2024-25

2025 Class Day remarks by key note speaker, Nick DiBerardino ’11

Jun 4, 2025

By: Nick DiBerardino ’11, Provost and Dean of Curtis Institute of Music; Chair of Composition Studies; Director of Curtis New Music Ensemble Hello class of 2025! I’m Nick DiBerardino, class of 2011, and I’m a composer. It’s an honor to be with you all today. It’s inspiring to hear what you’ve all accomplished, and you’re …

Resonant Revival: How a Norwegian Folk Fiddle Found a New Voice at Princeton

May 19, 2025

Dan Trueman, Chair of the Music Department, introduces Norwegian folk instruments to a new generation of composers and performers. 

Elizabeth Margulis on the Frontiers of Music Cognition

Jan 22, 2025

The Department of Music is thrilled to congratulate musicology professor and Director of Graduate Studies Elizabeth Margulis, who has received the Ruth A. Solie Award for her editorial contributions to The Science-Music Borderlands: Reckoning with the Past and Imagining the Future.

Announcing the 2024-2025 Concerto Competition Winners

Jan 16, 2025

The Music Department is excited to announce the winners of the 2024-25 Princeton University Orchestra’s annual Concerto Competition: Sarah Yuan and Jisang Kymm. Both will have the honor of performing as soloists with the Princeton University Orchestra this spring on either February 28th or March 1st at Richardson Auditorium. The department also recognizes Sarah Lekaj …

Announcing the Launch of Princeton in Leipzig

Jan 7, 2025

Enrollment in “Princeton in Leipzig” has been extended to March 2, 2025! The Princeton Music Department is excited to announce the launch of Princeton in Leipzig, a summer study abroad program organized in conjunction with the Princeton German Department. Students selected to participate in the program will engage with Leipzig’s rich musical heritage through seminars …