Guest Blog Post: The Susquehanna Chorale—Its Legacy and Its FutureGuest Blog Post by Anne Moul Anne Moul is a singer for the Susquehanna Chorale, a Presser Foundation grantee. On a September evening in 1981, inside historic St. Peter’s Kierch in Middletown, Pennsylvania, a small group of singers called the Susquehanna Chorale performed for the…
Commissioning New Music to Cultivate Social ChangeBy Jack Thorpe Invited annually, graduate schools of music present the Presser Graduate Music Award to an outstanding graduate music student whom they select. The program is designed to encourage and support in a special way the advanced education and career of truly exceptional graduate music students who have…
By Sepehr Pirasteh, Graduate Music Fellow In the ever-evolving landscape of the music field, there’s a growing recognition of the need to diversify concert programs and decolonize our musical repertoire. But how can we effectively navigate this complex terrain? Community engagement emerges as a pivotal strategy in this endeavor. The Presser Foundation hosted a Next…
Lizzy Galloway received the 2022-23 Undergraduate Scholar Award from Georgia College and State University. She wrote this letter after receiving the Award. Music has always been an integral part of my life for as long as I can remember, and pursuing an education pathway in my music degree has been one of the most important…