Through multiple modes of inquiry and experience, the department advances new ways of understanding music as both creative expression and cultural practice throughout the world. The department promotes musical education, research, and engagement at the highest standards of excellence on an open and inclusive basis.
Department of Music
Department of Music
The Department of Music is a community of scholars, creators, and performers dedicated to exploring music’s past, present, and future.
Department of Music
The Department of Music is a community of scholars, creators, and performers dedicated to exploring music’s past, present, and future.
Lessons and Ensembles in Fall 2025
Sign up for your auditions for Department of Music ensembles and for 1-on-1 lessons in the Applied Music Program. Some auditions start the first week of the semester!
Academics
Undergraduate
Our diverse curriculum combines creative courses in composition, technology, and performance with speculative studies in history, theory, ethnomusicology, philosophy, and musical aesthetics.
Graduate
At Brown, your degree is what you make it: the more adventurous you are, the more exciting your program is likely to be.
Music Making
The Department of Music at Brown offers a huge array of performing opportunities, all available for academic credit.
Students seeking to improve their playing or singing ability have the option of taking individual private lessons with about thirty professional musicians from the greater Boston-Providence area.
Recent News
Brown Alumni Magazine
Shift the Vibrations
In Intro to Rap Songwriting, students learn to listen deeply, engage with a complex art form, and share their hearts.
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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.
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News from the Department of Music
Annie Kim Awarded Howard Mayer Brown Fellowship
Brown University PhD Candidate Annie Kim Earns Fellowship from the American Musicological Society
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