Recent News

We are pleased to welcome several new faculty members to the UB Department of Music this spring. Composer Tiffany Skidmore joins our faculty for a two-year term as Visiting Associate Professor in Composition. Dr. Skidmore will be directing our composition seminar and teaching lessons to our distinguished PhD students in composition. A prolific composer of a range of music from operatic and orchestral works to smaller scale chamber, vocal, and electro-acoustic music, Prof. Skidmore brings a wealth of knowledge and practical experience to the position. She is the founder and director of the 113 Composers Collective and director of the annual Twin Cities New Music Festival. Joining her on the composition faculty this spring will be composer Paula Matthusen who will serve as our Slee Visiting Professor for the semester. Dr. Matthusen is a singular voice in music today, well known for her instrumental and electro-acoustic music as well as a number of site-specific sound installations. She is Professor of Music at Wesleyan University and will be directing a graduate seminar in computer music and providing lessons and dissertation guidance to our PhD students in composition.

This year's expanded concert season includes performances by the Sphinx Virtuosi, a new Shostakovich Quartet cycle with the Alexander Quartet, and the Parker Quartet in the legacy Slee Beethoven Cycle. Read about the Center for 21st Century Music series, our brown bag concerts, and more here.

This semester will bring four world-class musicians from diverse backgrounds to the UB community

Department of music graduate Ka Shu (Kenneth) Tam has been awarded a prestigious fellowship at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute

On Wednesday October 27th, Professor Stephanie Vander Wel will launch her new book, Hillbilly Maidens, Okies, and Cowgirls: Women's Country Music 1930-1960 in a virtual event with the UB Gender Institute. Free. Register here to receive link.