On Friday, May 10 and Sunday, May 12, the Brooklyn College Opera Theatre, with the Conservatory Orchestra, presented a fully staged version of Giacomo Puccini's wry comic opera Gianni Schicchi.
On Thursday, May 2, The Symphonic Choir, Conservatory Singers, and Glee Club, presented a ravishing concert celebrating the bicentennial of Walt Whitman and featuring Ralph Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem and the world premiere of Noah Magnus' II. The Cantor.
The Conservatory's next auditions will be held December 13-18, 2019. Scholarships are available to outstanding performers with special awards for strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, and collaborative pianists.
Explore our professional studies graduate performance programs.
Our M.Mus. program in Global and Contemporary Jazz Studies is stretching boundaries.
Discover our M.F.A.s in Sonic Arts and Media Scoring.
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

Audition Day 2020 is Friday, March 13.

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Concerts and Events

Friday, September 20, 2019

Haitian Creole Jazz Symposium and Jam Session

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Chamber Music at the Lily Pond

Friday, September 27, 2019

Thursday, October 10, 2019

Composers' Collective Concert Series I

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Chamber Music at the Lily Pond

Thursday, October 17, 2019

Composers' Collective Concert Series II

Saturday, October 19, 2019

Preparatory Center Faculty Recital

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Faculty Recital Series: Kendall Williams, steel drums

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Graduate Open House

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Situated amid the vibrant cultural milieu 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 jazz and contemporary music studies. Instrumental scholarships are available for outstanding performers: string, woodwind, brass, 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 conservatory is pleased to announce the opening of the new Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, a state-of-the-art facility that promises to become one of the borough's premiere performance venues. Please explore the great music and theater that is going on in our spectacular new building.

Leonard and Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Brooklyn College

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

Graduate Deputy Summer Hours:
Tuesdays: 10 a.m. - 4 :30 p.m.