Composer and NYU Prague professor Beata Hlavenková is releasing two new albums this spring. She and Patrik Hlavenka wrote the music for Ó, Ó, Ó, Vajíčko!, a children’s CD based on a book by Milan Starý and Ester Stará. Kids…
Singing for UNICEF
A few weeks ago, 183 choirs performed all over the Czech Republic to raise money for a new UNICEF initiative supporting newborns in the poorest parts of the world. One of them was the NYU Prague Vocal Ensemble. NYU Prague…
Jiří Levíček
This semester pianist and composer Jiří Levíček started teaching music theory and aural comprehension at NYU Prague. Levíček has a good understanding of American undergraduates, as he was one himself. After finishing his BA at the Janáček Academy of Performing…
Klára Boudalová
When she was little, Klára Boudalová used to help her grandfather tune organs in the local church- she was small enough to crawl inside among the pipes and make adjustments. So perhaps it shouldn’t surprise us that when she grew…
Miriam Němcová
The Czech Republic has one of Europe’s strongest music education programs, and children as young as 15 can start learning to conduct at the conservatory (students in the USA don’t start learning to be conductors until much later, usually after…
New Developments in the Music Program
The music program at NYU Prague is on a high note this year. As of this semester, it is mandatory for all NYU music education students to study abroad. Because Prague is the only global site that offers some classes…
Meet RA Páťa
The NYU Prague staff includes 11 Resident Assistants who are Czech university students. Our faculty usually encounters them at the reception desks on campus, but they are also on the front line of our student life department- they live with…
Coming up
Did you know…. You can find listings of our events (and much more!) on our newly created All You Need to Know Page Thursday, April 11, 6 p.m. Book launch: Dobré vládnutí ve veřejném nezájmu by Karel Müller (in Czech)…
GRI Fellows
Every semester, NYU Prague hosts graduate students who have received fellowships through the Graduate Reseach Institute. Daphne Carr (music department, College of Arts and Sciences) is researching policing technologies that use sonic tactics to police public order. Maricielo Gomez (Global…
Democracy at Work: Three Case Studies
On April 11, former NYU Prague professor Karel Müller will launch his new book, Dobré vládnutí ve veřejném nezájmu, (Good governance in the public lack-of-interest) an analysis of local politics in three smaller Czech towns: Černošice, Semily, Hrádek nad Nisou.…