Music Department News

Talented composer, pianist, and educator Vijay Iyer came to Carleton during Winter Term 2024 to impart his knowledge through a multitude of avenues.

The Music Department celebrates the life of Anne Mayer, Dye Family Professor of Music. At Carleton, she chaired the piano division and was co-chair of the Music Department for fourteen…

The Carleton music department mourns the recent passing of Jackson Bryce, Marjorie Crabb Garbisch Professor of Classical Languages and the Liberal Arts, Emeritus), and Gary Iseminger, Stephen R. Lewis Jr.…

Justin London, the Andrew W. Mellon professor of music, cognitive science and the humanities at Carleton, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Music Perception and Cognition.

While Carleton’s Arena Theater and Concert Hall, known on campus as the Music and Drama Center, has been slated for demolition since the Facilities Master Plan was released in May 2014, its time for demolition is finally here. As we prepare to say goodbye to a part of Carleton’s history, we take a brief look back at the Center’s 50-year legacy.

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter honored the Carleton music faculty member’s outstanding career by officially naming April 3, 2022, “Gao Hong Day.”

In lieu of its traditional end-of-term concert this fall, the Carleton College Choir pieced together a performance of “#UnitedWeDream,” a composition that raises up a life story involving immigration and the DREAM Act.

Gus Holley ’20 took first prize on the pipa, Shannon Liu ’23 won second prize on the dizi, and Marianne Gunnarsson ’22 earned an Outstanding Award on erhu.

Carleton piano lecturer and concert pianist Matthew McCright will make his Carnegie Hall debut on Friday, Nov. 22.

Recent performances spanned genre, period and focus, but creativity connected them all.