The Conservatory is anxiously anticipating the reopening of the Tow Center for the fall semester's full schedule of in-person rehearsals, recitals, and concerts. Auditions for Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and chamber music will be held on Tuesday, August 24, the day prior to the beginning of classes.
The Conservatory's stellar woodwind faculty features members of the dynamic Imani Winds. Auditions are currently exclusively online. Please see our "Auditions" pages for submission details. Scholarships are available to worthy brass, wind, string, voice, and percussion students as well as collaborative pianists.
The Brooklyn College Opera Theatre presented an online production of Bizet's Carmen on Tuesday, May 25 at 7pm. Please see our "Online Recitals and Concerts" page for links to this and other performances.
The Symphonic Choir and acclaimed soprano/faculty member Laquita Mitchell participated in the New York Philharmonic's online performance of the civil rights anthem "We Shall Overcome," as arranged by 13-year old Jordan Millar of the orchestra's Very Young Composers Program, a performance which had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Our M.Mus. program in Global and Contemporary Jazz Studies is stretching boundaries. Listen to the Big Band, under the direction of D.D. Jackson, in their remote recordings of a couple of Prof. Jackson's arrangements: Duke Ellington's Cottontail and Come Sunday.
Discover our M.F.A.s in Sonic Arts and Media Scoring. The Conservatory has a long legacy of being at the cutting edge of electroacoustic music and technology.
In November 2017, in conjunction with the 31st Biannual International Electroacoustic Festival, the conservatory and the Center for Computer Music hosted a symposium, 'Legacies of Pauline Oliveros,' to honor the late composer's life, ideas, and music.

Conservatory of Music

The Conservatory of Music of Brooklyn College is unequivocally committed to dismantling injustice and racism in higher education. We recognize the historic and ongoing racial bias against Black people within classical, Eurocentric music institutions within America, and we are in solidarity with anti-racist efforts across Brooklyn College and CUNY.

Situated amid the vibrant cultural milieu and ethnically diverse hub that is Brooklyn, the Conservatory of Music of Brooklyn College offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in Composition, Music Education, Musicology, and Performance, along with Advanced Certificate programs in Music Education and performance, a post-master's Advanced Diploma in Performance, M.F.A. programs in Sonic Arts and Media Scoring, and a new Master of Music in Global and Contemporary Jazz Studies. Instrumental scholarships are available for outstanding performers: string, woodwind, brass, voice, and percussion applicants along with collaborative pianists. Study with world-class faculty and receive professional training while being part of a great academic institution. Conservatory alumni are flourishing in their field, performing in orchestras, opera houses, night clubs, and cutting-edge concert venues; fostering arts organizations and festivals; and teaching in schools across the country and around the world.

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts

The new Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts on the Brooklyn College campus is a state-of-the-art facility that promises to become one of the borough's premiere performance venues. Explore the great music and theater that is going on in our spectacular new building.

Online Recitals and Concerts

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Concerts and Events

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BROOKLYN COLLEGE ARTS CALENDAR Spring 2020 (PDF)

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts

Contact Information

Department Chairperson : Marianne Gythfeldt
Assistant Director: Douglas Cohen
Graduate Deputy: Alexandra Lewis

Location: 422 Whitehead Hall
Phone: 718.951.5286
Fax: 718.951.4502

Barber Violin Concerto, op.14: III. Presto in moto perpetuo

Wei Ni Hung, winner of the 2019 Conservatory Concerto Competition, performed Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto, op.14, with the Conservatory Orchestra, under the baton of George Rothman, at the November 1 concert in the Don Buchwald Theater on campus. View our complete audio/video archive.