We’re deeply saddened by the news that our beloved Adjunct Associate Professor Henry Gaffney passed away yesterday (May 23rd).
Henry began his career in music as a solo recording artist, releasing albums on both RCA (“Waiting For A Wind”), and United Artists Records (“On Again Off Again”). He was a staff writer for Koppleman / Bandier [...]
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13 Apr 2010This summer 2010, The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at Tisch School of the Arts, NYU will inaugurate an innovative MASTERCLASS SERIES in music production, business and image-making, as part of our regular series of summer course offerings. Students from all walks of life will have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to come [...]
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12 Apr 2010After a nice long hiatus to focus on our admissions process and to keep things running smoothly behind-the-scenes, we’re back. We hope you missed us, because we all know that absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Stay tuned to find out info about our upcoming summer masterclasses, and other good things that we’re up to.
In: announcements| events| motown u
30 Nov 2009The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University is proud to be hosting a special discussion event with Grammy-winning Columbia Records artist, producer, songwriter and entrepreneur Raphael Saadiq
as the final event in our Motown U record label series.
Oakland’s Raphael Saadiq emerged in the 1980s as the front [...]
The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at Tisch School of the Arts and music and technology networking organization Sound CTRL, in conjunction with event sponsors Billboard and Pepsi, are happy to co-present a special evening with music industry legend Clive Davis, commemorating Arista Records’ 35th Anniversary.
Through Arista Records, Clive Davis launched or helped catapult [...]
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23 Oct 2009Alicia’s performance opened with a particularly appropriate rendition of “Empire State of MInd” from Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3 album: it got the entire audience on its feet.
On Wednesday night, NYU’s Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at Tisch School of the Arts was proud to co-host with Sony Music Entertainment the great singer-songwriter-producer Alicia Keys in the inaugural event of a 3-city lecture and performance series called The Element of Freedom. It was held at The Skirball Center for the Performing [...]
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16 Oct 2009The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at Tisch School of the Arts, NYU is proud to co-present with Sony Music Entertainment an exciting lecture and performance event with Alicia Keys this October.
Alicia Keys is releasing her 4th studio album, The Element of Freedom, in December. With her new single “Doesn’t Mean Anything” currently exploding [...]
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5 Oct 2009This week the 127th Audio Engineering Society Convention New York gets underway at New York’s Javitz Center.
“For over 60 years, the AES has been the largest gathering of audio professionals and enthusiasts on the globe, attracting delegates from over 100 countries worldwide.
Workshops, tutorials, technical papers and the trade show floor provide attendees with a wealth [...]
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5 Oct 2009We’re super happy this October to be hosting Grammy-nominated musician, songwriter and creative entrepreneur Pete Wentz for our Music Entrepreneurship Series.
Illinois-born Pete Wentz serves as bassist, lyricist and co-founder of the phenomenally successive pop-punk band Fall out Boy. Fall Out Boy’s five studio albums, distributed on indie label Fueled by Ramen and major label Island [...]
The Clive Davis Department is an innovative undergraduate leadership training program for aspiring creative music entrepreneurs, housed at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. Students who dream of becoming leading executives, recording artists, record producers and music journalists come to us to learn the art and business of creating and selling hit music.