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.

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Audition Day 2020 is Friday, March 6.

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Concerts and Events

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Composers at the Piano

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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 : Stephanie Jensen-Moulton
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.