Posted on October 9, 2024
To kick off Homecoming 2024, students, faculty, staff and alumni packed the A. J. Gordon Memorial Chapel to dedicate the Adams School of Music and the Arts through live music, dramatic readings, video and art.
Posted on February 26, 2024
The Adams School, led by Dr. Sarita Kwok, brings together the best of Gordon’s creative and performing arts programs into a distinct, collaborative entity.
Posted on October 5, 2022
As students returned to campus this fall, they were joined by new experts on the faculty who, over the course of the coming years, will come alongside their academic pursuits and help them in shaping their vocation.
Posted on August 17, 2022
Dorothy Faith Lueth, longtime music faculty member at Gordon, passed away August 12, after a brief battle with an aggressive cancer.
Posted on August 5, 2022
Adams Endowed Chair in Music Dr. Sarita Kwok is working to bring a largely unknown 18th-century French musician into the spotlight.
Posted on May 31, 2022
When the pandemic put her music career on pause, Kate Rapier got certified as a single foster parent to temporarily provide a safe home to children in Nashville during lockdown. But that all changed when Rapier met one-week-old Gigi.
Posted on March 17, 2022
Adams Endowed Chair in Music Sarita Kwok spent her sabbatical on a groundbreaking recording of music by 18th-century Black composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
Posted on December 30, 2021
2014 music education alumnus Elijah Langille’s classroom is a platform for teens at New Bedford High School to learn dedication, dialogue and their own capability.
Posted on September 10, 2021
A summer internship with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra introduced music major Hunter Hess ’22 to new career possibilities and inspirations.
Posted on August 16, 2021
While people were baking homemade sourdough bread, adopting pets and remodeling bathrooms to make the most of being stuck at home during the pandemic, music performance major Shant Arakelian ’21 was composing a six-movement sonata about his life.
Posted on March 5, 2021
Gordon's Department of Music aims to advance the work of Black composers beyond Black History Month through performances and in-depth studies of the musical styles.
Posted on February 16, 2021
Embracing being Black has been a lifelong journey for Michael Ellis Ingram, who moved to Germany in 2010 to pursue a career in music. Read about his personal journey and revelations.