It is finally, definitively Spring Weather in NYC, and staffer Rebecca decided to celebrate with some mid-day music–nothing like warm weather and hot jams! The sun (which for the first time in 2016 actually warmed my soul) was beaming through the windows of the garden room in the Faculty House as I sat down to […]

What with Bacchanal fast approaching and the impending release of Kanye’s seventh LP, “The Life of Pablo,” Columbia’s students are rightfully excited about new musical developments. But yesterday evening, the Heyman Center for the Humanities hosted a symposium-style exploration articulating another reason why we should get excited about music: musical embodiment. Yesterday’s second annual workshop […]

Every Wednesday, the Music Performance Program celebrates dedicated and committed students with an hour long concert every Wednesday in the faculty house. Jazz enthusiast Amara Banks stopped by yesterday to check it out. My love for live jazz cannot be shaken by pre-hurricane winds or unforgiving cold (yes, 50 degrees still reminds me of the […]