Boyer College Spring/Summer 2023 Faculty News

by Boyer College
September 15
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

Bill Cunliffe's "Rainforests" released on BCM+D Records

by Boyer College
September 08
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...

What does queer performance have in common with country music?

by Kiki Volkert
June 22
Boyer Professor Shana Goldin-Perschbacher, author of Queer Country, explains the similarities between queer performance and country music, including topics of longing, isolation, community, sincerity and wearing a costume. A recently released book Queer Country, written by associate professor of music studies at Boyer College of Music and Dance Shana Goldin-Perschbacher, has received recognition as one of the best music books of 2022 from Pitchfork, Variety and other notable publications. Goldin-Perschbacher specializes in popular music studies and identity studies, which...

Boyer students and faculty light up the Kimmel Center at 20th annual concert

by Brent Baum
June 02
On March 31, Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance continued its tradition of performing both traditional and modern masterpieces at its 20th Annual Concert at the Kimmel Cultural Campus.  The Temple University Choirs, Symphony Orchestra and Studio Orchestra performed Done Made My Vow by Adolphus Hailstork, the world premiere of Labyrinth by Billy Childs and Suite From The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky.  “All three pieces received standing ovations and there was real electricity in the house. You could feel it. The space is beautiful and the...

Lorenzo Mazzamuto, BYR ’20, joins Teatro Massimo Bellini as concertmaster

by Patricia Thrasher Mazzamuto
May 17
Lorenzo Mazzamuto, BYR ’20, a string pedagogy alumnus, won the audition for the concertmaster position with the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania, Sicily in February 2023. Mazzamuto officially gave his first performance with the Teatro Massimo Bellini on Saturday, April 15, conducted by music director Fabrizio Maria Carminati. Mazzamuto comes from a family of classical musicians, so it was of no surprise when he began his first violin lessons at the age of three. At the age of nine, he was accepted into the State Conservatory of Music Vincenzo Bellini and studied under Vito...

Announcing Boyer College's 2023 Faculty Retirees

by Boyer College
May 15
With the conclusion of the 22-23 academic year, Boyer College of Music and Dance bids a fond farewell to three of its distinguished full-time professors. Dr. David Cannata, Dr. Matthew Greenbaum and Prof. Jan Krzywicki, all of the Department of Music Studies, will retire from Temple University at the end of June. Honoring their countless contributions to their fields and to Boyer College, highlights of their successes and publications have been outlined below. Dr. David Cannata, associate professor of music history Dr. David Cannata's musicological interests have been...

Temple University Studio Orchestra's Jazz at Lincoln Center performance receives stellar review

by Sarah Downs
April 20
Read the full review on Front Row Center. Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance has a robust, award-winning music program. Their excellence was well in evidence at Rose Hall on Sunday night April 16th, in a Classical- Jazz concert that featured the University’s Symphony Orchestra, Studio Orchestra, and Jazz Band. In addition, Temple’s Faculty Jazz Sextet performed, celebrating their new CD Fly With the Wind. In a flurry of energetic percussion, daring brass and beguiling strings, the various ensembles shone, performing in several styles, from a pure...

Sara Davis Buechner honored by Temple with prestigious faculty award

by Boyer College
April 17
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.

BCM+D Records Releases Album by Faculty Jazz Sextet

by Boyer College
April 13
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...

In Memoriam: Arthur Frank and George Gray

by Boyer College
April 05
Boyer College remembers two beloved former professors, Dr. Arthur Frank and George Gray. Dr. Arthur Frank (1933-2023) Born on February 22, 1933 in Brooklyn, NY, Dr. Arthur Frank studied at Trenton State College and The Juilliard School, after which he completed his master's degree in music composition at The College of New Jersey and his doctor of musical arts (DMA) at Temple University. He was the first recipient to receive the DMA degree from Temple. Frank began his career as a music teacher and band director at Hamilton West High School. He was inducted into the U.S...