Performance

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.

Performance Links

Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards Choral Ensembles Instrumental Ensembles Individual Instruction & Lessons Performance Spaces Practice Rooms/Instrument Lockers Instruments & Facilities Student Organizations

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

May 03

Saturday 03:00 PM

Cornell Chamber Orchestra Concert

Barnes Hall

May 03

Saturday 07:30 PM

Cornell Chorale Spring Concert

Sage Chapel

May 04

Sunday 03:00 PM

Cornell Wind Symphony Concert

Bailey Hall

May 04

Sunday 05:00 PM

Jazz Social at the Regent Lounge

Regent Lounge at the Statler Hotel

May 04

Sunday 07:30 PM

Bjerken Piano Studio Recital

Barnes Hall

May 05

Monday 07:30 PM

Violin Studio Recital

Sage Chapel

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Music news

Annie Lewandowski and Students Blend Art, Music, and Marine Conservation in Provincetown

An article in the Provincetown Independent highlights faculty member Annie Lewandowski’s MUS 1213 class, focusing on her conservation efforts and artistic work with whales.

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.

Five elephants of various sizes wade in a water hole

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 –

Several people dancing in formation in a sunny studio

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.