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Comprising an instructional program with 18 full-time faculty; more than 75 lecturers, private instructors, and specialists; and a roster of distinguished Bay Area artists offering individual music instruction; the Department provides students with a peerless opportunity for immersion in music.
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.
Professor Ken Ueno has co-edited a book to platform East Asian Voices of Resistance Against Racism in Music with thoughtful and brave contributions by: Kunio Hara, Grace Wang, Daniel York Loh, Risa Kaneko, Frederick Lau, Sharon Yang, Sarah Miyamoto, Beata M. Kowalczyk, and...Read more about Professor Ken Ueno's New Book Addresses Anti-East Asian Racism in Music
The Department of Music is pleased to announce two new Assistant Professors of Composition joining the Music Faculty in 2025: Matthew Evan Taylor and Mu-Xuan Lin. These hires are the result of a rigorous, global search to build upon the Music department's already world-renowned...Read more about Department of Music Welcomes Two New Composition Faculty
