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In one of the best music schools in the nation, you can explore academic areas across IC's five schools, collaborate with peers, and creatively incorporate music into other fields.

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360° Student Experiences

Lincoln Center Preview

Sit centerstage and enjoy the 2017 Lincoln Center preview concert.

Practice Makes Beautiful

Rehearse with our Wind Ensemble.

Enjoy an intimate performance by student musicians in the Nabenhauer Recital Room.

Featured News

Man playing trombone

IC Alumnus Wins Jazz Composition Contest with Cultural Mash-up

By Ashley Reedman, April 30, 2019

Students performing wind instruments

Remembering Karel Husa and His Masterpiece, ‘Music for Prague 1968’

By Sherrie Negrea, April 17, 2019

A choir on stage

IC Choir Performs Widely Acclaimed Concert ‘Considering Matthew Shepard’

By Kerry C. Regan, April 12, 2019

IC PEOPLE SPOTLIGHTS

Allison Russo '11

Allison Russo

Music Education

Ever wonder why you rarely see women in jazz bands? Allison Russo thinks she knows why—and she's helping young women in New Jersey embrace the chaos.

Baruch Whitehead

Baruch Whitehead

Associate Professor, Music Education

IC professor Baruch Whitehead helps keep the traditional "Negro Spiritual" alive with the Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers.

Jessica Voutsinas ’18

Jessica Voutsinas

Music and Voice

Inspired by music’s effects on the brain, Jessica Voutsinas helped create headphones that can react to a listener’s mood.