RICHARD TARUSKIN, 1945-2022 Taruskin was a beloved and deeply engaged member of the Berkeley faculty from 1987 until his retirement in 2014.
GOTTFRIED TO ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS Dr. Rama Gottfried (Ph.D, 2015) has been named Professor of Contemporary Computer Music Practice at the Zurich University of the Arts (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste).
PAI WINS UNIVERSITY MEDALIST Music Minor Anjika Pai has been named this year’s winner of the University Medal, UC Berkeley’s highest honor for a graduating senior. |
SYMPHONY TOURS EUROPE Led by Chair David Milnes, the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra just wrapped up a tour through Prague, Vienna, and Budapest.
BERKELEY FESTIVAL Professor Nicholas Mathew is appearing twice at this year’s Berkeley Festival and Exhibition.
LANDOWSKA COLLECTION Salz Collection curator Carla Shapreau will part of a panel titled “Restitution, Restoration and Repertoire: New Findings in the Wanda Landowska Collection at the Library of Congress |
EL RAYES TO JOHNS HOPKINS In Fall 2022, Nour El Rayes (Ph.D 2022) joins the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University as an Assistant Professor of Musicology (Ethnomusicology).
HOLMES/D’ACCONE FELLOW Musicology graduate student Parkorn Wangpaiboonkit has been awarded the Holmes/D’Accone Fellowship from the American Musicological Society
TWO LOPEZ PREMIERES Jimmy Lopez-Bellido (Ph.D. Music Composition, 2012) will have two upcoming premieres. First with SF Symphony on April 28, 29 & 30, and with Berkeley Symphony on June 12 |