Music

Penn Museum interns delve into “The Year of Jazz” through a monthly series of events exploring family, protest, and creativity. Music Professor Guthrie Ramsey and his singer/songwriter daughter Bridget Ramsey headline the first event on Feb. 28.

Kristina García ・February 25, 2021

Preserving Black history in Philadelphia is an evolving dynamic of the city’s legacy.

Kristina García ・February 24, 2021

For Niko Simpkins, a musician who performs, produces, and engineers his own tracks, the most exciting processes combine structure and flexibility, creativity, and rigor. As a third-year student in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, he sees his mechanical engineering education as a framework for problem solving that might serve him across a broad set of endeavors, and for now, he’s more interested in learning than narrowing to any one particular career path.

Evan Lerner ・February 19, 2021

Glenda Goodman, an assistant professor of music, explores how hand-copying musical compositions and amateur performance shaped identity and ideas in the post-Revolutionary War period.

From Omnia ・February 11, 2021

WXPN debuts its latest radio documentary, exploring the historical and cultural connections between Haiti and New Orleans.

Brandon Baker ・January 29, 2021

After decades of superstition and pushback, the first group of women stepped onto Franklin Field with the Penn Band 50 years ago.

The Pennsylvania Gazette ・November 11, 2020

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announced 41 grants totaling $10.5 million in support of the Institute for Contemporary Art and Stuart Weitzman School of Design, and a Girard College project involving theater director Brooke O’Harra and music composer Tyshawn Sorey.

Louisa Shepard ・October 22, 2020

The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts will stream, in real time, performances from its stage.

Brandon Baker ・September 28, 2020

The professor of music, who won an award and released two new albums during the pandemic, discusses composition, text as music, and embracing electronic music in the absence of concert halls.

Susan Ahlborn ・August 3, 2020

In an effort to amplify the messages of the recent protests against racist violence, Penn Arts & Sciences created a special series: What Happens to a Dream Deferred? 60-Second Lectures on Racial Injustice.

From Omnia ・July 21, 2020