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Collage of students performing music: jazz, choir, piano, wind symphony, orchestra, and electronic
Photo credits clockwise from top left: Ming DeMers, Chris Kitchen, Liza Zabelina,
Chris Kitchen, Satish Athavale, Robert Reed

Letter from the Chair:

Dear Friends of Music, 

My first year in the Chair’s office, I was told, would be exhilarating and exhausting. I found it to be more of the former than the latter, owing principally to the extraordinary achievements of my colleagues and our students. As the Department and University continue their long recovery from the disruptions of the COVID pandemic, it felt as if the study, performance, and creation of music at Cornell accelerated for twelve straight months....

[Read more of the Letter from Department Chair Benjamin Piekut]

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This academic year featured numerous highlights from programs and individuals. Please follow the links below to read more!

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Center for Historical Keyboards summer academy hosts 12 young piano stars

Young artists from around the world will be immersed in one of the world’s most significant collections of performance-ready historical pianos, with performances open to the public August 1-6.

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Dawn Upshaw

GRAMMY-winning soprano Dawn Upshaw performs Feb. 24

Maria Schneiders’ “Winter Morning Walks” headlines the program in Barnes Hall.

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Reflections on loadbang's first Stucky Residency visit

Reflections on loadbang's first Stucky Residency visit

2022-2023 Stucky Residency ensemble loadbang started off their two-part visit to Cornell’s campus with a bang.

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Students’ island clean-up trip inspires multimedia projects

Students trekked to Cuttyhunk Island during spring break to clean up traps and other fishing gear that had been abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded.

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