On April 10, Provost Gregory N. Mandel hosted the 2023-2024 University Faculty Awards Ceremony. The Boyer College of Music and Dance was honored to have three members of its faculty included in this year's recipients.
Professor of Keyboard Studies Charles Abramovic received the Great Teacher Award, which recognizes faculty members for their continuous excellence in teaching. Abramovic's name joins the Great Teachers Wall in the Founder's Garden on Temple campus.
Professor of Dance Sherril Dodds received the Paul W. Eberman Faculty Research Award, which recognizes a...
Temple University Concert Choir will honor the life, death and legacy of Matthew Shepard in their upcoming show, Considering Matthew Shepard. The performance will take place on Tuesday, April 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Temple Performing Arts Center. The show, which is free and open to the public, is the Philadelphia premiere of Considering Matthew Shepard.
Shepard was a gay man and the victim of a hate crime murder in 1998. Shepard’s death gained international attention, became a symbol of the violence and discrimination faced by the LGBTQ+ community, and was a catalyst...
Sara Bock is a clarinetist and conductor pursuing a Bachelor of Music in Clarinet Performance at Temple University's Boyer College of Music and Dance in the studio of the world-renowned clarinetist Gi Lee.
A native of the Washington, D.C. area, Sara has soloed at the Strathmore Music Center, The National Presbyterian Church, and The National Arts Club. She has been recognized for her significant artistic development and impactful arts leadership, having been twice awarded the Certificate of Merit in Music Performance by the National Society for Arts and Letters, as well as...
Tomorrow, the Temple University Jazz Band hits the road for a very special tour of the Midwest. Performance stops include:
February 22: Noblesville High School (Noblesville, IN)
February 23: Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival (Notre Dame, IN)
February 24: Elmhurst University Jazz Festival (Elmhurst, IL)
February 25: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
February 26: Byron Center High School (Byron Center, MI)
In addition to these performances, the band will get to enjoy jazz festival performances (including one by Elmhurst headliner the Maria...
Nicole Hom is a third-year undergraduate flute performance major at Temple University's Boyer College of Music and Dance. Originally from Paramus, NJ, Nicole studies with Patrick Williams, Associate Principal Flute of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Nicole’s flute and piccolo playing has been recognized in multiple ensembles, including the New Jersey Youth Symphony, The Chamber Music Center of New York, Yamaha Music for All’s Honor Band of America, Temple University Wind Symphony, and the Temple University Symphony Orchestra.
She has had the opportunity to perform in venues...
In one week, the Arts and Quality of Life Research Center celebrates its 20th anniversary through the annual Arts and Quality of Life Conference, entitled Revisioning Ability, Equity and Community for 2024. An effort of the entire Center for the Performing and Cinematic Arts, this free, one-day conference will serve as a platform for new conversations, innovation, collaboration, and the unlimited potential of all arts disciplines within our communities.
The Arts and Quality of Life Conference will feature keynote speaker Shavon Norris, adjunct faculty for the...
The faculty of the Boyer College of Music and Dance had a busy and exciting Fall 2023 semester. Many of them made significant appearances both nationally and internationally through new publications, speaking and performance engagements, guest scholar and lecturer appearances, releases for recordings and new works, and more.
Read Boyer College of Music and Dance Fall 2023 News
Katie Neary is an 18-year-old jazz saxophonist from the Philadelphia area. She is a first-year jazz studies performance student at Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University, where she participates in various jazz ensembles.
Katie attended Harriton High School and was formerly a member of the Lower Merion and Harriton Jazz Bands, the Philadelphia Youth Jazz Orchestra, the Helen K. Schwartz Advanced Jazz Ensemble at Settlement Music School, and the Kimmel Cultural Campus Creative Music Program jazz ensemble. Outside of playing music, Katie is learning the dance...
This week, Boyer music students competed in the semifinal and final rounds of the 42nd annual student soloist competition. The adjudicating panel, comprised of Boyer's instrumental and vocal faculty, selected four winners who will perform their winning repertoire with the Temple University Symphony Orchestra on April 25 at the Temple Performing Arts Center.
Julia Kuzmina (MM in Violin Performance), student of Laura H. Carnell Professor Eduard Schmieder: CHAUSSON Poème, Op. 25
Andreia Lucaciu (MM in Voice Performance), student of Associate Professor Christine...
This fall, Temple Music Prep hosted a variety of guest artists and saw many successes among its students, alumni and faculty.
In October, Temple Music Prep continued its cultural exchange partnership with the Tónskóli Sigursveins D. Kristinssonar, based in Reykjavík, Iceland. Visiting students from Iceland spent the week rehearsing, performing and engaging in master classes here in Philadelphia, including a joint master class with the Center for Gifted Young Musicians (CGYM) featuring Music Prep alumna and violist Sheila Browne. Videos from their concert at the Trinity...
The Boyer College of Music and Dance mourns the loss of saxophonist and jazz legend Larry McKenna.
McKenna's storied career in performance, arranging and music education transcended six decades. A longtime friend of the Boyer College, McKenna spent several years as adjunct faculty for the Jazz Studies department, imparting a wealth of musical knowledge on many generations of Temple jazz students.
McKenna's final recording project, World on a String, was released on Boyer's BCM&D Records label earlier this year. Jazz adjunct and Boyer alumnus Dan...
This week, Distinguished Visiting Professor Ann Ziff welcomed select Voice and Opera students to the final dress rehearsal for Daniel Catán's Florencia en el Amazones, which opens tonight at the Metropolitan Opera. Catán's 1996 opera tells the enchanting story of an opera diva who returns to her native South America to perform at the legendary opera house of Manaus—and to search for her lost lover, who has vanished into the jungle. "Fabulous Philadelphian" Yannick Nézet-Séguin is on the podium for this production, which runs through December 14.
Seven undergraduate...
Last week, four Boyer percussion students placed in two PASIC 2023 competitions. PASIC, the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, took place Nov 8-11 in Indianapolis, IN.
Freshman Tristan Bouyer, sophomore Livi Keenan, junior Elijah Nice, and second-year master's student Yeonju You took first place out of 20 pre-selected groups in PASIC's collegiate-level chamber competition. Coached by Associate Professor Phillip O'Banion, Adjunct Professor Bill Wozniak, Dean Robert Stroker and others, this remarkably talented group of performance majors won with ...
Before She Became Fire: BCM+D Records Releases World Premiere Recording Showcasing Contemporary American Women Composers
The album features mezzo-soprano Kathryn Leemhuis and pianist Samuel Martin and explores complex themes of life, death and legacy.
WASHINGTON– BCM+D Records, the recording label of Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance, released a new piano/vocal album this fall featuring mezzo-soprano Kathryn Leemhuis and pianist Samuel Martin entitled Before She Became Fire.
The world premiere recording features a collection of remarkable...
Dear CPCA Community,
The shockingly sudden passing of Acting President JoAnne Epps is felt acutely by so many of us. She was great leader, colleague and friend. Her years of service to Temple University provided her with a wonderful understanding of the vastness of this university and all of its parts, and she was passionate about seeing every one of us succeed. Her dedication to the mission and the people that form our Temple University community will continue to be inspiration to all.
Additional information regarding a memorial service will be announced by the...
The Edgar Ortenberg Bowed String Instrument Scholarship Fund honors the life and legacy of renowned violinist and former Temple faculty member, Edgar Ortenberg.
For generations of violinists, Edgar Ortenberg was an icon. To Desimont “Desi” Alston, BYR ’74, he was so much more.
A new academic year is underway, and the faculty of the Boyer College of Music and Dance have continued to actively record, publish, create/curate artistic works, win awards, perform, present at conferences and more. We look forward to what's in store for the rest of 2023-2024!
Read Boyer College of Music and Dance Spring/Summer 2023 News
Jazz Pianist, Composer and Grammy Award-Winning Arranger Bill Cunliffe’s Three-Part Composition Rainforests Celebrates the Tropical Mangroves
Performed by the Temple University Studio Orchestra with Terell Stafford, Dick Oatts, Tim Warfield, Bruce Barth, Mike Boone and Justin Faulkner
Conducted by José Luis Domínguez
Available on Digital Platforms on September 8 via BCM+D Records
While jazz pianist, composer and Grammy Award-winning arranger Bill Cunliffe continued to teach and arrange music with normal efficiency during the COVID...