Stefania de KenesseyPhD, Music Composition, Princeton University;
MFA, Music Composition, Princeton University;
BA summa cum laude, Yale University
Associate Professor, Music
Profile:To write beautiful music that speaks to our age but is also grounded in a classical, timeless tradition.
Stefania de Kenessey discusses
teaching and learning at Lang in a project made possible with a grant from Bringing Theory to Practice.
- Human Voice Through the Ages
- The Politics of Music
- Musical Aesthetics
- The Language of Music
- The Drama of Opera
Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts
65 West 11th Street, Room 251
New York, NY 10011
Office Hours:by appointment
Phone Number/Extension:212 229-5100
Email:deKenesS@newschool.eduResearch Interests:The future of classical music (as well as other media) after modernism; founder and artistic director of the “Derriere Guard”, an alliance of traditionalist contemporary artists.
Professional Affiliations:- ASCAP
- National Association of Composers
- International alliance for Women in Music (founding president)
- New Music for Young Ensembles (competition judge)
- Live performances: “High Summer”, song cycle for soprano and ensemble, premiered by Adina Aaron at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall; concertos for trumpet “Cutting Loose” and flute “Manned Flight”, premiered by Chris Gekker and Elizabeth Mann by Manhattan Chamber Orchestra; “Entrances and Depatrrues”, song cycle for mezzosoprano and baritone with orchestra, premiered by Maria Zifchak and Daniel Mobbs with the North/South Chamber Orchestra.
- Recordings: “Autumn Elegy”, 9/11 memorial song cycle (poems by Dana Gioia), released by baritone Christopheren Nomura on Center Stage Records
- Radio/Television: David Garland, WNYC-FM, evening broadcasts; “Art Under the Radar”, PBS stations throughout the country
- ASCAP Award (annually)
- Meet the Composer (regularly)
- guest lectures and master classes, Brown University, the Hartt School, the Juilliard School
