News and Announcements

The September 2026 issue of Suonare News features CNMAT director Carmine Emanuele Cella in its Orgoglio Italiano ("Italian Pride") column — a four-page profile, "Music and Technology between Paris and Berkeley," by Luisa Sclocchis....Read more about Professor Cella Featured in Suonare News

Recently, Department of Music graduate students Saagar Asnani and Flannery McIntyre were featured in the Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast, contributing to a segment titled "A Multiplicity of Voices: Music and Identity in the Middle Ages." The episode covers how our contemporary understanding...Read more about Musicology Graduate Students Featured in Podcast on Middle Ages

On October 11, acclaimed Pianist Hélène Papadopoulos will present At the Still Point, a program developed during her residency at UC Berkeley's Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT). Featuring the debut of new compositions from UC Berkeley faculty Edmund Campion and...Read more about Acclaimed Pianist to Debut New Department Works on October 11

The Department of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of Simone Browne as UC Berkeley's new University Carillonist. An accomplished performer who has toured worldwide, Browne has served as UC Berkeley’s interim carillonist—playing regular recitals, managing, and teaching in the...Read more about Department of Music Appoints Simone Browne as next University Carillonist

Recently, Berkeley musicology graduate Virginia Georgallas accepted the position of Junior Research Fellow in Music at St. Hugh's College, Oxford University. In Oxford, she will work on a book based on her 2025 doctoral dissertation, "Archaeologies of Style and Music in the Long...Read more about Musicology PhD accepts Fellowship at Oxford University

On Sunday, May 17th, the Department of Music celebrated the class of 2026 in Hertz Concert Hall. The uplifting ceremony highlighted the bright future awaiting these students as family and friends cheered them on.

...Read more about 2026 Commencement Celebrates Department’s Largest Graduating Class Ever

Carmine-Emanuele Cella’s new concerto, When the Moon of Mourning Is Set, for augmented vibraphone and large orchestra, will receive its premiere at Teatro alla Scala in Milan on May 18, 2026.

Conceived as an “ecology of resonance,” the work extends the...Read more about Professor Cella to Premiere New Work at La Scala, Milan

October 5, 1949 - April 17, 2026

The Department of Music and CNMAT mourn the loss of a great colleague and friend, Jay Cloidt. Jay served as Audio Engineer in the Department of Music and worked weekly at CNMAT from 2009 until his retirement in 2017. A...Read more about Jay Cloidt: Composer, Sound Designer, Audio Engineer

With the academic year coming to a close we want to celebrate the outstanding students who earned special recognition through departmental awards this year. Below is a list of those recognized. For more information on these awards, ...Read more about Recipients of 2026 Department of Music Prizes Announced

The end of Spring semester is almost upon us, and the Department of Music is gearing up for Summer Sessions. Join more than 16,000 students on UC Berkeley campus—including more than 5,000 visiting students—for these high quality, innovative academic courses taking place on an...Read more about Our Summer 2026 Classes Offer Great Opportunity to Get Credits, Learn New Skills

Jean Ahn, a senior composition lecturer in the Department of Music, recently published a new book, titled "Korean Art Songs: Folksongs Revisited." Available now from Hildegard Publishing, the book features contemporary reinterpretations of classic Korean folk music, alongside historical...Read more about Senior Department Lecturer Publishes New Book on Korean Art Songs

The Department of Music is sad to annouce the passing of Professor Emeritus and CNMAT-founder Richard Felciano. Professor Felciano's impact on the department was immense, and there are many faculty and alumni who benefitted from his vision and brilliance as an academic.

Below are...Read more about Department Mourns the Passing of Professor Emeritus Richard Felciano

Recently, Department of Music Lecturer Martin Perna’s work was featured in “The Inquisitor,” a feature documentary about Congressperson Barbara Jordan that aired on PBS...Read more about Department Lecturer’s Work Featured in PBS Documentary

The Society for Music Theory (SMT) recently announced Musicology and Medieval Studies graduate student Flannery McIntyre as a winner of their dissertation fellowship. The award is intended to recognize and foster excellent research in music theory by helping highly qualified PhD...Read more about Musicology Graduate Student Awarded Dissertation Fellowship from Society for Music Theory

The Department of Music congratulates Professor Ken Ueno on his election to the Board of the Society of Fellows of the American Academy in Rome. Acomposer, vocalist, and sound artist whose work bridges performance, installation, and scholarship, Professor Ueno is a former Rome Prize...Read more about Professor Ken Ueno Elected to the Board of the Society of Fellows of the American Academy in Rome

Over the course of three concerts in the Fall of 2025, the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra demonstrated a remarkable wealth of talent through a curriculum of engaged, diverse programming. What began with the distinct Americana of Copland and the grandeur of Beethoven evolved into...Read more about UCBSO Closes Season with Two Sold Out Performances of the Lim Fantasy of Companionship