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2025-2026 Examination SchedulePlease click here to see the dates, sign-up deadlines, and further information regarding the 2025-2026 Examination Schedule (First Exam, […]

Prof. Anaar Desai-Stephens featured in celebration of AAPI Heritage Month Prof. Anaar Desai-Stephens, who joined the Graduate Center faculty this year, has been featured by the Graduate Center in celebration of AAPI […]

Elebash Grant Call for ApplicationsThe Baisley Powell Elebash Fund Committee welcomes applications from Music Department doctoral students pursuing research (including […]

Quynh Nguyen (DMA ’09 and Hunter College piano professor) video feature Pianist Quynh Nguyen (DMA ’09), currently a piano professor at Hunter College and recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship, talks about her m […]

2025 AMS/NYU Lecture on April 10th featuring Prof. Emily Wilbourne Join Professor Emily Wilbourne at New York University on April 10th, 2025 at 7pm for the 2025 AMS/NYU Lecture!  In this lecture, Prof. […]

DMA violinist Samuel Andonian joins the Boston Symphony Orchestra Congratulations to DMA violinist Samuel Andonian, who will be joining the Boston Symphony Orchestra!  He is among the four new musician […]

Janhavi Phansalkar awarded the Dr. Louise Lennihan Arts & Sciences Grant from the Futures Initiative Congratulations to Janhavi Phansalkar, who was awarded the Dr. Louise Lennihan Arts & Sciences Grant!  The award is a part of the Graduate […]

Rajeswari Ranganathan, Madison Schindele, and Joseph Vaz awarded Graduate Center Dissertation Fellowships for the 2025-2026 academic year Congratulations to three doctoral students from the Music department who have been awarded Graduate Center Dissertation Fellowships for the […]

Lindsey Williams (Ph.D. candidate in Musicology) wins the Graduate Student Essay Prize in Global Early Modern StudiesCongratulations to Lindsey Williams (Ph.D. candidate in Musicology) on winning the Graduate Student Essay Prize in Global Early Modern […]

Prof. Emily Wilbourne awarded the 2025 Phyllis Goodheart Gordan Prize for the best book in Renaissance Studies from the Renaissance Society of America Congratulations to Prof. Emily Wilbourne, who has won a second prize for her book, Voice, Slavery, and Race in Seventeenth-Century Florence […]

Professor Emerita Tania León announced as a 2025 Special Merit Award Honoree ahead of the 67th GRAMMY Awards Ahead of the 67th GRAMMY Awards on February 2nd, 2025, Professor Emerita Tania León was announced as a 2025 Special Merit Award […]

Musicology student Ana Beatriz Mujica published in French musicology journal Revue de Musicologie Ana Beatriz Mujica, musicology student writing her dissertation with Prof. Emily Wilbourne, has just had an article titled “French Song and […]

Ethnomusicology alumnus David Garcia appointed Robin March Hanes Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Congratulations to ethnomusicology alumnus David Garcia, who was appointed Robin March Hanes Distinguished Professor of Music at the […]

Prof. Emily Wilbourne awarded the 2024 Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies Award from the American Musicological Society Congratulations to Prof. Emily Wilbourne, who was awarded the 2024 Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies Award from the American Musicological […]

Prof. Kofi Agawu awarded a 2024 Wallace Berry Award of the Society for Music Theory for his book, "On African Music" Congratulations to Prof. Kofi Agawu, who was awarded a 2024 Wallace Berry Award of the Society for Music Theory for his book, On African […]

Prof. Joseph Straus awarded a 2024 Pedagogy of Music Theory Award for his book, "The Art of Post-Tonal Analysis: Thirty-three Graphic Analyses"   Congratulations to Prof. Joseph Straus, who was awarded a 2024 Pedagogy of Music Theory Award for his book, The Art of Post-Tonal An […]

Prof. John Musto and Mark Campbell’s opera “Later the Same Evening” to be featured in a four-night run at the 2024 NEC Festival From November 10-17, Prof. John Musto and Mark Campbell’s opera “Later the Same Evening” will be have a four-night run as a part of the 2024 […]

Alumnus Michael Shinn (DMA) Named Executive Director of Boston Conservatory at Berklee   Congratulations to alumnus Michael Shinn (DMA) who has recently been named executive director of Boston Conservatory at Berklee! See link […]

GC music department members Prof. Doug Geers and Composition PhD student Tobias Fandel to be featured at the Art Science Connect Symposium On Tuesday, October 29th and Wednesday, October 30th, the CUNY Graduate Center will be hosting the Art Science Connect Symposium “How AI is […]

DMA cellist Aaron Wolff named a prize winner of the 2024 Naumburg International Cello Competition Congratulations to DMA cellist Aaron Wolff, who was named a prize winner of the 2024 Naumburg International Cello Competition! […]