Music
February 21, 2018
A cappella ensemble to bring mission of empowerment, education to campus community
March 29, 2017
Anne Walters Robertson, the Claire Dux Swift Distinguished Service Professor of Music and the Humanities in the College, has been appointed dean of the Division of the Humanities . President...Read more
By Susie Allen
December 9, 2015
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
By Greg Borzo
June 15, 2015
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
By Jann Ingmire
May 28, 2015
New study finds some people can be trained to learn absolute pitch
Source: UChicago
April 13, 2015
Renowned composer, AB’56, recounts formative UChicago teenage years in memoir
By Susie Allen and Dianna Douglas
April 22, 2014
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
April 1, 2014
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
By Harini Kumar
March 4, 2014
Interdisciplinary projects create new forms, explore arts’ effect on audiences
October 16, 2013
Yoshio Hayakawa, a legendary figure in Japanese popular music history, will play a free, public concert at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 18 at International House. Hayakawa will be accompanied by noted...Read more
By Megan E. Doherty
October 2, 2013
Benjamin Britten festival to kick off UChicago Presents 70th anniversary season
Source: Madelaine Jerousek-Smith
August 27, 2013
Insect dances inspire Julia Oldham, MFA’05, in video pieces that explore the basis of human communication.
By Nora Semel
February 8, 2013
The University of Chicago’s new music group, Contempo , will celebrate its founder, the late Ralph Shapey (1921-2002), in a tribute concert at 7:30 pm. on Friday, March 1. Shapey,...Read more
By Lou Carlozo
January 25, 2013
Earlier this month, work concluded on an ambitious restoration project in the 109-year-old Mandel Hall, a beloved music venue for the UChicago community, Hyde Park and surrounding South Side communities...Read more
Source: The New York Times
December 17, 2012
By William Harms
December 17, 2012
Charles Rosen, an internationally acclaimed pianist and a distinguished scholar and author in music history and analysis, died Dec. 9 in New York. Rosen, professor emeritus in the John U...Read more
By Lou Carlozo
September 25, 2012
Music fans have reason enough to rejoice as the 6th annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival arrives the weekend of Sept. 29 and 30, bringing with it more than 170 musicians...Read more
By Laura Milani Alessio
February 20, 2012
Recording of music from collaborative project 'Lonely Motel: Music from Slide ' honored at 54th...
Source: Chicago Tribune
September 26, 2011
Fifth annual festival hailed "as the most artistically satisfying fest on Chicago's jazz calendar"
Produced by Padgett and Company
July 29, 2011
Voices is a co-ed acapella group at the University of Chicago. Voices in Your Head's original track Boomerang has WON the 2011 Collegiate A Cappella Recording Award (CARA) in the...Read more