Academics

With the academic year at a close we want to celebrate the outstanding students who earned special recognition through departmental awards this year. Below is a comprehensive list of those...Read more about Recipients of 2025 Department of Music Prizes Announced

On Sunday, May 18th, the Class of 2025 was celebrated by the Department of Music with a commencement ceremony in Hertz Concert Hall. Family and friends cheered on loved ones in a warm, uplifting ceremony that highlighted the bright future awaiting these students.

Department Chair...Read more about Department of Music Celebrates the Class of 2025, Its Largest Ever

Professor Ken Ueno delivered the keynote address at Stanford’s Graduate Music Symposium on May 17, 2025. In his talk, Ueno examined the limits of musical representation when tools like notation, genre, and pedagogy are shaped by histories of exclusion. Arguing that representation in music must...Read more about Ken Ueno Keynote at Stanford Symposium Explores Music, Embodiment, and Representation

The Department of Music congratulates Owen Klein, one of the five finalists for the University Medal this year.The University Medal—Berkeley’s highest undergraduate honor—was established 154 years ago in 1871, three years after the University of California was...Read more about Music Major Among Finalists for University Medal

Myra Melford, Professor of Composition and Improvisational Practices in the Department of Music, has been named the 2025 Composer of the Year by...Read more about Myra Melford Wins Composer of the Year from Jazz Journalists Association