Discoveries on a musical path From Benin to Cuba to the Americas, Yosvany Terry sees how tradition safeguards culture and identity This article was originally published on April 28, 2025 on The Harvard Gazette website. Visit the Gazette website to learn more. By Julie McDonough, Harvard Correspondent: During recent travels to the West African nation…
Orchestrating Belonging: Student Center Orchestra makes beautiful – and underheard – music together
Orchestrating Belonging Led by conductor Leo Sarbanes, the Student Center Orchestra makes beautiful – and underheard – music together This article was originally published on April 15, 2025 on the Griffin GSAS website. Visit the GSAS website to learn more. By Claudia Romano: Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Pastoral Symphony was inspired by the English composer’s experiences as an…
Carolyn Abbate Honored at 2025 Everett I. Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award Ceremony
On Thursday, March 27, 2025 the 26th annual Everett I. Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Awards ceremony took place. The Department of Music’s Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor Carolyn Abbate was among those honored during the event. The Mentoring Awards began in 1999 by the Harvard Griffin GSAS Student Council as part of a program sponsored by…
Micah Huang on technology, building community, and Sounding Psychedelia
When Harvard Music Graduate Student Micah Huang moved to the East Coast to pursue a Master’s Degree at Tufts University, they were ready for a change. After growing up in Los Angeles, Huang spent their post-undergrad years touring the West Coast, but they wanted more. “As time went along, I found myself wanting and attempting…
Jessie Cox is dreaming new futures through sound
Jessie Cox has been a musician for most of his life. “I started out as a drummer-composer, learning drums from the Afro diaspora specifically … I was always very interested in composition from the beginning, especially because composition meant making music with others.” Cox, who describes himself as an artist-scholar, grew up in Switzerland before…
Alejandro L. Madrid Featured in TIME Magazine Article
The Department of Music’s Walter W. Naumburg Professor of Music Alejandro L. Madrid was recently interviewed by TIME Magazine as an expert commentator for the article “What Bad Bunny’s Chart-Topping Salsa Tracks Mean for Latin Music.” Excerpt: Experts note that Bad Bunny’s decision to incorporate these genres of music on the album is a natural…
Samora Pinderhughes is the Adobe Creative Resident at MoMA
The Department of Music is thrilled to announce Samora Pinderhughes will be the 2025 Adobe Creative Resident at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. During his residency, Pinderhughes is proposing the creation of sonic healing rooms to facilitate the grieving and healing needs of people who have experienced high levels of structural…