Joy Yamaguchi

Graduating DMA student shares College of Music experience, future plans

May 2, 2024

When Joy Yamaguchi graduates from our College of Music next week with a Doctor of Musical Arts degree, the work she started here will continue. 鈥淐ompleting this degree has helped me realize my strength and solidify my focus as a multifaceted artist,鈥 she shares.

Leah Frederick

College of Music announces new music theory faculty member

March 5, 2024

Assistant Professor of Music Theory Leah Frederick will join the College of Music in fall 2024.

Bruns and Crumb at a recording session of 鈥淢etamorphoses, Book II鈥 at Swarthmore College in 2021.

Upholding the impact and legacy of composer George Crumb

Feb. 6, 2024

Associate Professor of Music Theory Steven Bruns and the late, renowned composer George Crumb shared a close, long-lasting professional relationship and a deep friendship that began in 1992. As Bruns nears retirement this spring, he reflects on his role as Crumb鈥檚 archivist and biographer.

Dylan Fixmer

Alumnus Dylan Fixmer鈥攃omposer with a cause

Nov. 29, 2023

Alumnus Dylan Fixmer鈥檚 variegated and prolific career aims to inspire empathy and advance community engagement.

Daphne Leong headshot

Daphne Leong鈥檚 got rhythm

Oct. 18, 2023

When it comes to 20th- and 21st-century music, Professor of Music Theory Daphne Leong鈥攁long with her colleagues in the world of rhythm in music performance and scholarship鈥攅ngages in intense research and endless experimentation which brought her to Montreal鈥檚 McGill University for a recent residency.

 Izzy Fincher

Meet Izzy Fincher: Spring 2023 Outstanding Graduating Senior

April 20, 2023

Congratulations to Izzy Fincher鈥攖he College of Music鈥檚 Outstanding Graduating Senior this spring鈥攚ho will graduate with a BM in classical guitar performance, a BA in journalism, a business minor with a Music Entrepreneurship Certificate and a Music Theory Certificate, exemplifying the College of Music鈥檚 universal musician mission.

Andrew Orco-Zerpa

Graduate student spotlight: Andres Orco

April 4, 2023

Venezuelan Andres Orco is a DMA guitar student in our Thompson Jazz Studies Program with a special interest in advanced rhythm and meter in jazz; as such, he鈥檚 also pursuing a Certificate in Music Theory. 鈥淭hrough the certificate program, I received a multidisciplinary education that I think has made me a more well-rounded musician and educator.鈥

Julia Sills

Grad student spotlight: Julia Sills

Nov. 16, 2022

New master鈥檚 student Julia Sills鈥攁 teaching assistant in the College of Music鈥檚 theory department鈥攊s researching popular music with a special focus on harmony and rhythm. 鈥淚 believe music that is relevant to modern popular culture should have a space in academic literature.鈥