pm, DMA cellist Jasmine Pai performs a recital in Elebash Hall with pianist Po-Wei Ger, cellist Hannah Rubin, and guitarist Joe Tollefsen. Program features Gabrielli’s Cello Sonata in G Major, Adès’ Lieux retrouvés, Janáček’s Pohádka, and Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Congratulations to Rebecca Moranis (Ph.D. candidate in Music Theory) won has been featured in the Graduate Center news! Rebecca has been featured for her research on Joni Mitchell’s vocal evolution reflecting beyond the singer’s age and lifestyle. Full article: www.gc.cuny.edu//news/what-s...
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
On Thursday, April 16th at 1pm, artists in the Graduate Center’s D.M.A. Program perform in chamber ensembles for the Music in Midtown series in Elebash Hall. Program includes John Harbison's Quintet for Winds, Antonín Dvorák's Three Slavonic Dances, and Bela Bartók's String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
On Thursday, April 16th at 7:30pm in Elebash Recital Hall, Elliott Davis and Zachary Powell, two musicologists at the Graduate Center, perform four works spanning over 400 years. The program includes works by Louis Couperin, J.S. Bach, Jessie Mongtomery, and Eugène Ysaÿe.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
On Monday, April 13th at 6pm, DMA pianist Albert Cano Smit performs in Elebash Recital Hall. The program will feature J.S. Bach’s English Suite No.3 in g minor; Gabriel Fauré’s Nocturne in A flat Major, Nocturne in D flat Major, and Ballade in F sharp Major; and Katherine Balch’s “Two Memories.”
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
On Tuesday, April 14th at 7:30pm in Elebash Recital Hall, the Overdrive Festival presents a concert & screening featuring music for percussion and electronics, performed by Noise Catalog alongside experimental film and video works. www.gc.cuny.edu/events/overd...
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
On Saturday, April 11th at 3:30pm in Elebash Hall, the Overdrive Festival presents PinkNoise ensemble in an afternoon concert of audiovisual performance, sound art, and live electronics. Works by: Michael Beil, Cathy van Eck, Kanzler & Uesaka, and Itzá García. www.gc.cuny.edu/events/overd...
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
On April 9 & 10 at 7:30pm in Elebash Hall, the Overdrive Festival presents concerts for solo instruments and electronics, and chamber music works for ensemble and electronics, performed by members of [Switch~ Ensemble]. More info: www.gc.cuny.edu/events/overd... www.gc.cuny.edu/events/overd...
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
On Wednesday, April 8th at 6:30pm in Elebash Hall, the Overdrive Festival for Experimental Electronic Music and Multimedia Art presents its opening concert dedicated to Kaija Saariaho’s chamber music and electronics works. For more information, please see: www.instagram.com/p/DWrLoYYEYT...
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
On Friday, April 3rd at 6pm, DMA cellist Sarah Song performs a recital in Elebash Hall with pianist Fifi Zhang, cellist Robert Hurley, and violinist Emma Meinrenken. The program features works by Clara Schumann, Ligeti, Ravel, and a world premiere of a work by Quillin, Hurley, and Song.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
On Monday, April 6th at 6pm, DMA violinist Jeremiah Blacklow performs a recital with pianist Zhu Wang in Elebash Hall, featuring Katherine Balch’s “Cleaning”; Ysaÿe’s Sonata No. 4 in E minor; Fauré’s Sonata No. 1 in A Major; and J.S. Bach’s Partita No. 2 in d minor, BWV 1004, V. Ciaccona.
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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
“The conference asks how music and opera can address experiences that are difficult to express in words alone.” Tina Frühauf shares details on an upcoming conference about the debut at the Met of Kaija Saariaho’s “Innocence,” an opera about a school shooting
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An Opera About a School Shooting Prompts Hard Questions
A day after Kaija Saariaho’s “Innocence” debuts at the Met, scholars and artists gather at the Graduate Center to discuss the work and the issues it raises.
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Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music at the CUNY Graduate Center @cunygcmusic.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
On Monday, March 30th at 5pm, Ph.D. students from the Music Theory Department perform a concert in Elebash Hall. The program features works by Froberger, Arcadelt, Ordway, Ravel, Ryo and The Beatles, Rossini and G. Berthold.
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