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Bachelor of Arts in Music

Doctor of Philosophy in Music in Sound Studies

Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition

Doctor of Musical Arts in Keyboard Studies


The Department of Music at Cornell provides opportunities for the study and performance of music under the guidance of a distinguished faculty, as part of an education at a great university. Students study music for many reasons. Some students may devote considerable time and energy to it, either through enrolling in the major or by taking a series of elective courses. Others find the study of music a natural way to pursue an interest without necessarily committing a large amount of time.

Faculty Info:

Roger Moseley, Catherine M. Appert, Xak Bjerken, Bonna Boettcher, Kevin Ernste, Moustapha Fall, Lucy Fitz Gibbon, John A. Haines-Eitzen, Rebecca Harris-Warrick, Andrew Hicks, Robert Isaacs, Ariana Kim, Chris Younghoon Kim, Ji Young Kim, Mike Cheng-Yu Lee, Annie Lewandowski, Alejandro L. Madrid, Eli Marshall, Paul Merrill, Christopher J. Miller, Jordan Musser, Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri, Juliana May Pepinsky, Judith A. Peraino, Benjamin D. Piekut, Steven Pond, Annette Richards, Lawrence Shuster, Roberto Sierra, Michael Sparhuber, James Spinazzola, Stephen Spinelli, Miri Yampolsky, David Yearsley, Neal Zaslaw.



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Past Student Productions

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I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change in Broadway I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
(4/11/13 - 4/13/13)
Cornell University
No Exit
(11/10/11 - 11/17/11)
Cornell University

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