Andrew Flory, Assistant Professor of Music, presented an invited lecture at Macalester College called “Motown International.” The presentation was linked to “first-year” courses called “Cover Songs” and “Music and Freedom.”

Fred Hagstrom, Rae Schupack Nathan Professor of Art, is having his work featured in “History Pages,” an exhibition at the The Gordon Parks Gallery of Metropolitan State University in St.…

Judith Howard, Associate Professor of Dance and Chair of the Theater and Dance, was honored with a SAGE Award for Dance. She competed against three other nominees for the the…

The American Composers Forum has announced the recipients of this year’s McKnight Composition Fellowship, funded by the McKnight Foundation. Among the four fellows named, chosen from a pool of 63 applicants, is Alex Freeman, Carleton College assistant professor of music.  The award, which includes $25,000 in unrestricted funds, is meant to acknowledge excellence in the field of music composition.

With the 86th Academy Awards just around the corner (Sunday, March 2), Musicology Now recently published an essay by associate professor of music Andrew Flory about Best Documentary nominee, “20 Feet From Stardom.” An audience favorite around the globe, the film, directed by veteran filmmaker Morgan Neville, tells  the “untold story of the backup singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the 21st century.” Flory’s essay, “20 Feet From Stardom: Entertainment or History?,” offers an insightful and balanced view of the film, questioning the fine line between history and entertainment in modern day depictions of popular music history.

Four members of Carleton’s esteemed Chinese Music Ensemble were recently honored at the 2014 Huain Cup International Chinese Instrument Competition at the Le Petit Trianon Theatre in San Jose, Calif. A panel comprised of elite musicians and music scholars from the People’s Republic of China awarded a Gold Medal to Yawen Chen ’15 (China) on the Dizi (Chinese bamboo flute); a Silver Medal to Vicky Wu ’17 (China) on the Guzheng (Chinese zither);  and Bronze Medals to Xiaodi Wang ’16 (China) on the Erhu (Chinese fiddle) and Ken Wang ’15 (Canada) on the Sanxian (Chinese banjo).

The Counterfactuals, an indie pop band comprised of Carleton professors Daniel Groll (philosophy), Jason Decker (philosophy), and Andy Flory (music)—along with St. Olaf College philosophy professor Mike Fuerstein—were featured on the Jan. 9, 2014 broadcast of Minnesota Public Radio’s “Morning Edition.” Entitled “Northfield professors moonlight in a band,” the segment highlights the band’s debut release, “Minimally Decent People,” and notes that the four professors “will be taking a break from their academic pursuits for an album release party” in Northfield on Saturday, Jan. 11 at J. Grundy’s Rueb-N-Stein.

The Counterfactuals, a “prof rock” band comprised of three Carleton professors (Daniel Groll, Jason Decker and Andy Flory) and one St. Olaf College professor (Mike Fuerstein), are featured in the December 31, 2013 edition of the Star Tribune. The story chronicles the evolution of the band and notes their immediate acclaim among Twin Cities music critics and fans alike. The band will host a Northfield album release show, in support of their debut “Minimally Decent People,” on Saturday, Jan. 11 at J. Grundy’s Rueb-N-Stein’s Upstairs Rueb.

Fred Hagstrom, Humphrey Doermann Professor of Liberal Learning and Rae Schupack Nathan Professor of Art, has been named the 2014 Minnesota Book Artist Award Winner for his new piece entitled “Passage.” This annual award, presented by Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) and the Minnesota Book Awards, recognizes a Minnesota book artist or book artist collaborative group for excellence of a new artistic work, demonstrated proficiency and quality in the book arts through three pieces of supporting previous work, as well as an ongoing commitment and significant contributions to Minnesota’s book arts community.

Only two days after the digital release of their debut album, “Minimally Decent People,” Carleton and St. Olaf College “prof rockers” The Counterfactuals are pleased to announce that the first single from the album has been selected as the “Song of the Day” by national music tastemakers Minnesota Public Radio’s 89.3 The Current.