The Arts

NYU Faculty and Alumni Featured in Whitney Biennial 2022

Jonathan Berger (Faculty), Terence Nance (MFA), and Julie Tolentino (Artist in Residence) are featured artists in the Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet as It's Kept.

Calendar Girl Premiere: Costume Studies Alumna Natalie Nudell Featured in Vogue

"Inside the Premiere of Calendar Girl—the Long-Awaited Ruth Finley Documentary."

Professors Amy Whitaker and Kevin McCoy Featured in NYTimes

"One Year After Beeple, the NFT Has Changed Artists. Has It Changed Art?"

Three NYU Screen Scoring Alumni Team Up to Assist Blockbuster Composer Junkie XL

On October 3rd, 2021 NYU Screen Scoring adjunct instructor, Hunter Hanson interviewed alumni Ching-Shan Chang (MM ‘19), Peter Kohrman (MM ‘20), and Dallin Burns (MM ‘20) who assist Holkenborg at his studio in Los Angeles on his scores, including some of his recent projects including: Justice League and Army of the Dead and the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 2.

Julia Wolfe Begins Artist Residency at Carnegie Hall

Award-winning composer Julia Wolfe has been appointed the Debs Chair composer-in-residence at Carnegie Hall. Wolfe is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and Pulitzer Prize for work that harnesses issues of social justice and labor history.

The Music Business: An Interview with Xavier Jernigan (MA '04), Head of Cultural Partnerships, Spotify

Xavier Jernigan (MA '04), head of cultural partnerships at Spotify, shares insight into his career in the entertainment business.

Music Ed Doctoral Student's Songs Reach Spirio Top 10

Doctoral student Sunny Choi has recorded two songs that are on the top 10 most played songs on Steinway’s Spirio platform.

Steinhardt Alumna Named Connecticut’s 2022 Teacher of the Year

Kim King is building 21st century learners through equity and creativity in the classroom.

Students and Faculty Attend NYSSMA

Music Education students and faculty attended and presented at the annual conference.

Congratulations to our Grammy Nominees

Several members of the Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions are among the nominees for the Grammy Awards.