Harvard University Department of Music
The Music Department offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. Additionally, the department sponsors numerous concerts, colloquia, lectures and special music events each month, which are free to students and the public.
The Music Building, including the practice rooms, will be closed on Monday, July 3 and Tuesday, July 4.
Summer Practice Room Hours:
(Beginning Saturday, May 13, 2023)
Monday–Friday: 9:00AM–4:30PM
Saturday–Sunday: CLOSED
Featured Video
The Harvard New Music Ensemble, led by Claire Chase, performed music by Susie Ibarra at Joe’s Pub in NYC.
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In Memoriam: Frank D’Accone (1931 – 2022)
Frank Anthony D’Accone, an American musicologist who made foundational contributions to our understanding of musical culture in Renaissance Florence and Siena, died at his home in
Laguna Beach on Sunday, 26 June 2022.
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