Spotlight
Musicology
A Fond Farewell to Bach and the Baroque
Professor Don Franklin led the Bach and Baroque Ensemble in a performance of J.S. Bach's complete Christams Oratorio for sold-out audiences at Heinz Chapel on December 15 and 16. It was the final performance in the series which Franklin and John Goldsmith launched 16 years ago. More 
The Music Library Association has awarded the 2007 Vincent H. Duckles Award to Mary Lewis for her three-volume work Antonio Gardano, Venetian Music Printer, 1538–1569.
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Daniel Grimminger, a doctoral candidate in historical musicology, gave three papers in spring of 2007. More
Ethnomusicology
Pitt-BNY Mellon Jazz Scholarship Applications Available
A $5,000 scholarship will be awarded to a full-time undergraduate student
who will be enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh in September of 2008. Download the application.
2008 Mellon Fellows Announced
The Department of Music is pleased to announce doctoral candidates Colter Harper(ethnomusicology), Brandi Neal (musicology), and James Ogburn (composition and theory) have received Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships for the 2008–09 academic year. More
Composition & Theory
Amy Williams is the recipient of a $25,000 fellowship for music composition from the George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation. More
Amy Williams and Mark Fromm are winners in the Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society’s Pittsburgh Commissioning Project. More
Albany Records has released Siren Songs, a collection of song cycles by
Eric Moe. More
Announcement Course descriptions for the School of Arts and Sciences are now available online.