Each Fall semester MUS 520, a bibliography and research skills course, is offered to new DMA students in the Music Department’s performance program. This year the curriculum began with an assignment assessing the value of content found in the Music Library’s LP collection. Like Juilliard, Yale, Northwestern and other academic
As a gentle rain poured over eastern Long Island early Sunday evening, a packed sanctuary of concertgoers at Bridgehampton’s Presbyterian Church reveled in Alan Alda’s delightful readings of excerpts from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s letters, interspersed with top-notch performances of the composer’s chamber works K. 13, 285, 548 and 493 by
Congratulations to the Calidore String Quartet, in residence at Stony Brook University, for winning the University of Michigan’s $100,000 M-Prize, a major new chamber music award. Here is the Quartet in performance in the Library Galleria in 2015: For more information see the New York Times web site at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/21/arts/music/calidore-string-quartet-wins-100000-m-prize.html
Black History Month (February 1 through 29) is a wonderful opportunity to navigate resources in the Melville Library which describe the multitude of events, places and contributions of peoples of African descent! The following electronic sources are rich in content and provide ready reference and research information. Enjoy! African American Newspapers (1827-1998) – This
SBU Libraries final concert for the semester, BOTTESINI: 3 Duets for Double Bass, was performed by Eleonore Oppenheim & Joe Magar on Monday, December 14 at 4:30PM in the Melville Library Galleria.
The traditional holiday Lighting of the Windmill at Stony Brook Southampton will take place Friday, December 4, 2015, from 5-7 pm. Join the Stony Brook Southampton community as they celebrate the iconic Windmill with special guests in the Chancellors Hall lobby before the official lighting. Included activities are Mr. Twisty’s famous balloon
SBU Libraries, in cooperation with Michael Hershkowitz, Director of Concerts, Department of Music, was honored to present the third of three concerts “Art of Violin” featuring musicians from the Department of Music, Stony Brook University. It was a beautiful afternoon enjoyed by many students, faculty, staff and community members.
On Wednesday, November 11, 2015, Stony Brook University Libraries’ was honored to host a Chamber Music Concert featuring students from the Undergraduate Music Program. Many thanks to these amazing musicians!!!! Nelsy Badia, Viola Zhenyu Gao, Piano Zhenyu Gao, Piano Primo Mingyue Rao, Piano Secondo Niloufar Nourbaksh, Piano Erynn Mcleod, Voice Niloufar
Stony Brook University Libraries’ recently had the unique opportunity of hosting electric bassist, Eleonore Oppenheim where she performed in the Melville Library Galleria. “Quietly virtuosic” (Alan Kozinn, the New York Times) upright and electric bassist Eleonore Oppenheim is quickly gaining a reputation as both a valued ensemble player and an engaging soloist. Ms. Oppenheim is currently
The concert tribute to the life and music of John “Jack,” Lessard took place on Thursday night, October 22, before an audience of nearly two hundred in the Staller Center’s Recital Hall. Music Department Chair Perry Goldstein welcomed the audience, thanking Lessard’s widow, Dr. Sarah Fuller (Prof. Emeritus, Music Department,
