Composition, Musicology and Theory

July 24, 2024

UC College-Conservatory of Music Interim Dean Jonathan Kregor has announced the appointment of Kristy Swift, PhD and DMA, to the position of Assistant Professor of Music Studies at CCM. In this role, Swift will lead the Bachelor of Arts in Music program offered through CCM's Division of General Studies. The appointment is effective Aug. 15, 2024.

UC’s College-Conservatory of Music will welcome a variety of new faculty and staff members to its roster of distinguished performing and media arts experts, researchers and educators this fall.

June 14, 2024

Watch the first alumni guest lecture presented as part of CCM Speaks, lead by the UC Alumni Association. UC College-Conservatory of Music alum Timothy O'Neill presents "A New Renaissance: AI's Future Influence on Classical Music."

June 3, 2024

UC College-Conservatory of Music alumnus Micah Roberts (MM Music Theory, '24) won the 2024 Patricia Carpenter Emerging Scholar Award from the Music Theory Society of New York State (MTSNYS).

May 24, 2024

UC College-Conservatory of Music Interim Dean Jonathan Kregor has announced the addition of Ailsa Lipscombe, PhD, to the college’s roster of distinguished performing and media arts faculty members. An award-winning researcher, Lipscombe begins her new role as Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at CCM on Aug. 15, 2024.

May 6, 2024

UC College-Conservatory of Music alumnus François López-Ferrer (BM Composition, ‘12) is the recipient of the prestigious Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award, awarded annually to a promising American conductor 36 years of age or younger. One of the largest of its kind, it provides essential career guidance, industry connections and a cash award of $30,000 to aid grant recipients as they further hone the skills of their craft.

April 26, 2024

UC's College-Conservatory of Music is proud to present alumni and distinguished service awards to outstanding members of our community at the end of each academic year. The 2024 awards are presented to four accomplished alumni and one dedicated patron in a private virtual event on April 23.

March 29, 2024

Each semester, CCM's Thinking About Music Series welcomes distinguished experts for musical discussions and lectures that are open to the general public and free to attend. The series continues at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, April 5 with a presentation by Stephanie Vander Wel, Associate Professor in the Department of Music and Global Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University at Buffalo. The title of Vander Wel's talk is "Gendered Acts in Comedy: June Carter’s Vocal and Kinetic Performance in Country Music." The lecture will be presented in the CCM Baur Room.

March 29, 2024

UC’s College-Conservatory of Music will welcome a variety of new faculty and staff members to its roster of distinguished performing and media arts experts this fall. The following new appointments have been announced as of Aug 15, 2023. Additional new hires will be announced later this summer.