Music News
Cornell Spring Music Festival features jazz, ethnic music
Cornell College will present a free, public Spring Music Festival on Saturday afternoon, April 23, featuring jazz and ethnic styles of music. Read More About Cornell Spring Music Festival features jazz, ethnic music
Cornell Concert Series features chamber music for winds
The Cornell Concert Series will feature music for wind instruments performed why the Palisades Chamber Ensemble March 28 at Kimmel Theatre. Read More About Cornell Concert Series features chamber music for winds
Recital features music of women composers
The March 20, 2022, Cornell Concert Series event features a voice recital celebrating inspirational women composers from the 17th to 21st centuries. Read More About Recital features music of women composers
‘Gospel Mass’ features alumnus as guest director
Cornell's music department is hosting Charles Thomas Hayes ’77 for a residency culminating in a Feb. 26 gospel and spirituals concert. Read More About ‘Gospel Mass’ features alumnus as guest director
Cornell welcomes new faculty
Cornell welcomed a number of new faculty members for the 2021–2022 academic year, including these six full-time faculty. Read More About Cornell welcomes new faculty
‘Licorice Schtick’ chamber concert is Oct. 18
Red Cedar Chamber Music will present “Licorice Schtick,” a concert of works by living composers, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18, in Kimmel Theatre. Read More About ‘Licorice Schtick’ chamber concert is Oct. 18
Cornell 2021-22 fine arts preview
Cornell College’s departments of music, art, and theatre have prepared an exciting season of offerings for 2021-22. Read More About Cornell 2021-22 fine arts preview
Eclectic Cornell Concert Series for 2021–22
Cornell College announces its first full 2021-22 Cornell Concert Series, with four events featuring jazz and classical ensembles. Read More About Eclectic Cornell Concert Series for 2021–22
Cornell welcomes new director of instrumental music
Cornell College’s new Director of Instrumental Music Josh Neuenschwander is ready to take the conducting stage and share his love of music with students. Read More About Cornell welcomes new director of instrumental music
Charles Hayes ’77: Persevere and be excellent
Charles Thomas Hayes '77 says as a student he loved the campus atmosphere and small town Mount Vernon and felt very little racial tension. Read More About Charles Hayes ’77: Persevere and be excellent
Gregory-Jallow ’96: Seek support, be a voice
There were times as a Black woman on campus that Thandiwe Gregory '96 did not feel supported. She spoke up and used those experiences to prepare for life. Read More About Gregory-Jallow ’96: Seek support, be a voice
Cornell hosts outdoor Music Festival May 8
Cornell College will hold the Cornell Concert Series’ 2021 May Music Festival, a free outdoor festival, on Saturday, May 8. Read More About Cornell hosts outdoor Music Festival May 8
Cornell orchestra, choirs perform May 2
The Cornell College Chamber Orchestra, Treble Choir, Chamber Singers, and Hilltop Harmony will be featured in a concert on Sunday, May 2. Read More About Cornell orchestra, choirs perform May 2
Steel Drums play patio concert April 24
Cornell steel drum bands, Toucan and Pandemonium, will perform an outdoor concert at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 24, on the Thomas Commons Patio. Read More About Steel Drums play patio concert April 24
Jazz Ensemble, Chamber Winds, Concert Band perform
Cornell’s Jazz Ensemble, Chamber Winds, and Concert Band will be featured in an outdoor concert April 28, on the patio in front of Kimmel Theatre. Read More About Jazz Ensemble, Chamber Winds, Concert Band perform
Ingenuity, 10-block year foster flexibility
New changes to the academic calendar and the core curriculum on the Hilltop emphasize, even more, the flexibility of the block plan. Read More About Ingenuity, 10-block year foster flexibility
Charles Schneider ’60
Charles Schneider ’60, a conductor of musical theatre, opera, pops, and symphonic music, died Oct. 9, 2020, in Frankfort, New York. He was 82. Read More About Charles Schneider ’60
Music Mondays becomes Cornell Concert Series, kicks off Jan. 31
Cornell College’s Music Mondays series will become the Cornell Concert Series, beginning with a live-streamed chamber concert on Jan. 31. Read More About Music Mondays becomes Cornell Concert Series, kicks off Jan. 31
Lindsay Bachman ’11: Young Alumna Award citation & response
Lindsay Bachman ’11, education coordinator at Hope Academy in South Carolina who works with special needs students, received a 2020 Young Alumna Award. Read More About Lindsay Bachman ’11: Young Alumna Award citation & response
Ruiz ’20 graduates with engineering, music degrees
Raquel Ruiz ’20 came to Cornell College knowing she had a love for STEM and music. Read her story. Read More About Ruiz ’20 graduates with engineering, music degrees