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Rooted in the Afro-AmerIndian heritage of communities along the Caribbean coasts of Belize, Guatemala and Honduras, Garifuna music blends West African rhythms, indigenous Carib influences and the Arawak language.
The next time you visit Ithaca, check out exhibits on Chimes history, astronomical instruments, historical keyboards and so much more
Built in an era when the University was under fire for being nonsectarian, it offers respite from a bustling campus.
Seare Farhat, DMA candidate in Composition, has been selected for the 2026–27 “Creator Corps” program—a competitive one-year appointment as composer-in-residence with the Louisville Orchestra.
Based on poems by A&S alumna Tsitsi Ella Jaji, M.A. ’06, Ph.D. ’08, the songs by Shawn Okpebholo bring to life individual stories preserved by the Cornell-based Freedom on the Move project.
Salvant, a 2020 MacArthur Fellow and three-time Grammy Award winner, is an artist celebrated for bringing historical depth, dramatic flair, and exceptional musical insight to jazz standards and original works.
An interdisciplinary project is sparking collaborations among those interested in digital approaches to the study of history, languages and culture.
The two-day event features performances of Farrenc’s chamber music on historical instruments, a reimagining of the salon culture in collaboration with the Johnson Museum of Art, and scholarly presentations.
A new work by Cornell alum Zachary Wadsworth DMA ’12, will premiere this weekend in three concerts, including one at Cornell’s Bailey Hall.
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with violin soloist James Ehnes will perform a program entitled “Postcards from Paris” in the next Dallas Morse Coors Concert Series (DMCCS) production of the 2025-26 season.
Cornell faculty and graduate students unleash a genre-bending program across seventeen keyboard instruments, from the delicate whisper of the clavichord to the analog punch of the Roland Juno-60.
Cornell orchestras, vocal ensembles and the Center for Historical Keyboards plan performances.
Martin F. Hatch Jr., Ph.D. ’80, professor of music emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences, died Aug. 23 in Ithaca, New York. He was 83.
A leading force in Quebec’s progressive francophone folk movement, Le Vent du Nord will perform in the first Dallas Morse Coors Concert Series (DMCCS) on Sept. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in Bailey Hall.
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Ten students who participated in this summer's Nexus Scholars Program share their stories..
Gabriela Gómez Estévez to Guest Conduct National Symphony of the Dominican Republic in Santo Domingo
A new book by Carmel Raz focuses on the work of John Holden, an 18th-century potter who also wrote an influential treatise on musical theory.
Musicians, scholars and instrument makers will gather at Cornell Aug. 5-10 for Forte | Piano 2025: Crafting Soundscapes, a conference and festival exploring dimensions of historical keyboard practice from performance and scholarship to instrument making and listening.
The season will include explorations of timeless classics, as well as concerts highlighting new frontiers in music.
The deaths of Brian Wilson, co-founder of The Beach Boys, and funk and soul pioneer Sly Stone, of Sly and the Family Stone, mark the end of a pivotal era in music, says professor Judith Peraino.
Projects spanned topics from Confederate cemeteries to Korean textiles.
A $2 million gift from the Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts will rename the Cornell Concert Series and allow it to continue its efforts to bring world-class musicians to campus.
Ariana Kim was featured on PBS NewsHour's arts and culture series, CANVAS.
The department warmly congratulates Rafael Torralvo da Silva, who successfully defended his PhD dissertation in music and sound studies on April 21, 2025.
Roger Moseley, associate professor of music, will begin in the new role July 1.
Learn about this year's graduating class
James Koga is a computer science major.
Dean Zhang is majoring in biological sciences, computer science and music.
An article in the Provincetown Independent highlights faculty member Annie Lewandowski’s MUS 1213 class, focusing on her conservation efforts and artistic work with whales.
The gift will secure the future of the center's museum-quality holdings, as well as a rich program of concerts, festivals and educational offerings.
On April 14th, 2025, DMA candidate Jack Yarbrough released his debut recording on the renowned British record label Another Timbre.
On April 25, seven Society for the Humanities’ Fellows will present their projects in progress during the annual Spring Fellows’ conference, highlighting the various ways that the theme of silence has been explored –
The culmination of a year-long study of “New/Futurism: Installation, Intermedia, Interactive & Immersive Dance,” the April 25-26 performance also features the work of influential choreographer Merce Cunningham and highlights collaboration among art forms.
Roomful of Teeth is a Grammy Award-winning vocal band dedicated to re-imagining the expressive potential of the human voice.
The Cornell Gamelan Ensemble and a collection of antique instruments sparked the formation of Twin Court – a band that melds rock and traditional Indonesian music.
Morton Wan Awarded Junior Research Fellowship at University of Oxford
A living archive of the Gambian people, Sona Jobarteh innovates to support a more humanitarian future.
Joseph A. Burns, Ph.D. ’66, emeritus professor of engineering and astronomy, and a former vice provost and dean of the Cornell faculty, died Feb. 26 in Ithaca.
Mark your calendar for Giving Day on Thursday, March 13! Every gift, no matter the size, directly supports our students.
In a musical journey through the cosmos, the Cornell Symphony Orchestra will perform the world premiere of “Ex Terra, Ad Astra,” a new work commissioned especially for this year’s Young Person’s Concert.
NPR has hailed Adjuah as “ushering in a new era of jazz."
Biss is a performer, teacher and musical thinker whose on-stage repertoire ranges from the core canon to contemporary commissions. He will perform works by Franz Schubert and Tyson Gholston Davis.
Fellows will pursue research in the sciences, social sciences and humanities.
This year's Cornell Concerto competition honored three students as winners.
The newest album by False Azure Records, "In the Cabinet of Wonders with Scheidemann and Schop: Music for Organ and Violin from 17th-Century Hamburg," featuring violinist Martin Davids and organist David Yearsley will be presented in recital on February 1st at Anabel Taylor Chapel.
For the first time, the Cornell Concerto Competition winners will perform with the Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, and Wind Symphony
Described as the “epitome of the Japanese spirit,” Yamato will bright their show “Hito no Chikara”, The Power of Human Strength to Baily Hall.
The event invited undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines to display their projects at the historic A.D. White House.