Archive: Music

• GU Chamber Music Ensembles Program Students Perform Digital Concert, Continents Apart

  On the evening of November 18, 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the GU Music Program presented a pre-recorded digital concert featuring the students of the GU Chamber Music Ensembles Program perf

  Categories: Announcements, Music News Tags: Music, students

• GU Music Program Prof. Benjamin J. Harbert Receives American Musicological Society’s 2020 Best Essay Prize in Popular Music

  Congratulations to Georgetown University Music Program Professor Benjamin J. Harbert, who just received the American Musicological Society's 2020 Best Essay Prize in Popular Music, for an essay for a

  Categories: Announcements, Music News Tags: Faculty, Music

• The Hoya: Georgetown Hip-Hop Community Creates Art to Honor the Marginalized

  The Hoya examines the links between hip-hop and racial justice on Georgetown's campus, featuring insights from Professor of Music Carlos Simon, hip-hop artist in residence Marco Pavé, and the co-

  Categories: Announcements, Dance News, In the News, Music News Tags: Dance, Groove Theory, Music

• New York Times: GU Music Program Prof. Carlos Simon’s new work “Loop” featured as part of NY Philharmonic Bandwagon’s pop-up concert series

  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/30/arts/music/ny-phil-bandwagon.html The New York Times August 30, 2020 edition covers the New York Philharmonic's first public performances since March, includin

  Categories: Announcements, In the News, Music News Tags: Faculty, Music

• 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 is the highest hono

  Categories: Announcements, Music News Tags: Faculty, Music

• GU Department of Performing Arts Creates Connections Despite Pandemic Distancing

  With the sudden transition to online learning mid-March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Georgetown University Department of Performing Arts faced the loss of one of its core strengths — the ab

  Categories: Announcements, Dance News, Music News, Theater News Tags: Dance, Music, Theater

• 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 with issues concerning criminal ju

  Categories: In the News, Music News Tags: Faculty, Music, Prison Scholars Program

• Music Policy Forum Summit

  Friday & Saturday, October 26 and 27, 2018 The Music Policy Forum Summit is an international conference that shines a spotlight on some of the most compelling, inspiring and sometimes frustrating dev

  Category: Announcements Tag: Music

• GEMA Rocks VIII

  GEORGETOWN ENTERTAINMENT AND MEDIA ALLIANCE GEMA Rocks VIII: All Together Now Friday and Saturday, September 14 and 15, 2018 at 8 p.m. A brand-new show packed with tremendously talented student & alum

  Category: Announcements Tag: Music

• 2017-2018 Student Award Winners

  Every year, Georgetown College honors its top academic achievers in the annual Tropaia ceremony. Congratulations to our two Department of Performing Arts seniors who received 2017-18 awards in recogni

  Category: Announcements Tags: Music, Theater