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GU Music Program Prof. Carlos Simon Awarded 2021 Sphinx Medal of Excellence

Composer Carlos Simon, a faculty member of the Georgetown University Music Program, has been named a recipient of the Sphinx Medal of Excellence. The Sphinx Medal of Excellence…

July 15, 2020

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GU Theater & Performance Studies Professor Christine Evans Receives Howard Foundation Fellowship

Playwright Christine Evans, an Associate Professor of Performing Arts at Georgetown University, has won a Howard Foundation Fellowship (new window) for 2020-21 to support work…

April 29, 2020

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“Borders and Their Shadows: A Festival of Plays on International Themes” Sept. 19-28 Features Concert Readings and Playwright/Activist Forums

Imaginative festival about consequences of forced migration launches GU Theater & Performance Studies Program’s 2019-20 Season at the Davis Performing Arts Center,…

October 27, 2019

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Washington Post: Wole Soyinka, Nigerian ‘Chibok Girls’ slated for Georgetown’s international CrossCurrents

April 3, 2019

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DCist: At The D.C. Jail, Georgetown Students And Inmates Learn About Music Together

As part of Professor Ben Harbert’s “Music in U.S. Prisons” course, Georgetown students made weekly visits to the D.C. Jail to discuss the intersections of music…

August 7, 2018

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Prof. Natsu Onoda Power Adapts and Directs Sci-Fi Classic The Lathe of Heaven in new partnership with Spooky Action Theater

Part of Women’s Voices Theater Festival, a co-production of Spooky Action Theater and Georgetown University Spooky Action Theater and the Georgetown University Theater &…

January 11, 2018

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Jason Moran “Exploring American Classics” in discussion at Davis Performing Arts Center

Washington, DC — Rolling Stone has noted, “Jason Moran [is] shaping up to be the most provocative thinker in current jazz,” and this internationally renowned musician,…

November 29, 2017

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Smithsonian: SOUNDING BOARD: Music, Prisons, and Transformation

Professor of Music Benjamin Harbert discusses the power of music in prisons with Grammy Award-winning producer Ian Brennan and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Director and…

February 8, 2017

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Excellence in Teaching

Associate Professor Maya Roth receives a Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching from Dean Chester.…

November 13, 2014

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Department of Performing Arts faculty members selected as Artist Fellows by DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities

Congratulations to Georgetown University Department of Performing Arts faculty members Profs. Debra Kim Sivigny and Miya Hisaka Silva, who were both recently selected as Artist…

September 4, 2014