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Coming up next week—
Contemporary Chamber Players and Composers Concert
Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 7:30 pm
Staller Center Recital Hall
Tickets: Free

Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players open the new season with a classic of the American avant-garde and a world premiere, in a concert of works inspired by and responding to the natural world. The program includes George Crumb’s theatrical 1971 masterpiece Vox Balaenae (For Three Masked Players), inspired by the singing of the humpback whale; the world premiere of Stony Brook professor Matthew Barnson’s Morningside Variations, his response to his New York neighborhood’s transition from winter into spring; graduate student composer Conrad Foreman’s new version of his Snow and Smokestacks, inspired by a winter’s observation of snow falling as smoke rose; and two new songs from graduate student Jake Ellzey’s band Lot 40. by @stonybrookmusic

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TODAY, 10/15, 1PM!

Barbash J.S. Bach competition finals will be taking place at Staller Center Recital Hall, starting at 1 pm. Don’t miss out on the chance to listen to Bach’s solo masterworks by talented finalists! by @stonybrookmusic

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Lillian and Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach Competition Finals
Thursday, October 15, 2026, 1:00 pm
Staller Center Recital Hall
Free Admission

Don’t miss the J.S. Bach Competition Finals this Thursday! Join us in-person right here in the Staller Center Recital Hall! Here are photos from last year’s finals!

The Barbash Competition honors Lillian and Maurice “Murray” Barbash for their lifelong support of the arts on Long Island. String players ages 16 to 30 compete performing unaccompanied works by J.S. Bach on modern or baroque bowed instruments. The finals will also be streamed live and archived on @theviolinchannel. by @stonybrookmusic

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Photos from Dr. Ruth Opara’s (Columbia U) recent CMS Colloquium here at SBU! On September 9, Dr. Ruth Opara delivered a colloquium in the department of music entitled Sounding Freedom: Afrobeats Women and the Politics of Reimagining Africa, which examined how African women turn Afrobeats and adjacent transatlantic African popular sounds into unexpected spaces for negotiating freedom. Through Angélique Kidjo’s “Afirika” (2002), Yemi Alade and Sauti Sol’s “Africa” (2016), Nneka’s “Africans” (2005), and Little Simz’s “Woman” (2021), Opara explored what becomes possible when women artists use popular music to defend, criticize, remember, and reimagine Africa. taken in Stony Brook University by @stonybrookmusic

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TOMORROW!!!! Emerson Legacy Series
Sunday, October 11, 2026, 5:00 pm
Staller Center Recital Hall
Tickets: $56 to $60 at Stallercenter.com

Former Emerson String Quartet artists Eugene Drucker (violin), Lawrence Dutton (viola) and Paul Watkins (cello), along with advanced students from the Emerson String Quartet Institute, perform a magical evening featuring works by Bach, Beethoven and Dvořák. by @stonybrookmusic

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Congratulations to Dr. Margaret Schedel who was awarded a $50,000 compute award from SUNY AI to pursue research using google cloud services and the SUNY AI Platform. by @stonybrookmusic

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FALL CONCERT 11/10/2026

We will be having our first concert!! We will be playing selections from Debussy, Tchaikovsky, and our ⭐️ WINNER of the 2026 Undergraduate Concerto Competition! ⭐️

Euphonium Soloist: Aidan Mussaleen
@not_aidan04

Director: Dr. Susan Deaver

We hope to see you there!! Bring your friends and families!

Photo credit: @actionphoto2100
~ brandonvlsąz taken in Staller Center for the Arts by @stonybrookmusic

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Coming up next week!
Lillian and Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach Competition Finals will be taking place in the Staller Center Recital Hall, Thursday, October 15, 2026, 1:00 pm
Free Admission

The Barbash Competition honors Lillian and Maurice “Murray” Barbash for their lifelong support of the arts on Long Island. String players ages 16 to 30 compete performing unaccompanied works by J.S. Bach on modern or baroque bowed instruments. The finals will be streamed live and archived on The Violin Channel. taken in Staller Center for the Arts by @stonybrookmusic

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Check out some photos from the recent Humanities Institute event featuring our own Professor Benjamin Tausig. Professor Benjamin Tausig (Critical Music Studies) recently participated in a lively panel responding to the 2026 book “The Minjung Art Movement: Decolonization and Democracy in South Korea” by Professor Sohl Lee (Art History & Criticism). Prof. Tausig was joined by Professors E. K. Tan (English) and Nerissa Balce (Asian and Asian American Studies). The room was packed (if you look closely, you might spot other Music Dept. faculty and graduate students in the crowd), and discussion continued across the hall and into the reception! by @stonybrookmusic

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Don’t miss the Graduate Jazz Ensemble performance tonight at 7:30PM, Staller Recital Hall
Free admission

See you all tonight! by @stonybrookmusic

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The Jazz of Art: Conversation & Performance
Monday, October 5th, 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
The Zuccaire Gallery, Staller Center for the Arts

Join the Zuccaire Gallery for an event at the intersection of jazz and art. Organized in conjunction with the exhibition Noel W Anderson: Black Excellence on view at the Zuccaire Gallery.

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm: Conversation with artist Noel W Anderson and the Music Department’s Kevin C. Holt (Critical Music Studies).

2:30 pm -3:15 pm: Improvisational jazz performance and conversation featuring Noel W Anderson, Thomas Manuel, Ray Anderson, and Kevin Holt.

This event is free. by @stonybrookmusic

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Next Tuesday, don’t miss out on the Graduate Jazz Ensemble performance at Staller Center Recital Hall, 7:30PM
Free admission

American Songbook Standards
This concert theme is focused on the study of repertoire from the American Songbook, which has become referred to as “Standards” in the realm of Jazz. The students have written original arrangements of each program selection, reframing classic popular works from the first part of the 20th century, into a modern aesthetic that represents their unique artistic perspectives, highlighting world-class improvisational solos from each musician.

Ensemble Personnel:
Nikola Spasojevic - alto saxophone
Roxy Coss (Director) - tenor saxophone
Jenny Xu - piano
Phil Kuehn - bass
David Wang - drums by @stonybrookmusic

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