Boyer College of Music and Dance
Type: News Story
Two major pieces of orchestral music performed and recorded by the Temple University Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Professor Luis Biava have been nominated for a 2013 GRAMMY Award.
December 6, 2012
Type: News Story
The Diamond Marching Band has been invited to perform as part of the 2014 London New Year’s Day Celebration and Festival, an event viewed by a worldwide television audience of some 220 million people and attended by more than half a million spectators. Former Lord Mayor of Westminster Catherine Longworth extended the invitation during the band's afternoon rehearsal on Friday.
October 31, 2012
Type: News Story
In 2008, a stroke left Boyer dance professor Philip Grosser unable to read, write or speak — so he turned to drawing. After intensive speech therapy, Grosser was able to return to choreography and teaching, and now he has published a new book of art.
October 25, 2012
Type: News Story
Is it possible to earn a Ph.D. as a dance scholar while continuing to practice as a dancer and choreographer at the highest level? At Temple, the answer is yes. In the latest installment of the Temple Made student profile series, meet Colleen Hooper (and then watch her perform in 'Somos' on Oct. 12).
October 5, 2012
Type: News Story
In the latest installment of the Temple Made student profile series, meet one of the Diamond Marching Band's alto saxophone section leaders. Think DMB is just fun and games? It takes hours of weekly practice and management skills to perfect the 205-member band's routines.
September 21, 2012
Type: Announcement
Temple's Board of Trustees has approved the establishment of a Center for the Arts, a new academic unit that brings together the Boyer College of Music and Dance, the Tyler School of Art and a new Division of Theater, Film and Media Arts.
June 21, 2012
Type: News Story
Rebecca “Bexx” Rosenbloom, Mus Ed and Voice, Boyer College of Music and Dance; Rachel Pogolowitz, Judaic Studies, College of Liberal Arts; Marguerite Zacharovich, Psychology and Economics, College of Liberal Arts. The seniors of the co-ed singing group Owlcappella prepare for graduation.
May 3, 2012
Type: News Story
The Temple Jazz Band, directed by Terrell Stafford, will pay homage to unknown women instrumentalists at the Philadelphia premiere of The Girls in the Band, a documentary that looks at the history of women in jazz, at a sold-out performance and screening Monday at the Franklin Institute.
March 30, 2012
Type: News Story
Last Thursday, students gathered by the skate park at Cecil B. Moore Ave. to watch the Leah Stein Dance Company perform an outdoor site-specific dance piece. Sponsored by Temple’s GenEd Program, the performance was held to celebrate the city of Philadelphia as a place of learning and interaction.
March 28, 2012
Type: News Story
Students in the Boyer College of Music and Dance will have an opportunity to audition for the local premiere of ROMP, a full dance production that allows the audience to become totally immersed in the performance. The company’s begins a week-long residence at Temple this week, with a performance on Feb. 10 in Conwell Dance Theater.
February 3, 2012
Type: News Story
Boyer Dance professor Merián Soto has been performing her public, experimental Branch Dances for audiences in Wissahickon Valley Park for six years. Her next performance in the park will be this Sunday, Jan. 15.
January 11, 2012
Type: News Story
In this week's installment of the student video series, doctor of musical arts degree candidate Julia Alford-Fowler describes her reasons for choosing Temple, and the influences that led her to explore Klezmer music in her compositional works.
December 10, 2011
Type: News Story
To address the city of Pisco, Peru's lack of social resources for children as it rebuilds after a devastating earthquake, Boyer student Elizabeth Moulthrop began the Pisco Music Program, an after-school music enrichment class that offers lessons on the recorder and handmade percussion.
November 14, 2011