In Intro to Rap Songwriting, students learn to listen deeply, engage with a complex art form, and share their hearts.

In this Q&A, Jodry reflects on a musical journey at Brown that spanned 33 years and culminated in a monumental farewell concert that drew alumni from around the world.

Brown University PhD Candidate Annie Kim Earns Fellowship from the American Musicological Society

Each May, the Department of Music faculty vote on and bestow academic and performance awards to outstanding undergraduate students at Brown University. The awards are presented in person at the Honors & Awards Ceremony. This year's ceremony was presided by Professor Eric Nathan, Director of Undergraduate Studies. The 2025 awardees are listed below. Congratulations to all recipients of awards this year!

Before becoming a producer on the show, Nathan Winoto ’25 — a senior studying music, sociology and economics — was involved in theater at Brown. Since joining his first year, he has directed various productions at Brown, including Ensemble’s “Tick, Tick… Boom!” and Brown Opera Productions’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” In an interview with The Herald, Winoto said that joining his first Broadway show has been “very exciting.”

Achondo is a newly hired Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology and Musicology, at Memorial University

Under the flashing lights of Providence clubs and at bustling campus orientation events, a community of Brown students thrive behind speakers instead of on the dance floor. Whether engaging a crowd, highlighting sounds from their home countries or finding fun in their passion for music, each student DJ at Brown approaches their art in a unique way.

Jones starts her appointment at SAIC in fall 2025

The Telegraph Quartet delivered a beautiful performance at the Grant Recital Hall Monday night, playing with measured passion and undeniable control. It was a colorful, yet erratic experience that left the audience slightly disoriented but appreciative of the composers’ technical mastery.

Brown University Associate Professor of Music Anthony Cheung was recognized by the American Academy of Arts and Letters and The Yvar Mikhashoff Trust for New Music in 2024

In this new body of work, Carter continues his investigation of systems of power in the US by utilizing the flag — across several mediums — as a conceptual lever to spur reflections on how the history and promise contained within its imagery corresponds to the realities of American culture and society.