Professor Steve Swayne raises concerns about therapeutic music interventions. Read more about The Dangers of Overestimating Music Therapy (The Atlantic)
For 52 years, a professional brass quintet has been hired to play the solemn marches and ceremonial music for the Dartmouth Commencement each spring. At this year’s ceremony on Sunday, June 8, however, the customary quintet will be replaced by student musicians, some in caps and gowns, who will play the processional, recessional, and incidental music, about 90 minutes in all. Read more about Dartmouth Wind Ensemble to Perform at Commencement
Research is important, says Liliana Ma ’14, because it is a path to opportunities for expanding the current knowledge base. Read more about Liliana Ma ’14: On Research and Thinking Outside the Box
Michael Blum ’15 was raised in a musical household in Great Neck, N.Y. When he was 9, he learned to play the guitar from his father, Len Blum, a classical guitarist. But it wasn’t until he got to Dartmouth that he realized music could be more than a hobby. Read more about Musical Epiphany Leads to Debut CD by Michael Blum ’15
In a Pacific Standard opinion piece, Professor of Music Steve Swayne reflects on the recent “loud music” trial in Florida, the way music can make listeners feel powerful, and the effect of “second-hand” sound. Read more about Music Is Power: How We Respond (Pacific Standard)
Folk singer Pete Seeger, who died January 27 at age 94, was no stranger to Dartmouth. He sang at the College a number of times and, say faculty members, has been an influence on their work, and in their lives. Read more about Faculty Consider Folk Singer Pete Seeger’s Legacy
A rare sketch leaf manuscript written by Ludwig van Beethoven—which goes on the auction block January 15 in Amherst, N.H.—is an extremely important piece of evidence about the way the composer worked, according to Associate Professor of Music William Summers. Read more about Professor Summers: Rare Sketch Shows How Beethoven Worked
Professor of Music Sally Pinkas talks with the Valley News about next week’s concert “Playing for Peace,” which will include the world premiere of Kareem Rouston’s Traces, described by the Emmy-nominated Syrian composer as a “meditation on loss.” Read more about Uniting Traditions in ‘Playing for Peace’ (Valley News)
Professor of Music Melinda O'Neal acknowledged that her "Music 52" students had "a very tall order" for their final class project: They had a full orchestral score to learn and just two weeks in which to prepare to conduct 30 instrumentalists. Read more about Music Students Get a Chance to Wield the Conductor's Baton
In 1959, the British novelist and physicist Sir C.P. Snow gave a famous lecture ruing what he saw as a rift between society’s “two cultures”—the humanities and the sciences. Snow would surely be heartened, half a century later, by Dartmouth doctoral student Andy Sarroff. Read more about Navigating the Path Between Computer Science and Music
