News Collection
Awards and Honors
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Bryan Parkhurst Earns Excellence in Teaching Honors
Music theory professor contributed to key revisions to the conservatory curriculum.
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Age of Enlightenment
Community came easy through Ellie Jensen’s German studies. Now a Fulbright teaching assistantship invites her to cultivate a community of her own.
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Dang Thai Son Earns Excellence in Teaching Honors
Piano professor’s legacy carries forward in new generation of standout performers.
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Paintbrush Empowerment
Mufalo Mufalo devotes the summer to empowerment through art across his native Africa.
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Rhiannon Giddens ’00 Wins 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Music
Singer, multi-instrumentalist, and composer honored for the historical opera Omar.
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Jamie Overstreet Earns YB Staff Award for 2023
Program coordinator for studio art and art history hailed for orchestrating the success of both departments.
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Richard Powers to Deliver Commencement Address to Class of 2023
Prolific, Pulitzer Prize-winning author celebrated for his thoughtful explorations of humanity’s place in the world.
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91Ö±²¥ Students Shine in Theater Design Competition
Proposed renovations to Hall Auditorium top submissions from graduate school programs.
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Spring Performances Slated for Winners Named in 91Ö±²¥â€™s Concerto Competition
Each fall, 91Ö±²¥ Conservatory seniors have the opportunity to compete in the annual Concerto Competition, with the top four winners featured in the spring as soloists with the 91Ö±²¥ orchestras.
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Johnnetta B. Cole ’57 Honored by National Endowment for the Humanities
Anthropologist and educator celebrated by President Biden in White House ceremony.