The Department of Music is proud to share the news that Asha Tamirisa, PhD '19 Music & Multimedia Composition (formerly known as Computer Music & Multimedia), has accepted the tenure track position of Assistant Professor of Music at Bates College. Congratulations, Asha!

The Department of Music proudly announces the hire of Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo for a 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Music with specialization in the aesthetics and techniques of music of the African diaspora. Ms. Lumumba-Kasongo will hold this position jointly at the Cogut Institute for the Humanities and the Department of Music, effective July 1, 2019.

It behooves the Department of Music to call attention to Brown University Professor of Music Michael P. Steinberg who recently published the book "The Trouble with Wagner" (University of Chicago Press). "The Trouble with Wagner" is available to borrow from the library as well as for purchase through your local bookseller. The following is the publisher's description of Steinberg's book:

Byrd McDaniel, PhD Candidate in Ethnomusicology, was featured as one of the speakers at the Graduate School's "Research Matters" event on April 9, 2019 in Grant Recital Hall.