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Dr. Dr. E. Kwadwo O. Beeko (PhD 2005) will Lecture on African Musical Practices

January 26, 2010, 9:04 am
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Dr. E. Kwadwo O. Beeko (PhD 2005) will give a lecture for the African Studies program Thursday, January 28, 2010 for the African Studies Center  on African musical Practices: Journeying from the Traditional to the Global. The talk will take place in Room 4130 Posvar Hall from 5-7 p.m. According to Beeko,

"Many scholars have apparently embraced as almost obvious the standpoint that most of what is unique about African and African Diaspora musical cultures is credited to the persistence of an African heritage. This lecture discusses the conceptual approaches to the process of music making, and  shows how these elements can be identified, by examining and analyzing various forms or modes of cultural representation that are employed in the musical performances."

To find out more about this lecture visit the African Studies Center Events Page.

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Laurie J. Sampsel Wins Vincent H. Duckles Award

April 30, 2010, 11:06 am
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Sampsel Wins Duckles Award
The MLA calls her book, "a welcome gift."

Laurie J. Sampsel (PhD 2010) has been awarded the Music Library Association’s Vincent H. Duckles Award for the best book-length bibliography or other research tool in music. The honor comes in response to Sampsel’s Music Research: A Handbook (Oxford University Press, 2009), a monograph that draws on her extensive experience as an Associate Professor and Head of the Music Library at University of Colorado, Boulder. The MLA’s encomium for Music Research: A Handbook sums up both what Sampsel’s book has to offer and why her contribution is so significant.

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Britsburgh! Pitt Grad Students, Faculty, and Alumni at Cambridge University

September 8, 2010, 11:15 am
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Britsburgh!
Grad students, faculty, and alumni descend on Cambridge University.

From August 12–14, current graduate students, faculty, and alumni from Pitt’s Department of Music descended on Churchill College, Cambridge for a symposium and festival titled Bridging Musicology and Composition: The Global Significance of Bartók’s Method. The symposium and festival were sponsored by the Centre for Intercultural Music at Churchill College which is directed by Akin Euba, Pitt’s Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Music. Independent scholar Margit Hawellek and composer Philip Thompson (PhD ’02, composition and theory) co-directed the event on behalf of Professor Euba and CIMACC.

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Helen Rees will Chair UCLA's Department of Ethnomusicology

November 23, 2010, 12:45 pm
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Rees to Chair UCLA Ethnomusicology
The 1994 Pitt alum takes the helm in January 2011.

Congratulations to Professor Helen Rees (PhD ’94, ethnomusicology) on her appointment as Chair of UCLA's Department of Ethnomusicology and Systematic Musicology. She will begin service on January 1, 2011.

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Christina Savinell: Finding Balance

May 18, 2011, 6:24 am
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Christina Savinell: Finding Balance

Christina Savinell’s job is so sweet even the distractions are better than most people’s. When she has a break, instead of hanging out at the water cooler or logging into Facebook, she can stroll into Heinz Hall to hear the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra rehearsing.  That’s because since fall of 2010, Savinell has been the Multimedia Manager with Pittsburgh’s world-renowned ensemble.

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Oyebade Dosunmu (PhD 2010) Give's Brown Bag Lecture for African Studies Program

October 26, 2011, 11:25 am
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Ethnomusicologist Oyebade Dosunmu (PhD 2010) will give a Brown Bag Lecture for the University Center for International Studies African Studies Program on Thursday, October 27 from 12:30–1:30 p.m. at 4130 Wesly W. Posvar Hall. Dosunmu's lecture, titled From Hepcat Beat to Afro, explores the development of Nigerian pop music.

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David Hidek's Multifaceted Career

January 5, 2012, 6:49 am
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Hidek's Multifaceted Career

David Hidek (BA 2008) may be the only person we know who has heard his orchestral music played by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and seen his hip hop video splashed over the jumbotron at PNC Park.

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Eric Beeko's Recent Publications

February 24, 2012, 8:53 am
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Eric Beeko's Recent Publications

Eric Beeko (Ethnomusicology, 2005) has two new publications to his credit spanning 2011 and 2012.

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Fela Sowande Singers Perform Sacred Music by Nigerian Composers

April 9, 2012, 10:29 am
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The debut of the Fela Sowande Singers, led by music department alum Oyebade Dosunmu, will take place at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church on Tuesday night, April 10 at 8 p.m. The singers will perform a concert of sacred music by Nigerian composers.

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Garcia Helps Launch New Music Festival

April 12, 2012, 6:43 am
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The HEAR/NOW Festival of New Sound will unfold over two days, on April 13 and 14, and many Department of Music alumni, students, and faculty will contribute. Federico Garcia (PhD 2006) has played a leading role in organizing the festival in partnership with the Kelly Strayhorn Theater and Alia Musica Pittsburgh, the composer performer collective Garcia helped found.

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Hoover Appointed Lecturer at Miami University

May 1, 2012, 1:49 pm
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Elizabeth Hoover

Congratulations are in oder for Elizabeth Hoover (PhD 2012, musicology), who has been appointed a Lecturer in Musicology at Miami University in Ohio. Dr. Judith Delzell, Chair of the Department of Music at Miami University, expressed particular pleasure in appointing Hoover, who earned her BA from MU with a concentration in literature and theory. Delzell writes that,

“In 2002 I offered Elizabeth an oboe scholarship to come to Miami as an undergraduate; in 2012 I offered her a faculty job!”

Read the complete article from Miami University.

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David Gerard Matthews Recieves Artist Opportunity Fellowship

June 12, 2012, 6:21 am
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David Gerard Matthews at the Morton Feldman Symposium.

David Gerard Mathews (PhD 2011, comp/theory) was recently awarded an Artist Opportunity Grant from the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council to study the onde Martenot in Montreal with ondist Geneviève Grenier. We asked David to tells us about how he became interested in this unique instrument and how his time of study will help him achieve his creative goals.

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A Year of Success

June 12, 2012, 6:24 am
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This year’s graduation marked the end of a particularly fruitful year for the Department of Music graduating class, current students, and alumni.

2012 Graduates and Current Students

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Three Pitt Composers Receive PSO Commissions

February 27, 2013, 11:54 am
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March Madness, IonSound Style

March 8, 2013, 8:50 am
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March Madness, IonSound Style

Department of Music Ensemble-in-Residence IonSound Project always has a busy March at Pitt and this March is busier than ever. The group’s next concert is the second installment of CreatION Sound, a yearlong project exploring the interface between music and technology for which they received a Spark Award.

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Geri Allen Continues Davis’ Legacy

September 11, 2013, 8:21 am
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Geri Allen Continues Davis’ Legacy

Internationally acclaimed jazz pianist and composer Geri Allen (MA 1982, ethnomusicology) has stepped in as Director of Pitt’s Jazz Seminar and Concert, now in its 43rd year. Allen is continuing the legacy of Professor of Music Emeritus Nathan Davis, the founder and former director of the Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert, who retired this summer.

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Alia Musica Concert Features Pitt Graduate Students and Alumni

October 18, 2013, 12:26 pm
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An upcoming concert by Alia Music Pittsburgh will feature Department of Music alumni and current graduate students. The program will include the world premieres of works of composition and theory graduate students Matt Aelmore (East Liberty for organ and vibraphone) and Aaron Brooks (Tempo Chorale and Tune).

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Geri Allen featured in City Paper

November 1, 2013, 12:33 pm
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The 43rd Annual Jazz Seminar culminates on Saturday night when Geri Allen leads an all-star lineup  at Carnegie Music Hall. The Pittsburgh City Paper recently ran a profile of Allen and the Jazz Seminar. In the interview, Allen recounts her time at Pitt, being mentored by Nathan Davis, and what makes the Jazz Seminar and Concert unique.

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Jim Holman's Chicago Jazz Explosion

December 5, 2013, 10:48 am
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Jim Holman's Chicago Jazz Explosion

Jazz pianist Jim Holman (BA 2010) has made a place for himself in Chicago’s jazz scene since his undergraduate days at Pitt. Holman performs regularly at venues such as the Green Mill and the Jazz Showcase, collaborating with outstanding artists like tenor sax man Frank Catalano and multi-instrumentalist Ira Sullivan.

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Lwanga Publishes Article on Justinian Tamusuza

December 20, 2013, 8:39 am
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Lwanga Publishes Article on Justinian Tamusuza

Charles Lwanga’s (PhD 2012) article “Bridging Ethnomusicology and Composition in the First Movement of Justinian Tamusuza’s String Quartet Mu Kkubo Ery’Omusaalaba" was published in the latest issue of Analytical Approaches to World Music.

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