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Visually Impaired Pianist Thrives With Support From Mason Gross

Visually Impaired Pianist Thrives With Support From Mason Gross

Yerko Difonis is the first student born blind and partially deaf to pursue a master of music in piano performance at Mason Gross School of the Arts. A process developed by Rutgers to transcribe music to braille for the prodigy will open doors for other musicians with disabilities.

Music faculty member hits the Road with the NY Phil Bandwagon

Music faculty member hits the Road with the NY Phil Bandwagon

Richard Deane played his last concert with the New York Philharmonic on March 12, and then, like the rest of the city, hunkered down to endure the COVID-19 crisis. Four months later, with New York reeling in the pandemic’s aftermath, Deane, the orchestra’s principal...

Award-winning electronic music artist to perform live concert

Award-winning electronic music artist to perform live concert

A Secret Code to feature works for solo voice and electronics Pamela Z’s sound contains multitudes: The composer/performer/media artist designs soundscapes, generating rich environments where the sounds of found objects such as a ringing telephone or trickling water...

Rutgers Jazz Ensemble featured in Downbeat Magazine

Rutgers Jazz Ensemble featured in Downbeat Magazine

DownBeat Magazine featured the Rutgers Jazz Ensemble in an article about remote instruction during the fall semester, with several quotes from jazz faculty member Conrad Herwig. Like many others, the jazz studies program had to pivot in their instruction protocols...

Music students and alum honor illustrious N.J. musicians

Music students and alum honor illustrious N.J. musicians

Several Mason Gross student musicians are featured in a video documenting the creation of Paving the Way, a street mural honoring illustrious Black musicians hailing from New Jersey. The mural is on display outside the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center on Livingston Avenue.