2024

Fifth-year PhD student in Composition James Falzone has released his debut full-profile CD on New World Records. Titled “A Curving Abacus,” the album features performances by renowned ensembles including Ostrava New Orchestra conducted by Owen Underhill; Ostravská Banda under the direction of Petr Kotík; ELISION Ensemble; Arditti Quartet; and Switch~ Ensemble led by Jason Thorpe Buchanan.

Professor Jon Nelson has released two new albums. "Credo," out today on the 8 Bells label, features the group Prof. Nelson founded over 30 years ago, the Meridian Arts Ensemble, performing a selection of recent music by David Sanford and Daniel Grabois along with arrangements of Haydn and Stravinsky.

Sungmin Shin from the Department of Music participates in Q&A.

Madison (Matt) Reimer is the 2024 Outstanding Senior for the Department of Music. Reimer graduated summa cum laude in May with a Bachelor of Arts in vocal performance and is the recipient of the Baird Opera Scholarship.

UB’s Department of Music offers its 2nd Annual Gift to the Community Concert celebrating the strength and musical diversity of the Buffalo community. Faculty, students and local musical luminaries join together this Mother’s Day for a program of jazz, classical and Afro-Latin music.

The 66th annual Grammy Awards will always be a memorable one for violinist and UB faculty member Melissa White. White, along with her colleagues in the Harlem Quartet and the New York-based wind quintet Imani Winds, won a Grammy for “Passion for Bach and Coltrane,” a work arranged and composed by Jeffrey Scott, who will join the UB music faculty this coming fall.

The book is a history of the jazz scene in Pittsburgh’s Hill District from the 1920s through the 1960s.

The University at Buffalo Department of Music is very happy to announce the appointment of composer Ming Tsao as the Birge-Cary Professor of Music beginning this fall.