Stereogum and others delve into their unique sound ahead of the May 17 release of their debut album Hex Dealer.
Congratulations to three members of the Purchase music community on winning four awards at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony.
Professor of Jazz Studies acclaimed in recent interviews for fresh interpretation of Baroque classics.
Purchase ranks among some of “the best academic programs” for audio engineering.
The film demonstrates the collaborative DIY culture found at Purchase—it stars musician Hannah Lee Thompson ’17 and several alums were on the crew.
The jazz sensation also won Best New Jazz Vocal Album.
Mitski collaborated with Son Lux and David Byrne on “This Is A Life” for the Oscar-nominated Everything Everywhere All At Once.
The recurring segment on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon challenges musicians to compose a song in under an hour.
Higginson appeared with the Sing Harlem Choir she directs.
The composer, flutist, and producer will be the eleventh Daniel R. Lewis Composer Fellow.
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Silas Brown ’10 on his win and to David De Jesus ’04 and Lucy Kalantari ’98 for their work on Grammy®-winning projects.
Congratulations to Laura Jobin-Acosta ’20 MM, a composer recently named a recipient of the first-ever IDEA Opera Residencies program by OPERA America.
We are pleased to announce a new Ella Fitzgerald Scholar, Yancy Garcia. We remain grateful to the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation for their essential support.
Alumnus Spike Wilner, owner of Smalls Jazz Club and Mezzrow, is using creative strategies to reopen. Smalls will be the first NYC jazz club to return to live, on-site performances!
The history and studio composition double major is among two Purchase College graduating seniors to receive the prestigious 2020 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.
The New Yorker’s Margaret Talbot went On the Road with Mitski.
She’s playing a five-night residency featuring her early songs.
On Wednesday, April 10, an audience packed the Neuberger Museum of Art’s Center Gallery to hear jazz musicians interpret the poetry of Kevin Young.
Be the Cowboy, a new album by Mitski (studio composition), received rave reviews from Rolling Stone and more.
Dan Romer ’04 and Saul Simon MacWilliams ’05 recognized for original score.
In this public television series, she joins the likes of Bill Clinton, Samantha Power, Bono, and YoYoMa in immersive interpretations of a single American poem.
April bursts with jazz studies performances in New York City and recordings featured on WBGO Jazz 88.3fm.
Purchase student Abrielle Scharff ’18 placed second in the Coffee Music Project and was offered an opportunity to perform in London.
Our newest jazz affiliate artist, Matt Wilson, has released an album featuring the poetry of Carl Sandburg.
Current head of classical composition, Laura Kaminsky named among the Washington Post’s “top 35 female composers in classical music.”
Purchase students and alumni from the Conservatories of Dance and Music release Odette’s Crown.
Purchase Jazz Combo, the Ahmad Jamal Tribute Group, were featured on WBGO 88.3FM in Newark, the NYC area’s only 24-hour jazz radio station during the on-air celebration of April, Jazz Appreciation Month.
Edward W. Hardy: Bachelor of Music – Purchase College, Cum Laude, 2010–14