Molloy University Music Department

09/04/2026

Calling all Molloy students who sing or play an instrument! 🎶 🎺 🥁 🎻 Many of our ensembles still have room for a few more musicians. Email [email protected] or individual ensemble directors to ask about auditioning and joining by next Tuesday, September 8th. Open to Molloy students (including non-music majors) by audition or permission of instructor.

Mondays 5:30-8:30pm: Percussion Ensemble & Opera Ensemble
Tuesdays 5:30-8:30pm: Jazz Ensemble & Concert Choir
Wednesdays 3:25-6:15 pm: Guitar Ensemble
Wednesdays 5:30-8:30pm: Orchestra/String Ensemble
Thursdays 5:30-8:30pm: Chamber Ensemble

08/27/2026

Congrats to Dr. Suzanne Sorel on her publication of a chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Improvisation in Music Therapy titled "Reflecting on Pivotal Parallel Experiences During Improvisational Music Therapy Sessions with Gene, an Autistic Adolescent." https://doi.org/10.1093/9780198942849.003.0026

Dr. Sorel was also interviewed and featured in this Psychology Today article:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/music-between-your-ears/202608/striking-the-balance-between-the-music-and-the-therapy

06/08/2026

Molloy faculty members Dr. Seung-A Jung, PhD, LCAT, MT-BC (Program Director of Molloy Graduate Music Therapy) and Professor Carly Caprioli, MS, LCAT, MT-BC will be presenting at the World Congress of Music Therapy in Bologna, Italy on July 11, 2026. They'll be featured in a roundtable on the therapeutic relationship in psychodynamic music therapy, alongside Dr. Sami Alanne (Finland) & Dr. Dorothee von Moreau (Germany). We love seeing Molloy faculty research in the world!
https://wcmt2026.org

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Professors Jung and Caprioli are both faculty members in Music Therapy at Molloy with research specializing in Analytical Music Therapy. For more info about Molloy's Graduate Music Therapy program, please visit https://www.molloy.edu/academics/schools/arts-sciences/graduate/music-therapy or contact Dr. Jung at [email protected].

05/21/2026

Dr. Tom Rizzuto’s TEDx Talk, "Why Streaming Can't Replace Physical Media," is featured as an Editor's Pick on the homepage of TED.com! It was recorded as part of the first TEDx Molloy University event in February. Listen to the talk here:

https://www.ted.com/talks/tom_rizzuto_the_problem_with_streaming_and_the_case_for_physical_media

Streaming media gives us access to everything instantly, but at what cost? Music professor Tom Rizzuto traces the history of physical media — from CDs and vinyl to bone music (Soviet-era records pressed onto discarded X-rays) and the near-loss of "Nosferatu" — making the case that art shouldn't ...

05/08/2026

Huge congrats to Molloy music therapy undergraduate and graduate students who are already making an impact on the field in their internships. In the last two weeks, we celebrated internship presentations by Lana, Ashley, Antonia, Tiffany, Lauren, Helen, Lily, Kirsten, Taina, and Kasey 🥳🎶 Thanks to all interns, partner sites, and internship supervisors for your dedicated and inspiring work!

04/27/2026

Coming up this week!

🗓️ 4/27: Joint Studio Recital
🗓️ 4/28: Concert Choir
🗓️ 4/29: Guitar & Chamber Ensembles
🗓️ 4/30: Opera Ensemble

Plus, please support our Music Therapy majors as they present on their internship work on Tuesday and Thursday.

04/23/2026

We look forward to a visit from guitarist Roberto Fabbri on May 13th! Join us for a masterclass at 2:30 and concert at 7pm. Mr. Fabbri is known for his virtuosic solo and ensemble performances around the world, his 40+ guitar publications, numerous celebrated albums on the Sony Music label, and his extensive work as an educator.

04/22/2026

04/21/2026

Swipe ➡️ for our Evelyn Selesky Night of Music performers and bands. What do most of them have in common? They’re friends who met who met and connected through music at Molloy and beyond 🎶
Layla & Emma
Obvizion
suburbia
Sophie Woods
Silk Nights acapella


See you at Night of Music on Friday, April 23rd at 7pm! $5 for students, $20 General Admission at the door . All ticket proceeds support the Evelyn Selesky Scholarship for Molloy music students.

04/17/2026

Follow along on a day in the life of Molloy senior and Music Education major Antonio Cruz, as he goes from student teaching to voice lessons to Opera Ensemble! 🏫 Music Ed majors spend senior spring gaining valuable classroom experience in our many partner schools on Long Island, while staying active performing and learning on campus 🎶