Upcoming Events

Apr 25
Friday 01:30 PM

Composers Forum: Pe Lang

Lincoln Hall 316
Apr 25
Friday 07:30 PM

Keyboard Energies Symposium: Elemental Energies at the Keyboard

Barnes Hall
Apr 26
Saturday 11:45 AM

Keyboard Energies Symposium: David Yearsley Lecture-Recital

Anabel Taylor Chapel
Apr 26
Saturday 05:00 PM

Keyboard Energies: Gary Versace Organ Trio

Lincoln Hall B20
Apr 26
Saturday 07:30 PM

Cornell Chorus, Glee Club, and Symphony Orchestra Major Works Concert

Bailey Hall
Apr 27
Sunday 03:00 PM

Cornell Percussion Ensemble Concert

Lincoln Hall B20
Apr 28
Monday 07:30 PM

Voice Program Senior Showcase

Barnes Hall
Apr 29
Tuesday 07:30 PM

Jeffrey Snedeker, organ recital

Sage Chapel
Apr 30
Wednesday 12:30 PM

Midday Music for Organ: Annette Richards

Anabel Taylor Chapel
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The Cornell | Westfield Center for Historical Keyboards' inaugural Forte/Piano Summer Academy is underway, and a variety of recitals, lectures, and master classes are free and open to the public.

Please note there are numerous traffic impacts due to roadwork and construction, including on Feeney Way and University Avenue. Visit cuinfo.cornell.edu/alerts/ for up to date information, and allow extra time for travel and parking.

Visit historicalkeyboards.org for more detail and information about the artist-faculty and participating young artists.

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Matías de Roux

Matías de Roux is a composer interested in perception, cognition, and timbre. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music composition from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá, Colombia) where he studied with Guillermo Gaviria and Juan Antonio Cuellar. Matías also holds a DNSPM and an MA from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP) where he studied composition with Frédéric Durieux and electronic music composition with Luis Naón and Yan Maresz.

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Maria Privado

I am a Guatemalan sociologist, trained in Guatemala and Mexico. My research work has focused on the contemporary Guatemalan composer Joaquín Orellana, mainly on the strong roots of his music in the Guatemalan history of violence, pain, and hope; I have also researched the singing of Q'eqchi' women, exploring their voices not only as memories but also as struggles and challenges. My research is also from a collective point of view to understand more about the Q'eqchi' women and other cultural…

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Seare Farhat

Seare Farhat strives to create music that connects a listener to the visceral imagination, energy, and transformation within narrative forms. Starting out his musical endeavors in Afghan folk music, he later built on these valued experiences in the western classical tradition combined with other interests, such as mathematics. Seare has received commissions from the JACK Quartet, IU New Music Ensemble, Metropolitan Youth Symphony, Quintessence Wind Quintet, and the Oberlin Sinfonietta, and served as the young composer-in-residence of the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings in 2019. He has received honors such as FLUX Quartet's 2019 call for scores and being a finalist for Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra's 2019 call for scores. Seare has also held residencies at Avaloch Farm Music Institute in 2022 and with the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music as a Balhest Eeble Composer Fellow for the 2021-23 cycle. Seare holds a B.M. in Composition and B.A. in Mathematics from Oberlin College and Conservatory, a master’s degree from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he held the position of Assistant Director of the New Music Ensemble, and is currently pursuing a D.M.A. at Cornell University studying with Elizabeth Ogonek, Kevin Ernste, and Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri​.

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Coral Douglas

Coral Douglas (b. 1999, she/they) is a composer and multi-instrumentalist, focusing on semiotics, perception, and communication.

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Guillaume Pirard

With a deep belief in the power and essentiality of collaborative music making, Guillaume Pirard has become a highly respected artist and educator of his generation. Since making his debut with the Orlando Philharmonic, Mr. Pirard has conducted the New York University and Cornell University Orchestras, Ensemble X, OpusIthaca, the Philharmonic of Moravia, the Metamorphosis Chamber Orchestra, the Lviv Philharmonic, the Mannes School of Music Opera, and the Mannes Orchestra. He served as Assistant Conductor for the Buffalo Philharmonic and Ensemble 21. He is currently the Music Director of the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra in Ithaca, New York.

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Travis Johns

Travis Johns (b. 1983) is a sound artist residing in Ithaca, NY, whose work includes performance, interactivity, installation, and printmaking, often incorporating eco/bio-based themes and electronic instruments of his own design. As an improviser he performs primarily on electric bass and electronics; with studies in the field conducted under the tutelage of Fred Frith, JoelleLeandre,and Butch Morris, among others. Active in the San Francisco Bay Area experimental music scene for several years, Johns moved to Costa Rica in 2011 where he collaborated extensively with visual artist Paulina Velazquez-Solis on Raro, an immersive sound and sculpture installation that represented Costa Rica in the 2013 Biennial of the Central American Isthmus (BAVIC). Since returning to the states, first to Baltimore and later to Ithaca, he’s continued to apply his trade as a composer, educator, sound artist and instrument builder under the nom de plume of Vaux Flores, with clientele and collaborators ranging from museums, theatre groups and dance troupes to Oscar award-winning film composers and Grammy award-winning musicians.

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Piyawat Louilarpprasert

“Young and gifted, meet the rebel Thai composer taking music to unheard heights”
(Described by CNN News World Report, Karla Cripps)

Originally from Bangkok, Piyawat Louilarpprasert is a Thai composer/artist who  interweaves composition, visual art and technology. Piyawat has been awarded several grants and composition prizes such as Project Prize: International Coproduction Fund (IKF) - Goethe-Institut, Donaueschingen Musiktage (Germany), Südwestrundfunk (SWR) Experimental Studio (Freiburg),…

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Upcoming Events

Apr 25
Friday 01:30 PM

Composers Forum: Pe Lang

Lincoln Hall 316
Apr 25
Friday 07:30 PM

Keyboard Energies Symposium: Elemental Energies at the Keyboard

Barnes Hall
Apr 26
Saturday 11:45 AM

Keyboard Energies Symposium: David Yearsley Lecture-Recital

Anabel Taylor Chapel
Apr 26
Saturday 05:00 PM

Keyboard Energies: Gary Versace Organ Trio

Lincoln Hall B20
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Music Events Aug. 31-Sept. 5

Welcome to the Fall 2022 semester! We're looking forward to resuming our concerts and other department events. This week, join us for the first Midday Music for Organ concert, Music and Sound Studies Colloquium, and Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards' Salon - these series will continue throughout the semester. Plus, the Jazz Faculty perform a special concert on Labor Day. 

Additional Information

For driving directions and parking information, please visit our website. There is currently a construction project impacting parking near Barnes Hall, so please allow extra time for parking. More details may be found here. 

Concert times and locations subject to change. Please visit our website for the most up-to-date information.

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Cornell chorale, high school collaborate on commission

<p> “You are human. You are meant to make mistakes. You are meant to be happy. You are deserving. Stay amazing.”</p><p> These lyrics, inspired by students at Cornell and at Longmeadow High School in Longmeadow, Mass., are part of an online <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmXlH4a-a2w&feature=youtu.be">choral/video project</a> the students created in partnership with composer <a href="https://www.ljwhitemusic.com/">LJ White</a>.</p>

Upcoming Events

Apr 25
Friday 01:30 PM

Composers Forum: Pe Lang

Lincoln Hall 316
Apr 25
Friday 07:30 PM

Keyboard Energies Symposium: Elemental Energies at the Keyboard

Barnes Hall
Apr 26
Saturday 11:45 AM

Keyboard Energies Symposium: David Yearsley Lecture-Recital

Anabel Taylor Chapel
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Music Events Sept. 9-11

This week features a Center for Historical Keyboards Salon, Brazilian jazz, and the first Composers' Forum of the year! Please note that the Music and Sound Studies Colloquium originally scheduled for Sept. 8 has been postponed to Sept. 29.

Additional Information

For driving directions and parking information, please visit our website. There is currently a construction project impacting parking near Barnes Hall, so please allow extra time for parking. More details may be found here. 

Concert times and locations subject to change. Please visit our website for the most up-to-date information.

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The College Welcomes New Faculty for 2022-23

This year, 15 new faculty are bringing innovative ideas in a wide range of topics to the College of Arts & Sciences’ nexus of discovery and impact, including climate change, astronomy, identity studies and the economy.

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James Wolter

James Wolter currently serves as director of music at the Protestant Cooperative Ministry of Cornell, adjunct professor at Syracuse teaching basic choral conducting and visiting lecturer at Cornell for choral musicianship skills. As a doctoral student at the Eastman School of Music, he taught conducting to undergraduate and graduate students. In a recent adjunct faculty position for the Hobart and William Smith Colleges, he led the Colleges’ Community Chorus.

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Upcoming Events

Apr 25
Friday 01:30 PM

Composers Forum: Pe Lang

Lincoln Hall 316
Apr 25
Friday 07:30 PM

Keyboard Energies Symposium: Elemental Energies at the Keyboard

Barnes Hall
Apr 26
Saturday 11:45 AM

Keyboard Energies Symposium: David Yearsley Lecture-Recital

Anabel Taylor Chapel
Apr 26
Saturday 05:00 PM

Keyboard Energies: Gary Versace Organ Trio

Lincoln Hall B20
Apr 26
Saturday 07:30 PM

Cornell Chorus, Glee Club, and Symphony Orchestra Major Works Concert

Bailey Hall
Apr 27
Sunday 03:00 PM

Cornell Percussion Ensemble Concert

Lincoln Hall B20
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Music Events Sept. 12-17

Two wide-ranging piano recitals take place in Barnes Hall this week, plus the Cornell Concert Series hosts their first concert of the season on Saturday. You also won't want to miss Midday Music for Organ, and the Cornell Contemporary Chamber Players welcome experimental percussionist Greg Stuart for two performances. 

Additional Information

For driving directions and parking information, please visit our website. There is currently a construction project impacting parking near Barnes Hall, so please allow extra time for parking. More details may be found here. 

Concert times and locations subject to change. Please visit our website for the most up-to-date information.

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Ithaca, NY 14853
United States

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