‘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.
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Featured Ensemble Performance: Symphony Orchestra, 4/29/18
Cornell Symphony Orchestra (CSO), led by conductor Chris Younghoon Kim, features Tchaikovsky's Slavonic March and Symphony No. 6.
Music events
Mar
23
Sunday
03:00 PM
Mar
24
Monday
07:30 PM
Aelia Duo and Jean Bernard Cerin recital
Barnes Hall
Mar
25
Tuesday
07:00 PM
Mar
26
Wednesday
12:30 PM
Midday Music for Organ: David Yearsley
Anabel Taylor Chapel
Mar
26
Wednesday
07:30 PM
USAF Heritage of America Band Concert
Bailey Hall
Mar
27
Thursday
04:30 PM
Music news
Morton Wan Awarded Junior Research Fellowship at University of Oxford
Morton Wan Awarded Junior Research Fellowship at University of Oxford
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Chief Adjuah featured on Cornell Concert Series March 7
NPR has hailed Adjuah as “ushering in a new era of jazz."
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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.
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