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Nontraditional Student ‘Plays It Forward’ to Help Patients Through Music

Allison Van Cott believes in the power of music to heal. “Music was my sanctuary growing up. As a teacher, I’ve taught that to my students. It’s not about going to Carnegie Hall: it’s about the feeling that music brings...

January 29, 2018

4 min read

Stony Brook’s Margaret Schedel Weighs in on AI Music

Composer and cellist Margaret Schedel, who co-directs computer music at Stony Brook University, discusses the use of computers to create artificial intelligence (AI) music in a recent BBC Culture article, “Is this the...

January 23, 2018

2 min read

Annual Messiah Sing-along at Staller Center, December 10

Members of the Stony Brook University Orchestra, vocal soloists and conductors will perform Handel’s Messiah on Sunday, December 10, at 3 pm in the Recital Hall at Staller Center. Admission for this seasonal traditional...

November 29, 2017

1 min read

French Horn Soloists Featured in Upcoming University Orchestra Concert

The University Orchestra will present a concert featuring the music of Mozart, Schumann and Tchaikovsky on Tuesday, November 14, on Staller Center’s Main Stage at 8 pm. The orchestra will perform Mozart Overture to Don...

November 1, 2017

1 min read

Stony Brook Music Hits All the Right Notes

Celebrating 50 years of outstanding teaching, learning, and musicianship, Stony Brook University’s Department of Music can boast of outsize impact on the cultural scene worldwide. From opera stars to eminent...

October 6, 2017

14 min read

3D Collaborations Build New Worlds for Musicians

In 2017, Stony Brook graduate student and ethnomusicologist Jay Loomis and assistant professor of computer science Roy Shilkrot teamed up to secure a grant to create 3D printed replicas of ancient wind instruments. The...

September 13, 2017

4 min read

‘Docs Who Rock’ on September 17 Supports SB Cancer Center

Come cheer on the docs who rock in bands from Stony Brook University Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, Northport VA, St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center and Southampton Hospital. Proceeds benefit the best ideas in...

August 23, 2017

1 min read

Upcoming University Orchestra Auditions

The University Orchestra includes 70 to 75 undergraduate students and presents a series of concerts at Staller Center each semester. Auditions will be held on Monday, August 28, and Tuesday, August 29, in Staller 2342...

August 14, 2017

1 min read

A ‘Second Act’ in Cinema for a Resilient Native Son

Maybe novelist Thomas Wolfe had it wrong. For Elliott Murphy, world-renowned singer-songwriter and Garden City, LI, native, it seems you can go home again. Murphy, who moved to Paris in 1989 to satisfy the demands of...

July 19, 2017

7 min read

Upcoming New Music for Strings Festival

New Music for Strings — a collaboration between faculty from the Department of Music at Stony Brook University and faculty at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, Denmark — held its first festival last summer in...

May 23, 2017

2 min read

Margaret Schedel Profiled in PNAS

Margaret Schedel’s pioneering research in sonification is the subject of a profile in the May 2 issue of the journal PNAS, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Schedel, associate professor of...

May 11, 2017

2 min read

Blind Soprano Takes on the Role of a Lifetime

Stony Brook University and one of its most talented students made history on the weekend of April 21-22 as Ju Hyeon Han became the first blind singer to be cast in a leading role in an American conservatory or...

April 25, 2017

5 min read

Stony Brook Opera Presents ‘The Rape of Lucretia’ April 22 and 23

Stony Brook Opera and members of the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra present Benjamin Britten’s opera, The Rape of Lucretia, on Saturday, April 22, at 8 pm at Staller Center. An encore performance will be held on Sunday...

April 11, 2017

3 min read

Music and Autism Event at Staller Center, April 23

The fourth annual Music and Autism event will be held at the Staller Center Music Building on Sunday, April 23, from 2 pm to 3 pm. The Concert Section will be geared toward those who would like to listen rather than...

April 7, 2017

1 min read

University Orchestra Concert at Staller Center, May 2

The University Orchestra will present a spring concert on Staller Center’s Main Stage on Tuesday, May 2, at 8 pm. The orchestra will perform masterful works including Borodin’s Prince Igor Overture, Elgar’s Imperial...

April 6, 2017

2 min read

Share the Magic — Annual Family Orchestra Concert, February 28

The University Orchestra will present its Annual Family Orchestra Concert — “The Magic of Music” — on Tuesday, February 28, on Staller Center’s Main Stage at 7:30 pm. The Orchestra will perform this one-hour interactive...

February 1, 2017

3 min read

Student’s Personal Struggle Leads to Career Path

Joseph Sweeney ’17 loves a good challenge — so much so, that it was a key factor in his decision to attend Stony Brook. “I knew that many of the science courses would be difficult and would push me to my greatest...

January 17, 2017

4 min read

Annual Messiah Sing-Along at Staller Center December 4

Members of the Stony Brook University Orchestra, vocal soloists and conductors will perform Handel’s Messiah on Sunday, December 4, at 3 pm in the Recital Hall at Staller Center. Admission for this seasonal traditional...

November 28, 2016

1 min read

Tag: music

Nontraditional Student ‘Plays It Forward’ to Help Patients Through Music

Stony Brook’s Margaret Schedel Weighs in on AI Music

Annual Messiah Sing-along at Staller Center, December 10

French Horn Soloists Featured in Upcoming University Orchestra Concert

Stony Brook Music Hits All the Right Notes

‘Docs Who Rock’ on September 17 Supports SB Cancer Center

Upcoming University Orchestra Auditions

A ‘Second Act’ in Cinema for a Resilient Native Son

Upcoming New Music for Strings Festival

Margaret Schedel Profiled in PNAS

Blind Soprano Takes on the Role of a Lifetime

Stony Brook Opera Presents ‘The Rape of Lucretia’ April 22 and 23

Music and Autism Event at Staller Center, April 23

University Orchestra Concert at Staller Center, May 2

Share the Magic — Annual Family Orchestra Concert, February 28

Student’s Personal Struggle Leads to Career Path

Annual Messiah Sing-Along at Staller Center December 4

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