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New & Now: Introducing the Music Minor

Aug 17, 2023

The Department of Music is pleased to announce the establishment of two Music Minors: a general Minor in Music and a Minor in Music Performance. Together, these new offerings will contribute to the Music Department’s continued mission of offering a comprehensive array of musical study opportunities to students from all departments at Princeton. 

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents F-PLUS
Elizabeth Margulis’ “Music and the Narrative Imagination” Project Awarded Funds from University

Aug 12, 2023

The Department of Music is proud to congratulate musicology faculty member and Director of Graduate Studies Elizabeth Margulis, whose forthcoming collaboration with Princeton Neuroscience Institute’s Uri Hasson, Music and the Narrative Imagination, has been awarded funding by the Dean for Research Innovation Fund for Collaborations between Artists and Scientists or Engineers.

Sō Percussion Fall Concert
Princeton University’s Music Department premieres the Timbuktu Grooves Festival this Fall 2023

Jul 11, 2023

Princeton University’s Music Department presents the Timbuktu Grooves Festival from September 29 – October 1 led by Olivier Tarpaga, Lester Horton Award-winning choreographer and director of the African Music Ensembles at Princeton since 2017.

Timbuktu Grooves Festival: Fatoumata Diawara
Timbuktu Grooves Festival: Once the Dust Settles Flowers Bloom
Timbuktu Grooves Festival: Djandjoba