Congratulations to Dr. Alison Reynolds, Chair of Music Education and Music Therapy Professor, on the long-awaited publication of Music Play 2. Dr. Reynolds is the lead co-editor and co-author, along with two TU Temple alumni (Cynthia Crump Taggart--PhD Music Ed and Wendy Hicks Valerio--MM...

Congratulations to Boyer Dance professor Kun-Yang Lin for receiving a Project Grant from The Pew Center for Arts...

Dr. Emiliano Pardo-Tristán, adjunct professor at Boyer College of Music and Dance, has, for the second time, won the "Roque Cordero Musical Composition Competition." Pardo-Tristán won in the solo music category, with the guitar piece "Sonata en Azul," in three movements: I. Índigo; II. Lapizlázuli; and III. Zarco. Dr. Pardo-Tristán also got an Honorable Mention in the Symphonic Band category, for his work "1989 (Memories of the Invasion)."

Telehealth provides psychotherapeutic interventions and psychoeducation for remote populations with limited access to in-person behavioural health and/or rehabilitation treatment. The United States Department of Défense and the Veterans Health Administration use telehealth to deliver primary care, medication management, and services including physical, occupational, and speech-language therapies for service members, veterans, and eligible dependents. While creative arts therapies are included in telehealth programming, the existing evidence base focuses on art therapy and dance...

Boyer College is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Alan Abel, a beloved and longtime member of Boyer's percussion faculty. Alan passed away on April 25, 2020 due to complications from the coronavirus. He was a member of The Philadelphia Orchestra for nearly 40 years, from 1959-1998, and was formerly on the faculties of University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City University, Catholic University of America, Glassboro State College, The New School of Music, and Settlement Music School. Though this is a tremendous loss, our students, faculty and staff are grateful to have had...

The Boyer College of Music and Dance's Temple University Jazz Band, directed by Terell Stafford, placed first at the Inaugural Jack Rudin Jazz Championship. Held on January 18-19 at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, the Jazz Band was selected to participate as one of the top ten jazz programs in the country. In addition to the Jazz Band's first-place award, the ensemble received accolades for Outstanding Rhythm Section, Outstanding Trombone Section and Outstanding Trumpet Section, with Dylan Band earning Outstanding Tenor Saxophone, and Fareed Simpson-Hankins earning...

The Reflection:Response Commission invites choreographers to consider as a starting point how we 'reflect' and 'respond' through different kinds of embodiment: the experiential body, the choreographic body and the activist body. The commission includes a cash award of $5,000, access to rehearsal space throughout summer, and the production of the new work in Temple's Conwell Dance Theater. 2019 - Marion Ramirez  Internationally acclaimed dancer and choreographer, Marion Ramírez, will create Knots and Nests, an improvisational performance project for people of all ages...

LAMBERT ORKIS (Keyboard Studies)August - Recording released by Deutsche Grammophon:  Hommage à Penderecki (2 discs).  On this recording,  Orkis performs with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter Krzysztof Penderecki's Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano. Also, Orkis performs in concerts as principal keyboard of the National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. September through December of this year. SARA DAVIS BUECHNER (Keyboard Studies) performed recitals and chamber music, and gave master classes, at a number of important music festivals this summer -- at the Edmonton...