“I will never be the institution. It’s not in my DNA to. But it’s always in my DNA to contribute and to move the institution forward. Because that’s what hip-hop is. Hip-hop is a way of living.” Assistant Professor Kim Elliott died...
Thank you to everyone who supported Mason Gross School of the Arts on Giving Day. Your donations will make a difference in the lives of Rutgers students, and we are grateful for your support!Below are the three funds we highlighed this year. These funds support all...
Last July, Julia Baumanis, assistant director of bands and director of pep bands, became the first woman band director at Rutgers University in the school’s 255-year history. According to her research on programs accredited by the National Association of Schools...
Kevin Goetz MGSA’84 is the founder and CEO of Screen Engine/ASI, which has test-screened thousands of movies including Hollywood blockbusters Titanic, Forrest Gump, 12 Years a Slave, Green Book, and Nomadland.Goetz’s first book, Audience-ology: How...
Alumni Tom Nazziola (left) and Peter MartinMusic alumni Tom Nazziola and Peter Martin, as well as faculty member and jazz pianist Bill O’Connell, are nominated for Grammy Awards this year.“Cat & Mouse,” written by Nazziola, a composer and...
The fifth annual Windows of Understanding social justice public art initiative kicked off on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, pairing over 24 artists–including several Mason Gross students and alumni–with local nonprofit organizations to create original works of art.
Rutgers Jazz Lab Band March 2, 7:30 p.m. Women in the Writer’s Chair. Music written and arranged by such luminaries as Mary Lou Williams, Melba Liston, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and Maria Schneider. Directed by Abraham Burton. Public $15 // Rutgers Alumni/Employees...
Photos courtesy of Javier DiazPercussion instructor Javier Diaz originally was tapped just to play rehearsals for one of the most iconic scenes in Steven Spielberg’s acclaimed West Side Story remake.But Diaz – who has wowed audiences of philharmonic...
Aaron Vaders-Collins is a first-year doctoral student at Mason Gross School of the Arts pursuing a degree in music composition and the emerging field of ludomusicology, the scholarly analysis of video game music. A mashup of technology and music theory, engineering, and production, the subject is a perfect blend of Vaders-Collins’s interests.
Composer Tom Nazziola, a 2019 PhD graduate, has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Instrumental Composition category for “Cat and Mouse,” a piece from his 2021 album Distant Places. Nazziola describes the album as “a collection of works...