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.
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Performance is a fundamental part of Cornell’s cultural life. The Department of Music encourages music-making through a wide array of chamber and large ensembles, as well as its offerings in private lessons and directed coaching by members of the music faculty. Master classes, degree and non-degree recitals, contemporary music concerts, and an annual concerto competition supplement the music department’s concert offerings.
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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
Apr
13
Sunday
03:00 PM
When East Meets West: Mahler and Taiwan
Barnes Hall
Apr
14
Monday
07:30 PM
Thomas Feng, piano recital
Barnes Hall
Apr
16
Wednesday
12:30 PM
Midday Music for Organ: Adam Langeveld
Sage Chapel
Apr
16
Wednesday
07:15 PM
Stucky Ensemble-in-Residence Splinter Reeds Workshop
Becker House
Apr
17
Thursday
04:30 PM
Apr
17
Thursday
07:30 PM
Adedayo Perkovich, Senior Voice Recital
Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room
Music news
‘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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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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