Music

Spring/Summer 2013

Samantha Fan explores different perspectives through language and music.

Nov–Dec/14

New to Rockefeller Chapel’s staff, Matthew Dean, AB’00, has long inhabited its world of song.

Sept–Oct/14

Sung from street corners a century ago, Mexican folk ballads offered “a valuable index to popular thought,” wrote UChicago anthropologist Robert Redfield, whose work is part of a Special Collections exhibit on Mexico.

08.18.2014

Leaders in disparate fields explain what unites them.
Summer/82

After years of obscurity, composer Philip Glass, AB'56, has found his audience. His works have won the acclaim of opera buffs and rock-and-roll fans alike.

04.18.2014

A Chicago string quartet is ready to rock your smartphone.

Mar–Apr/14

The sounds of March.

10.14.2013

Ethnomusicology graduate students discover community involvement comes with the concentration.

10.04.2013

Why is Zachary Cahill blasting bagpipe music on his cell phone?

09.05.2013

From playing violin to writing music to steeping literature-inspired tea, Estlin Usher, AB’13, remains composed.

Sept–Oct/13

Easley Blackwood Jr. composes music, and palindromes, with spirit and precision.

07.02.2013

USO concertmaster Samantha Fan, AM’12, shares what she listens to when she’s off the job.