Department News
Jordan R. Brown and Zehra Jabeen Shah 'Another Music Studies Is Possible: Centering Experiences of Graduate Labor from Members of Project Spectrum'
FAS Current: 'Raghav Mehrotra: Finding his rhythm between classroom and stage'
The New Yorker: 'Chaya Czernowin Gives Voice to a Wounded World'
Professor Chaya Czernowin was recently featured in an article by The New Yorker about her participation and works featured at the Witten Days for New Chamber Music festival.
Professor Alejandro L. Madrid named a Walter Channing Cabot Fellow
Jordan R. Brown Publishes Chapter in 'The Oxford Handbook of Pop Music'
Harvard Office for the Arts Announces 2026 Artist Development Fellowship Recipients
Harvard Office for the Arts Announces 2026 Arts Prize Winners
Harvard University Department of Music Welcomes 2026 Fromm Distinguished Visiting Scholar Anthony Davis
The Harvard University Department of Music has named Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Anthony Davis as the 2026 Fromm Distinguished Visiting Scholar. Davis will spend April 15–24, 2026 in residency in the Department of Music, engaging with composition...
Professor Alejandro L. Madrid receives Latin American Studies Association Award
Student Spotlight: Lara Rui-Qi Tan
Lara Rui-Qi Tan '27 is a Junior in Cabot House, working on a double-concentration in Music and Government, and a Secondary in European History, Politics, and Society. “I realized that [European History, Politics, and Society] was a natural complement to...
Bernard Rands (1934-2026)
The Harvard University Department of Music mourns the passing of British composer and Harvard University Professor Emeritus Bernard Rands, a deeply original musical voice and a devoted teacher whose influence resonated far beyond the classroom. He died in...
Michele Cheng: "Multiverse: Reframing Vulnerable Realities through Intermedia Storytelling and Fluidity"
Michele Cheng's paper "Multiverse: Reframing Vulnerable Realities Through Intermedia Storytelling" was published by Leonardo through MIT Press.
