Department of Music at Brown University

Professor Emeritus Jeff Titon Given Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Award by American Folklore Society; Book Published by Indiana University Press

Brown University Professor Emeritus in Music Jeff Todd Titon was honored this month by the American Folklore Society with their "Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Award," bestowed on a living senior scholar for outstanding scholarly achievement over the course of a career.

(Distributed October 27, 2020)

Inga Chinilina to Workshop String Quartet in 2021 as Part of JACK Studio Series

Brown University PhD candidate in Music and Multimedia Composition Inga Chinilina is among nine composers selected by JACK Quartet to participate in the group's JACK Studio series in 2021. JACK will workshop a string quartet written by Ms. Chinilina, and the event will be livestreamed for public audiences. More details to follow on date and location of livestream.

(Distributed October 2, 2020)

Fall 2020 Music Building Plan - Access Rules and Limitations in Effect Until Further Notice

As we prepare to welcome students back to campus, the Department of Music created a document to outline the temporary policies in place for access and use of Music facilities.

Music Department Fall 2020 Building Plan

Among the contents of this document are instructions for requesting access to available space. It details what types of activities will be permitted in Music spaces and how many persons are allowed in Music spaces at any one time.

(Distributed September 17, 2020)

Luminaries in Jazz to Speak as Guests of MUSC 2120 The Jazz Orchestra and Orchestral Approaches to Jazz

Professor Anthony Cheung joined our faculty in the summer of 2020. During the Professor's first semester at Brown, he offers MUSC 2120 The Jazz Orchestra and Orchestral Approaches to Jazz. As part of the Fall 2020 course, several distinguished guests will join the class via Zoom to speak to their experience in jazz composition and performance. While the series was curated for the course, the talks are also open to the public for observation. The list of guests follows:

(Distributed September 16, 2020)

Alumni News: Violet Cavicchi Munoz PhD '20 and Jinku Kim PhD '19 Accept Faculty Positions

The Department of Music proudly shares the news Violet Cavicchi Munoz, PhD '20 Ethnomusicology, accepted a position as Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Kenyon College. And Jinku Kim, PhD '19 Computer Music and Multimedia, starts a position this Fall as Assistant Professor of Practice in Emerging Media Arts at the Johnny Carson Center for EMA, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Congratulations, Dr. Cavicchi Munoz and Dr. Kim!

(Distributed August 25, 2020)

Information For:

Brown University

Orwig Slide

News

News and Announcements