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Boyer College of Music and Dance - Temple University The Boyer College of Music and Dance offers a wide array of degree programs in music and dance.

The official page for the Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University

Enjoy past performances on our official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/boyercollege

Learn more about our programs at boyer.temple.edu. With conservatory level training, diverse curriculums, extraordinary performing opportunities, and the cultural resources of Philadelphia, our students enjoy myriad opportunities for career growth and enhancement. Enjoy past performances and livestreamed events on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/boyercollege

Save the date for our 2027 Arts and Quality of Life Conference! This annual event is a day of conversation, creativity a...
30/08/2026

Save the date for our 2027 Arts and Quality of Life Conference! This annual event is a day of conversation, creativity and connection, where the arts take center stage in shaping lives and strengthening communities.

Join us in the Temple Performing Arts Center on February 12 for plenary presentations, guest speakers, explanatory performances, panel discussions and more, demonstrating the many ways that the arts improve one's quality of life. More info on this year's conference, registration and calls for proposals is coming soon.

Pictured: 2026 guest speaker Joan Myers Brown, founder/director of PHILADANCO, Philadelphia's celebrated dance company for its innovation, creativity and preservation of predominantly African American traditions in dance

28/08/2026

So proud of Chris Lewis, BYR ‘18! 🎷

What is an essential needs hub?As part of Temple University's commitment to student success, the Christopher and Julie B...
26/08/2026

What is an essential needs hub?

As part of Temple University's commitment to student success, the Christopher and Julie Barnett Essential Needs Hub provides students with fundamental resources such as food, housing, financial stability, mental health resources, transportation, technology and more. Temple believes that students should not have to choose between their own well-being and their education, and the Essential Needs Hub team is here to provide that support.

Visit the Essential Needs Hub in the Howard Gittis Student Center Lower Level or learn more online, including how to support the Hub: studentaffairs.temple.edu/essential-needs-hub

Celebrating your first day of school never gets old! Our Music Education and Music Therapy department got together yeste...
25/08/2026

Celebrating your first day of school never gets old! Our Music Education and Music Therapy department got together yesterday to celebrate the new academic year.

We hope everyone had a great first day. 🦉

Still buzzing from Friday's Convocation ceremony. ✨One more sleep before classes begin. Wishing the Class of 2030 a grea...
23/08/2026

Still buzzing from Friday's Convocation ceremony. ✨

One more sleep before classes begin. Wishing the Class of 2030 a great first semester at Temple! 🦉

📸 Ryan S. Brandenberg

This Friday, BCM&D Records releases Complications in Sue, the world premiere performance of the opera by Pulitzer and To...
18/08/2026

This Friday, BCM&D Records releases Complications in Sue, the world premiere performance of the opera by Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning playwright Michael R. Jackson. In partnership with Opera Philadelphia, this recording was captured live at the Academy of Music in February 2026.

The opera features music by 10 composers as it unfolds in 10 vignettes, each set in a different decade in the life of the main character, Sue. The 10 composers include Andy Akiho, Alistair Coleman, Nathalie Joachim, Missy Mazzoli, Nico Muhly, Rene Orth, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Kamala Sankaram, Dan Schlosberg, and Errollyn Wallen, whose scores range from the mundane to the extraordinary.

Complications in Sue will be available for streaming and download on all digital platforms, with CDs available on Bandcamp.

Introducing Dr. Mark Micchelli, our new assistant professor of music theory and composition!Micchelli is a pianist, comp...
17/08/2026

Introducing Dr. Mark Micchelli, our new assistant professor of music theory and composition!

Micchelli is a pianist, composer, scholar, and educator. He holds a PhD from the University of Pittsburgh, where he was the first graduate to earn a combined degree in composition/theory and jazz studies. Micchelli's music has been described as "jazz that knows the rules but gets weird with them" (KALW), as demonstrated through his recent albums, Glitched-On Bop (2025), featuring jazz standards reimagined for solo piano and improvising computer, and Five Years in Exile (2026), featuring an eclectic mix of art song, jazz, punk, and noise. He is also the producer and music director for Mai Khôi's Bad Activist, a multimedia theatrical performance.

As a music theorist and pedagogue, Micchelli challenges the siloing of composition, performance and research, instead exploring creative practice as a mode of music-theoretical inquiry. This approach has guided his publications on the solo piano music of Cecil Taylor, which have appeared in Music Theory Online and SMT-Pod, and for which he was the recipient of a 2023 SMT Emerging Scholar Award. His current research suggests broader applications for composer/theorist George Russell's landmark treatise, The Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization.

Welcome to Boyer, Dr. Micchelli!

Last month, Boyer music therapy alumni from around the world reconnected with faculty and one another at the World Congr...
12/08/2026

Last month, Boyer music therapy alumni from around the world reconnected with faculty and one another at the World Congress of Music Therapy in Bologna, Italy. ❤️ The Congress is “the most important international event” for the music therapy profession and community.

Shoutout to Grace Sim, BYR ‘13, for letting us know and for sending in some great photos!

This fall, the Temple University Night Owls welcome Alex Gittelman, BYR ‘10, as its new conductor! 🦉 Read on to learn mo...
10/08/2026

This fall, the Temple University Night Owls welcome Alex Gittelman, BYR ‘10, as its new conductor! 🦉 Read on to learn more about him.

Gittelman earned his bachelor of music in music education with a jazz emphasis here at Temple in 2010 and his master’s in music education from the University of the Arts in 2016. His private teachers have included Matt Gallagher, Eric Schweingruber and Terell Stafford. He is currently pursuing his PhD in music education back here at Temple with a focus on the intersections of neuroscience and music.

Since 2011, Gittelman has been teaching at Haverford Middle School where he has taught 6th and 7th grade general music; the 6th, 7th and 8th grade bands; the award-winning Haverford Middle School Jazz Ensemble; the HMS Woodwind Ensemble; the HMS Brass Ensemble (founded in 2013); and the HMS Percussion Ensemble (founded in 2015). He is a member of ITG, NAfME and PMEA, as well as a brother of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.

Gittelman has been a member of many premier ensembles in the Philadelphia area including the Blackbird Society Orchestra, Latin Express and City Brass. He has performed with various artists such as Clark Terry, Branford Marsalis, Joe Wilder, Carla Cook, Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff, and Jimmy Heath. When not teaching, researching or performing, Gittelman enjoys spending time with his wife, Kim Blanchette, cooking, playing Dungeons and Dragons, training with a longsword, and taking care of his many cats.

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