Isa Haro, who graduated in March of 2024, concentrated in Art, Film, and Visual Studies with a secondary in Music. During her time at Harvard, Isa says she spent most of her time in the Music Department, where she focused on Composition. …
Deadline: June 10, 2024 The 2024 Fromm Commission Application is now open. The deadline for submission is June 10, 2024 and results will be announced in December 2024. Overview: Each year, the Fromm Music Foundation accepts applications for commissions of new music, and awards commissions to fourteen American composers. The Fromm Music Foundation commissions represent one of the ways…
The American Academy in Rome recently announced the 2024-2025 Rome Prize winners, including graduate student Jonah Haven. These highly competitive fellowships support advanced independent work and research in the arts and humanities. This year, the Rome Prize—the gift of “time and space to think and work”—was awarded to thirty-one American artists and scholars, who will…
In February, the American Academy of Arts and Letters announced the 20 recipients of the 2024 Awards in Music. Among these, Franklin D. and Florence Rosenblatt Professor of the Arts Vijay Iyer was awarded a Goddard Lieberson Fellowship. The fellowships, two of which were awarded this year, are given annually to composers of extraordinary gifts….
Graduate student Weilu Ge was awarded Best Narrative for FEED, created as part of IMUU, at SAT Fest in Montreal. The film will be part of a screening event running March 27, 2024 through May 4, 2024 at the SAT dome in Montreal. IMUU is an artist collective that utilizes light as paint and music…
Several members from the Department of Music, including Professor Charrise Barron and Devon Gates (’23), recently sat down with Dylan Goodman from The Harvard Gazette to discuss their experiences as women in music. Excerpt: When she is not singing or playing the keys, Barron is researching and teaching courses surrounding ethnomusicology — the study of…
Professor Vijay Iyer was recently interviewed by The Washington Post, where he discussed his latest release with collaborators Linda May Han Oh and Tyshawn Sorey, “Compassion”. EXCERPT— As enchanted staircases go, the entry to the Village Vanguard is tough to beat. Duck down the steps and you’re walking into one of the most storied rooms in American…
Lucas Amory is a Music and German double concentrator, with a secondary in Government. He is also participating in the Harvard-New England Conservatory Dual-Degree program….
“It was like the music came from nowhere and revealed itself to us” Earlier this month, Professor Vijay Iyer was interviewed by the Harvard Gazette regarding his GRAMMY-nominated album Love in Exile. Vijay Iyer remembers the moment when his trio’s Grammy-nominated song was born in a New York recording studio. It started as a repeating…
Students from Professor Yvette Jackson’s Introduction to Composition (MUS4) Fall 2023 course explored the collections of the Harvard Art Museums and selected works to inspire original compositions. The final works, performed by Parker Quartet, are available to watch via the link below. Note: To access the performances, use the code 3456. Available through June 30,…
