Boyer College of Music and Dance - Temple University

Our summer Rite of Swing series is back! Join us on June 20, July 25 and August 15 at our usual time (4:30-6:30 PM) for monthly jazz cafes in the Temple Performing Arts Center lobby. Recital credit will even be available for music undergrads, so get a head start for the fall!

This Thursday, don't miss the Ray Kaneko Quintet featuring:

Ray Kaneko, saxophone
Jake Kelberman, guitar
Anthony Aldissi, piano
Sam Harris, bass
Maria Marmarou, drums

Always free and all are welcome. See you there!

Today we send our congrats to Dr. Dylan Principi, BYR '14, '17, who was appointed an assistant professor of music theory for Florida State University's College of Music! Principi holds BM and MM degrees from Boyer in jazz education and music theory.

Temple University promises to University of the Arts students:

1.) Students who transfer will not pay any more in net tuition and required university fee costs to attend Temple University than you would if your education continued at University of the Arts. Full-time attendance and application of all available federal and state aid required.

2.) Temple University will transfer as many credits as possible to ensure you stay on track for graduation.

3.) Temple University will waive the application fee for all University of the Arts students.

4.) University Housing and Residential Life will work with you to find your preferred housing option, either on campus or in an approved Best Nest property within Temple's patrol zone.

The first step to enrolling is completing the Temple University Admissions form for University of the Arts students (link in bio). Please upload your transcripts and financial aid offers so Temple can create a record for you and start the transition process.

Got questions about our majors? Swipe for contacts at the Boyer College of Music and Dance and the School of Theater, Film and Media Arts who are ready to tell you all about our programs here at the Center for the Performing and Cinematic Arts.

At Temple University's Boyer College of Music and Dance, we affirm our commitment to providing an accessible college education for all and our intent to make the path to enrollment at Temple seamless and transparent.

Temple University has set up a centralized point of information and inquiry for University of the Arts students. Please visit this page to learn more and request more information about the enrollment process (see link in our bio).

We are also available to speak with you one-on-one about our program offerings. Please reach out to our admissions team with any program-specific questions. Swipe for admissions contacts by discipline in the Center for the Performing and Cinematic Arts.

Dance programs:
Jennifer Grasso
[email protected]
(215) 204-0533

Music programs:
Kristina Lang
[email protected]
(215) 204-6810

Theater and Film programs:
Josette Todaro
[email protected]
(215) 204-3209

All Center for the Performing and Cinematic Arts programs:
Jim Short
[email protected]
(215) 204-8598

At the 2024 PMEA All-State Conference in April, David Zagorski, BYR ’98, received the 25 Years of Service award. Zagorski has been a band director as several area high schools and is currently at the Nazareth Academy High School in Northeast Philadelphia.

Shoutout to Zagorski’s loving daughter, Satoria, a current Temple student in the College of Science and Technology, who passed this news and photo along!

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Great feature on Philadelphia Orchestra percussionist Angela Zator Nelson, BYR '01, who will be honored this weekend for her 25 years of service to the Orchestra!

Media percussionist beats the drums and more with the Philadelphia Orchestra Angela Nelson to be honored during Saturday night’s performance for her 25 years with the orchestra.

🤩 Celebrating !

NESTICO COMPETITION WINNER | The Airmen of Note would like to congratulate Banks Sapnar, the winner of our 2024 Sammy Nestico Composers Competition!

Sapnar is from Haddonfield, New Jersey and is currently a student at Boyer College of Music and Dance - Temple University working towards his master's degree in jazz studies. He recently received an outstanding solo award at the Jazz at Lincoln Center Jack Rudin College Jazz Competition, as well as The State of New Jersey Governor's Award for Arts Education.

Our annual Nestico competition encourages composers to write original compositions for big band and honors one of the earliest leaders of the Note, Sammy Nestico. Nestico is regarded as one of the greatest composers and arrangers of jazz music. Sapnar will receive a follow-up commission that will be featured at an Airmen of Note concert soon. Stay tuned!

What a beautiful young lady and queen of her instrument! So proud of Jada Wells graduate of Lyra Society’s program working towards her Music Therapy degree Boyer College of Music and Dance - Temple University through Bedside Harp So proud of you. This IS what matters ❤️🎵🥹

Please join us as we recognize and congratulate our retiring faculty and staff:

-Ed Flanagan, senior associate dean and associate professor
-Margo Jackson, undergraduate advisor
-Merián Soto, professor of dance

We are thankful for their decades of service to Temple University and they will be missed. Sending our best wishes!

Huge congrats to alumna Ann Ziff, BYR '16, for receiving highest honors from the Manhattan School of Music! On May 16, Ziff was one of MSM's five 2024 recipients of an honorary doctorate.

Please join us in celebrating the publishing 25th Anniversary of a living choral legend, Rollo Dilworth, and browse his extensive catalog of 150+ works for choir at Hal Leonard, all of which have that intangible "spark" that tells concertgoers that you're hearing something special—music from a master arranger, composer, and expert of the shared human cultural tradition—all at one everlasting time.

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Okay, Regina Laurie, BYR '86!

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Just a few spots remain for the 2024 Wind Conducting and Teaching Workshop! Join us June 24-28 for four days of movement sessions, topical discussions, performance in the Workshop Band and more, led by Dr. Patricia Cornett (Temple), Dr. Rodney Dorsey (Florida State) and Dr. Matthew Brunner (Temple).

Conductors and music educators of all levels can register now at boyer.temple.edu/conductingworkshop.

Celebrating ! PhD Music Education alumna Dr. Whitney Covalle, BYR '22, joins the Montclair State University faculty this fall as an assistant professor of music education for the John J. Cali School of Music. Congratulations!

Thrilled to see some Boyer affiliates among PYO Music Institute’s Ovation Award finalists!

Happy release day! Now available for streaming, check out Labyrinth by Billy Childs on select major platforms.

As our latest full-length album from BCM&D Records, Labyrinth also includes our recent single, Banks Sapnar's Red Braid featuring the Temple University Jazz Band, and Rainforests by Bill Cunliffe, recorded by the Temple University Studio Orchestra. All works were premiered and recorded by Boyer students during the 2022-2023 school year.

Learn more at boyer.temple.edu/bcmd.

We were thrilled to see Matt Schillizzi, BYR '13, featured in today's Philadelphia Gay News! Schillizzi, who is vice president of the Boyer College Alumni Association, is the owner of City Food Tours - Philadelphia, a top-rated attraction on Tripadvisor for tourists and locals to experience all the unique and delicious flavors of Philadelphia's vibrant food culture.

Matt Schillizzi: Food and fun for everyone - Philadelphia Gay News To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.” – François de La Rochefoucauld If anyone has made the act of enjoying food an art form in Philadelphia, it’s the good folks at City Food Tours. The top-rated attraction has built a reputation by sharing the unique and delicious flavo...

As a Play On Philly Marian Anderson Young Artist, CAPA senior Rhyuhn Green studied privately with Boyer composition adjunct and alumnus Bill Dougherty, BYR '10, to whom he attributes in part his success as a musician. Green will continue his composition studies at The Juilliard School this fall, where he has received a full ride.

Per Dougherty (pictured): “I’m extremely proud of him and to have played a small part in helping to guide him along the way."

Full story: https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/philadelphia-piano-prodigy-rhyuhn-green-capa-juilliard-school

Congrats to our former dean!

Winter and Spring Receptions - Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia MFS: Spring Celebration Join us for a very special Spring Celebration on May 14, 2024, when we present Musical Fund Society Lifetime Achievement Awards to two outstanding recipients: Diane Monroe, […]

Associate Professor of Music History Shana Goldin-Perschbacher’s 2022 book, Q***r Country, continues to receive accolades. The International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) has named Goldin-Perschbacher the recipient of the 2024 Woody Guthrie Award for most outstanding book in popular music studies, IASPM’s first book category. Congratulations!

Join us for an OWLchestra concert this evening (5/2). This performance will take place at 7:30 PM in TPAC. See you there!

In one week, the Class of 2024 leaves the nest! The Boyer College of Music and Dance commencement ceremony is next Wednesday, May 8 at 5:30 PM in the Temple Performing Arts Center.

Livestream available on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/live/9LJ0bKs7fs0?si=hYWPZSGFvF7r6t3B

Join us for the Music Technology Capstones this evening (5/1) at 5:30 PM and tomorrow evening (5/2) at 5:30 PM. These events will take place in Rock Hall Auditorium. See you there!

Congratulations to our 2024 Music Technology graduates!

Join us for a Swinging Voices and Jazz Band Number Four concert this evening (12/5). This performance will take place at 7:30 PM in TPAC. See you there!

Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/qS9ZNCUdeDY?si=JxYrk-uCbeK5a3if