Events honor the legacy of composer Steven Stucky
The Department of Music is honoring the late Steven Stucky, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and beloved Cornell professor, with a series of concerts.
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: Cornell Chorus, Glee Club, and Symphony Orchestra April 26, 2025
The program includes Bach’s uplifting Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, Dvořák’s triumphant Te Deum—featuring soloists Rachel Schutz, soprano, and Jean Bernard Cerin, baritone—Brahms’ lyrical Schicksalslied. Performed by the Cornell Glee Club and Chorus, and the Cornell Symphony Orchestra, led by Joe Lerangis and Gabriela Gomez Estevez.
Music events
Feb
22
Sunday
03:00 PM
Ensemble X presents BOULANGERIE 1 (CU Music)
Barnes Hall
Feb
25
Wednesday
12:30 PM
Midday Music for Organ: Andrew Johnson and Yuhe Su (CU Music)
St. Luke Lutheran Church
Feb
27
Friday
01:30 PM
Composers' Forum: Rhodri Davies
Lincoln Hall
Auditorium
Feb
27
Friday
07:30 PM
Feb
28
Saturday
03:00 PM
Feb
28
Saturday
07:30 PM
Experimental Sound Series at Cornell: Rhodri Davies (CU Music)
Anabel Taylor Chapel
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