Music
Open Studios Shows Artists are Scientific Too
Yasmeen Tajiddin meditates on the benefits of taking a rigorous approach to writing and singing.
The Boss Protocol
Goffredo Puccetti thinks about the bonds that unite Bruce Springsteen’s fans.
Electra Street Playlist No. 7
Songs that convey what it means to be “Danish at heart,” courtesy of Nikolaj Nielsen.
Electra Street Playlist No. 6
Justin Stearns give us five songs that track the trajectory of his shifting sense of “home.”
Electra Street Playlist No. 5
“Jeg er Zigeuner [I’m a Gypsy]” to Janis Ian’s “Lover’s Lullaby” with Ken Nielsen.
Electra Street Playlist No. 4
Grega Ulen shares the songs that he listened to back home in Ljubljana, Slovenia, before coming to Abu Dhabi.
Electra Street Playlist No. 3
Blues, ballads, and bit of rap courtesy of writer Jim Savio.
Electra Street Playlist No. 2
Assistant Professor of Philosophy Matthew Silverstein shares some of the classical music he grew to love as a child while listening with his grandfather.
“I don’t get it, but I love it!”: An Outsider Tries to Understand The Nile Project
Nikolaj Nielsen listens to the Nile Project’s musical celebration of the life and music of the Nile countries at NYU Abu Dhabi’s East Plaza.
Going Home to Music Class
Shreya Shreeraman meditates on the experience of studying and performing Carnatic music.
Electra Street Playlist No. 1
Isabelle Galet-Lalande shares the songs she learned to love while digging through her father’s collection of vinyl records. The first in a series of playlists.
Not Your Grandmother’s String Quartet
Gabrielle Flores on the transformative power of the Kronos Quartet’s music-making.
Thinking through Music
Homework isn’t the only thing that can get students to think: Dana Abu Ali meditates on the powerful experience of watching and listening to Toshi Reagon’s “Parable of the Sower: The Concert Version.”
All-Terrain: The Kronos Quartet at NYUAD
Cyrus R. K. Patell marvels at the musical ground that the legendary quartet surveys during its visit to Abu Dhabi.
On Writing “Las Flores del Encino”
Writing music that mixes artistic experimentation and personal experience.
Vox in Situm
A sound piece by J. Martin Daughtry on the subject of accents.
New Vocalizations
A sound composition by the members of Martin Daughtry’s “Human Voice” class.