Augusta Read Thomas, University Professor of Composition in the Department of Music and the College, discusses the collaborative process behind Ear Taxi Festival, a series of concerts to celebrate Chicago’s...Read more

Sixty years after graduating from the University of Chicago, celebrated composer Philip Glass will return to campus as a UChicago Presidential Arts Fellow Feb. 17-19, 2016, for a three-day residency...Read more

John Eaton, a pioneering composer known for his chamber operas and advances in electronic music, died Dec. 2 from a massive brain hemorrhage. Eaton, 80, was professor emeritus in music...Read more

Award-winning carillon performer and composer Joey Brink has been selected as the next University Carillonneur. His appointment begins in October. As part of this key ceremonial role, Brink will perform...Read more

Everyone knows about visualizing data, but few have heard of sonifying data. Nevertheless, sound has great potential for organizing, interpreting and sharing scientific knowledge. Sound can also be a powerful...Read more

Prof. Augusta Read Thomas discusses her new choral work, composed for the dedication of Maggie Daley Park in Chicago

Kate Pukinskis loves to sing in choirs, to be on stage with others enveloped by the “crazy, loud sounds” of Beethoven’s Ninth or Verdi’s Requiem. “Choral music comes very naturally...Read more

The call in the middle of a movie. The late-night text message. The “ding” of an arriving email during an important conversation. Cell phone alerts are often seen as unwelcome...Read more

On April 3, University of Chicago ensemble-in-residence Spektral Quartet will transform ordinary mobile phones into a concert venue. For their latest project, Mobile Miniatures , the ensemble commissioned more than...Read more

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced its 2012 class of fellows on Tuesday, April 17. Eight University of Chicago faculty members have been elected to the Academy and...Read more

World premiere of “double helix” for two violins at the dedication for the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library. Augusta Read Thomas, University Professor of Composition, composed the piece as a...Read more

The Joe and Rika Mansueto Library stands as a bold statement of the continued centrality of libraries for modern culture, says Judith Nadler, Library Director and University Librarian. Yet she...Read more

Haun Saussy, a leading scholar of Chinese and comparative literature, has been named University Professor of Comparative Literature in the Division of the Humanities and the College at the University...Read more

Renowned composer Augusta Read Thomas has been appointed as University Professor of Composition in the Department of Music and the College at the University of Chicago. University Professors are selected...Read more