Department of Music

April 28, 2020 - 12:00am

Pitt Jazz Launches New Video Blog on International Jazz Day

The Pitt Jazz Studies Program is launching a new initiative: a video blog called Jazz Talk, hosted by Nicole Mitchell,...
January 31, 2020 - 12:00am

Nicole Mitchell Named United States Artists Fellow

Pitt Jazz Studies Director Nicole Mitchell has been named a 2020 United States Artists (USA) Fellow—an honor accompanied by a $50...
December 2, 2019 - 12:00am

Music Department Chair's Composition Performed in Poland and Boston

Mathew Rosenblum, chair of the Department of Music in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, is just back from...
July 12, 2019 - 12:00am

New Jazz Studies Director Nicole Mitchell Tops Jazz Polls

Two significant honors were recently announced for Nicole Mitchell, Pitt’s new William S. Dietrich II Endowed Chair in Jazz...
Nicole Mitchell
January 16, 2019 - 10:19am

Award-Winning Flutist, Composer and Educator Named Endowed Chair, Director of Jazz Studies

Nicole M. Mitchell has been named the William S. Dietrich II Endowed Chair in Jazz Studies, effective July 1. She also will be the director of the Jazz Studies Program and a professor in Pitt’s Department of Music.
March 21, 2018 - 12:00am

Music Chair Deane Root Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Pitt Department of Music Chair Deane Root has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of American Music...