Annually, Temple recognizes its faculty members’ achievements in teaching, research, creativity and service with its prestigious faculty awards, the university’s greatest honors given to teachers and scholars. Current and former students and colleagues alike nominate the recipients. This year, Temple selected Sara Davis Buechner, professor of keyboard studies, for its Faculty Award for Creative Achievement. View all of the 2023 awardees.

On Sunday, April 16 at 8 p.m., the Temple University Symphony Orchestra, Studio Orchestra and Jazz Band are joined by faculty artists Terell Stafford, Dick Oatts, Bruce Barth, Tim Warfield, Mike Boone and Justin Faulkner to explore an eclectic mix of classical, jazz and crossover music.   This performance features the premieres of Billy Childs’ Labyrinth and Bill Cunliffe’s Rainforests alongside Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera’s energetic Four Dances from Estancia.   Additionally, the Temple University Jazz Band repeats Banks Sapnar’s Red Braid from the...

Highlights from Sale’s full-length interview courtesy of Piano Magazine. Subscribe to read the full feature. Sara joined the faculty of Temple University's Boyer College of Music and Dance in 2016, after previously teaching at the Manhattan School of Music, New York University, and the University of British Columbia. Praised for her "intelligence, integrity and all-encompassing technical prowess" (New York Times), "thoughtful artistry in the full service of music" (Washington Post), and "astounding virtuosity" (Philippine Star), she was a Bronze Medalist of the 1986...

Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance Presents a One-Night Only Classical-Jazz Concert April 16 at Jazz at Lincoln Center with Orchestral Premieres by Billy Childs and Bill Cunliffe Featuring Performances by 100+ Student and Faculty Artists including Temple University’s Symphony Orchestra, Studio Orchestra, and Faculty Jazz Sextet: Terell Stafford, Dick Oatts, Bruce Barth, Tim Warfield, Mike Boone, and Justin Faulkner In Celebration of TU’s Faculty Jazz Sextet’s Album Release Fly With the Wind New York, NY (For Release 2.28.23) — The award-...

Noriko Manabe’s article, which breaks down the ambiguities of the Grammy-winning track by rapper Kendrick Lamar, was recognized with an Outstanding Publication Award from the Society for Music Theory last fall. “We gon’ be alright,” sings Pharrell Williams in the chorus of Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-winning hit “Alright.” The song is included on Lamar’s 2015 album To Pimp a Butterfly, which was released amidst political unrest in the country and at a time when the Black Lives Matter movement was gaining momentum. As such, the song quickly became adopted as a protest anthem, and...

"We Got to See What Jazz Sounded Like by People Our Age from Across the Country." Pianist Anthony Aldissi discovered jazz in his freshman year at Gibbs High School in Clearwater, FL. “My biggest ongoing inspiration is the great pianist Chick Corea,” he said. “I would like to share the joy of music with people the same way Chick Corea makes me feel.” When bassist Dan McCain was a sophomore at Philadelphia’s Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush, he discovered the power of jazz when his band director handed him charts like Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s “Take the A Train” and...