The Department of Music at SUNY New Paltz has launched an online video series, Listen Forward, designed to showcase diverse forms of music making taking place on campus and in the broader New Paltz community.
Listen Forward is the work of a broad collective of musicians, designers, digital media students and others seeking new ways of sharing their art at a moment when their ability to perform live and in-person has been severely restricted.
Content will be presented on the Listen Forward YouTube channel and posted on the Department of Music’s Facebook and Instagram accounts.
Read more about Listen Forward
Spring 2021 Concert Series
Celebrated Burmese percussionist, Kyaw Kyaw Naing releases the full version of a new work composed for his ensemble, Growing Rhythm, sponsored by New Music USA.
Spring 2021 Concert Series
Department of Music Assistant Professor Phyllis Chen will give a solo piano performance of Davenport Resident Sarah Hennies’ “SOVT (Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract)." The title refers to a technique in which one “strengthens” their vocal tracts through a straw, a technique Hennies honed in a trans voice class.
Spring 2021 Concert Series
A receptive music therapy method where performers improvise on their instruments, experimenting with various timbre and texture to facilitate deep relaxation.
Spring 2021 Concert Series
Composer and Assistant Professor of Music Phyllis Chen weaves together sound samples sourced from the community, music boxes, and solo viola to create a new piece that reflects the sounds and environment of New Paltz. This piece was written for Christiana Fortune-Reader who will perform the work on solo viola.
Spring 2021 Concert Series
A spotlight on student pianists, singers, composers and instrumentalists as they make music as soloists or in small and large ensembles.
Spring 2021 Concert Series
A spotlight on student pianists, singers, composers and instrumentalists as they make music as soloists or in small and large ensembles.
Kenneth Davenport Residency for New American Music
Davenport Artist-In-Residence Sarah Hennies premieres a new piece she composed with Department of Music students in a series of workshops held during the spring 2021 semester.
Spring 2021 Concert Series
Chinese Theatre Works (CTW) brings contemporary Chinese performing arts to local New York City, national and international audiences. This is a collaborative project between the Music and Asian Studies departments.
Spring 2021 Concert Series
Celebrate the work of our student jazz ensembles led by Teri Roiger and Jeff Siegel.
Spring 2021 Concert Series
Join us as our graduating seniors present their capstone projects.
Spring 2021 Concert Series
Highlights of senior music majors performing repertoire from their final recitals, live from Studley Theatre on the SUNY New Paltz campus.
