Music Department News

Justin London, the Andrew W. Mellon professor of music, cognitive science and the humanities at Carleton, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Music Perception and Cognition.

While Carleton’s Arena Theater and Concert Hall, known on campus as the Music and Drama Center, has been slated for demolition since the Facilities Master Plan was released in May 2014, its time for demolition is finally here. As we prepare to say goodbye to a part of Carleton’s history, we take a brief look back at the Center’s 50-year legacy.

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter honored the Carleton music faculty member’s outstanding career by officially naming April 3, 2022, “Gao Hong Day.”

In lieu of its traditional end-of-term concert this fall, the Carleton College Choir pieced together a performance of “#UnitedWeDream,” a composition that raises up a life story involving immigration and the DREAM Act.

Gus Holley ’20 took first prize on the pipa, Shannon Liu ’23 won second prize on the dizi, and Marianne Gunnarsson ’22 earned an Outstanding Award on erhu.

Carleton piano lecturer and concert pianist Matthew McCright will make his Carnegie Hall debut on Friday, Nov. 22.

Recent performances spanned genre, period and focus, but creativity connected them all.

Over the past two years, assistant professor of music Andrea Mazzariello has facilitated artistic collaborations between Carleton students and young people from the greater Northfield community.

Renowned musician and composer Caroline Shaw visits Carleton on Friday, April 12. A vocalist, violinist, composer, producer, and recipient of both a Pulitzer Prize and a Grammy Award, Shaw will perform solo and also be joined by Carleton music faculty performing compositions from her repertoire for string quartets.

Justin London, Carleton’s Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Music, Cognitive Science and the Humanities, will discuss the complex nature of musical tempo perception along with topics in interdisciplinary research.