Center for Historical Keyboards boosted by $5 million gift
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.
DMA Candidate Jack Yarbrough Releases Debut Recording
On April 14th, 2025, DMA candidate Jack Yarbrough released his debut recording on the renowned British record label Another Timbre.
In ‘Silence’ spring conference, Fellows ‘attend to what is not there’
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 –
PMA’s ‘SHED’ performance features intermedia dance
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.
Vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth featured on Cornell Concert Series April 24
Roomful of Teeth is a Grammy Award-winning vocal band dedicated to re-imagining the expressive potential of the human voice.
‘Collaborative creativity’ of Gamelan inspires student band
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
Morton Wan Awarded Junior Research Fellowship at University of Oxford
Cornell Concert Series hosts Sona Jobarteh, musician of the West African griot tradition
A living archive of the Gambian people, Sona Jobarteh innovates to support a more humanitarian future.
Joseph Burns, emeritus professor, former dean of faculty, dies at 83
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.
Support Music on Giving Day, March 13!
Mark your calendar for Giving Day on Thursday, March 13! Every gift, no matter the size, directly supports our students.
Concert celebrates the wonders of space March 2
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.
Chief Adjuah featured on Cornell Concert Series March 7
NPR has hailed Adjuah as “ushering in a new era of jazz."
Pianist Jonathan Biss featured on Cornell Concert Series Feb. 21
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.
New Klarman Fellows to join the College of Arts and Sciences
Fellows will pursue research in the sciences, social sciences and humanities.
Concerto Competition announces three winners
This year's Cornell Concerto competition honored three students as winners.
February 1: David Yearsley and Baroque violinist Martin Davids Album Release Recital
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.
Concerto Competition announces three winners
For the first time, the Cornell Concerto Competition winners will perform with the Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, and Wind Symphony
YAMATO The Drummers of Japan featured on Cornell Concert Series February 2
Described as the “epitome of the Japanese spirit,” Yamato will bright their show “Hito no Chikara”, The Power of Human Strength to Baily Hall.
Exhibit highlights art/tech intersections in student work
The event invited undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines to display their projects at the historic A.D. White House.
Things to do: Apple Bake-Off, orchestra and wind, Mohawk River exhibit
Enjoy symphony concerts this weekend among other campus activities.
Morton Wan awarded 2024 Thomas Hampson Fund grant by the AMS
The American Musicological Society has awarded its 2024 Thomas Hampson Fund grant to Morton Wan in support of his project, “Chao Yuen Ren’s Art of Songs.”
Things to do: Much music, Supreme Court panel, advice for aspiring filmmakers
Pick from several concerts, attend the Town-Gown Awards, consider the Supreme Court and get advice for a career in film at events around campus.
Nintendo music app ‘rivals major record labels,’ not just for gamers
Some of Nintendo's music has attained classic status, says music professor Roger Moseley.
Rachel Horner Awarded Lise Waxer Prize from SEM
The Popular Music Section of the Society for Ethnomusicology has awarded the Lise Waxer Prize to Rachel Horner, a PhD candidate in Music and Sound Studies. The honor recognizes the most distinguished student paper on popular music presented at the Society’s 2023 Annual Meeting.
American Studies Association honors Nic Vigilante
Graduate student Nic Vigilante received an honorable mention for their paper Salty, Sweet, and Spicy: Ingestion and Immersion in Queer Asian American Nightlife for the 2024 Gene Wise-Warren Susman Prize from the American Studies Association.
Jones understood all art, especially Black art, is ‘political’
Music producing legend Quincy Jones understood the political aspect of art, says Cornell music scholar.
Danish String Quartet featured on Cornell Concert Series Nov. 14
At Cornell, the GRAMMY-nominated quartet will perform works by Caroline Shaw, Haydn, Shostakovich, and a selection of their original compositions and traditional folk tunes.
Things to do: election insights, Halloween movies, Canine Crawl
Hear from experts about the election and the future of democracy, listen to the music of a 1914 alumnus who experimented with blending Chinese and Western musical traditions, and more.
Handel’s greatest hits, reimagined for organ
David Yearsley, the Herbert Gussman Professor of Music, has configured some of George Frideric Handel’s greatest works into pieces for solo organ in his new album.
Art + tech exhibit looking for student work
Submissions are due Oct. 31 and should combine art and technology in any way: video games, fashion, sculpture, graphic design, virtual reality, AI collaborations, performance, music, etc.
Events celebrate Chinese composer who also transformed language
Chao Yuen-Ren 1914, composer of the first Chinese keyboard music, was also a ground-breaking linguist who transformed the Chinese language through his scholarship on Chinese grammar and phonology.
‘Silence’ theme of Society for the Humanities Fall presentations
Six fellows from a broad swath of humanities fields will present their projects in progress during the annual Fall Fellows’ conference, on Friday, Oct. 25.
Piekut Book Wins Prize in Japan
The Japanese-language version of Professor Benjamin Piekut’s Henry Cow: The World Is a Problem has been awarded a prize.
Thomas Cressy wins American Bach Society 2024 Scheide Prize
The American Bach Society is pleased to announce that Thomas Cressy has received the 2024 Scheide Prize.
Michael Millenheft has article published in the Journal of Popular Music Studies
Graduate student Michael Millenheft’s article “Somos Sordos: Countercultural Noise Practice in Contemporary Powerviolence” has just appeared in the Journal of Popular Music Studies (36/1, September 2024).
David Yearsley releases new album, Handel’s Organ Banquet
David Yearsley releases new album, Handel’s Organ Banquet
Splinter Reeds on campus as Stucky Residency for New Music ensemble
The West Coast's first reed quintet will come to campus Sept. 30 – Oct. 4 as the new Stucky Residency for New Music ensemble, hosted by the Department of Music.
‘Mr. Mozart’ finishes comprehensive catalog of maestro’s work
The three-decade project is a fitting capstone to the 85-year-old Neal Zaslaw’s career as one of the world’s leading Mozart authorities, one who was once dubbed “Mr. Mozart” by the New York Times.
New Faculty: Victoria Netanus Xaka
Victoria Netanus Xaka, Music
New Faculty: Carmel Raz
Carmel Raz, Music
From portfolios to pizza, fall A&S career events explore diverse fields
"Cornell alumni are generous with their time and efforts to assist students, to answer questions from students, or connect them to people and places."
New A&S dean relishes ‘life in a university’
Peter John Loewen says he's excited to support faculty in their research, meet students and showcase the value of a liberal arts education.
Cornell Concert Series presents 24-25 season
Cornell Concert Series presents 24-25 season
Jordan Musser, PhD 2020, Named Managing Editor at AMS
Jordan Musser (PhD, 2020) has joined the American Musicological Society's staff in the role of Managing Editor, AMS Publications.
Faculty, students pair up for summer Nexus Scholar research projects
More students can afford to stay on campus to work in faculty labs during the summer thanks to generous alumni.
Cornell crafts multifaceted game studies program
The field of game studies is growing at Cornell, including an expanded set of classes, workshops and symposia and a growing library collection of games.
Forte/Piano Summer Academy returns to Cornell
The July 30-Aug. 3 experience for young artists will culminate with a series of concerts, presentations and roundtable discussions featuring distinguished performing artists, teachers and “rising stars."
Restored Moog synthesizer featured on new album
A new album of music — played on several innovative new instruments created and restored at Cornell, including a Moog synthesizer —will debut June 28 from the band EZRA, which includes a Cornell faculty member.
Teaching conducting in extended reality
A virtual reality setting can enable conducting students to engage with gestures in low stakes environment.
Building and cataloging a world of games at Cornell
Cornell scholars are developing a collection of games, both digital and analog, in the Cornell Library, and connecting that to teaching across disciplines and courses.