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The Department of Music is proud to celebrate the opening of our first new performance space in decades: The Helen and Thomas Wu Performance Hall. Wu Performance Hall serves a vital need for the Department of Music, offering a professional recital space for music, arts, and talks...Read more about Wu Performance Hall Offers New Opportunities to Show Your Support for Berkeley Music

For 50 years, he’s written about the Japanese American internment. Now, he’s turning to opera.

UC Berkeley professor and playwright Philip Kan Gotanda tells the story of a young...Read more about Berkeley News Highlights Upcoming Chorus and Eco Ensemble Performance

This spring, the Department of Music will welcome a new ensemble to the fold: the Latin American and Caribbean Music Ensemble, which will introduce students to a number of Latin American and Caribbean musics, including Cumbia, Merengue, Salsa, Mambo, Danzón, and more....Read more about Department of Music forms New Ensemble to Study Musics of Latin America & Caribbean

To welcome and honor visiting Bloch Professor Ana María Ochoa, the Department of Music is putting the finishing touches in place for the inaugural lecture of Professor Ochoa’s series of five Bloch Lectures on February 7th. Titled “Sonic Extractivisms: Historiographies of Music...Read more about Ana María Ochoa to give Inaugural Bloch Lecture on Feb. 7

Peter S. Shin, PhD (Composition, 2024) has been awarded the 2025-26 Hodder Fellowship from Princeton University's Lewis Center for the Arts, along with artists from other disciplines including sculpture, visual art, and literature.

With the Hodder...Read more about Music Department PhD Awarded Hodder Fellowship at Princeton University