Where Passion Meets Progress

Join our inclusive community of innovative thinkers, performers, and trailblazers collaborating to push the performing arts forward. Here, in conservatory style programs that are grounded in the liberal arts, you’ll feel rapport and reinvention in the air—in our classrooms, in practice rooms and on and off our stages. Through multidisciplinary training and exposure, you’ll forge your career as you create a more equitable and sustainable tomorrow.
Ithaca College students perform an opera on stage with musicians in the pit
Discover Our Music, Theatre, and Dance Difference

In one of the best performing arts schools in the nation, you’ll collaborate with peers, explore academic subjects across IC’s five schools, feel empowered through rigorous training, and collaborate with award-winning faculty and highly-engaged alumni. Find out more about our history, our holistic programs, and our passion for co-creating change in the arts. 

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La Jerne Terry Cornish, president; Melanie Stein, provost; Ivy Walz, associate dean, Music; and Steve TenEyck, associate dean, Theatre and Dance talk about their excitement around the possibilities and benefits of the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance.

Featured News

Graduates Celebrating
Broadway Producer Urges Ithaca College Graduates to Take Risks and Spread Kindness
More than 1,160 degree recipients celebrated at Ithaca College Commencement ceremony.
Anchal Dhil
Taking It All In
Senior participates in opera master class at Carnegie Hall.
Mike Titlebaum directing the jazz ensemble
Hitting the Right Notes
IC’s Jazz Ensemble takes part in national competition.

PLEASE WELCOME OUR NEW FACULTY

We are happy to welcome our new ensemble directors for 2023-24:

  • Daniel Cook, Director of Bands
  • Ho-Yin Kwok, Director of Orchestra
  • Khyle Wooten, Director of Choral Activities

Please also welcome our other new faculty starting 2023-24:

  • Ryan Dickson, Instructor of Theatre Arts Management
  • Sara Gosses, Assistant Professor of Lighting Design
  • Julia Hamilton, Visiting Assistant Professor of Musicology
  • Ju Hyeon Han, Visiting Assistant Profesor of Voice
  • Asta Hostetter, Assistant Professor of Costume Design
  • Priscilla Hummel, Assistant Professor of Acting
  • Tristen Jarvis, Assistant Professor of Double Bass
  • Guillaume Pirard, Visiting Assistant Professor of Violin
  • Seth Soulstein, Assistant Professor of Theatre History
READ THEIR BIOS HERE
Alexa Chalnick
Alexa Chalnick
Turning Limes into Lemonade
TikTok star Alexa Chalnick ’23 turned setbacks into successes by embracing creative resilience and daring other artists to join in.
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Eric Jordan Young
Eric Jordan Young
Setting the Stage for Transformation
Eric Jordan Young ’93 finds fuel for continual collaboration, creative refuge, & transformation where he launched his career—IC.
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Bradley Whittemore
Bradley Whittemore
Music Education
Bomber (“with a capital B”) Bradley Whittemore ’16 helps students find their forte at IC’s School of Music.  
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