Department of Music
Watch a classic horror film in the darkened Duke Chapel with a live, improvised soundtrack. Organist Peter Richard Conte will accompany the silent film "The Phantom of the Opera" (1925) at this… read more about Organ Recital Series: Peter Richard Conte—Accompanying the Silent Film 'The Phantom of the Opera' »
Since its founding in 1997, GRAMMY-nominated Imani Winds has been tirelessly dedicated to expanding the wind quintet repertoire, exploring non-European musical traditions, and recruiting culturally… read more about Imani Winds »
Dances for piano duet by Janaček, Dvořák, Brahms, Barber, Stravinsky, Debussy and Arthur Benjamin. Featuring pianists David Heid, Eliran Avni, Andrew Moenning, Joanna Chang, R. Larry Todd, Hunchen… read more about Fountain Concerts: "Pas de deux" »
Duke Music masterclasses are free and open to the public. Praised as possessing both "ironclad technique" and "ample suppleness" by The New York Times, Eliran Avni is an emerging force in the… read more about Piano Masterclass with Eliran Avni »
This lecture is free and open to the public. Andrew Hicks is Associate Professor in the Department of Music at Cornell University. His research focuses on the intellectual history of early musical… read more about Andrew Hicks: "Listening Otherwise in Classical Persian Literature" »
Duke Music masterclasses are free and open to the public. Outstanding solo musicians, the Merz Trio has grabbed headlines across the globe for their 'entrancing, dynamic performances' (BBC Music… read more about Chamber Music Masterclass with Merz Trio »
Program: Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D Minor, Op.11; Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101. Free admission. Violinist Hsiao-mei Ku, the longest-serving Duke Music faculty member… read more about Calichi Trio: Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano; Hsiao-Mei Ku, violin; Caroline Stinson, cello »
Duke Music masterclasses are free and open to the public. Hailed in jazz circles as "a standout soloist with the power, range and flexibility to rival Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw," (DownBeat… read more about Trumpet Masterclass with Rex Richardson »
"Grazioso sempre!" Program: Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Symphony in D Major, Op. 11 No. 2, Overture to L'amant Anonime; Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat Major, K. 456, with… read more about Duke Symphony Orchestra with Daniel Seyfried, pianist »
"Lessons of the Sky" Program: Rodney Rogers: Lessons of the Sky; Suzanne Polak: Adagio and Allegro; Harriet Steinke: Strange Lights; Mark Engebretson: Duo Concertante Free admission. Susan Fancher is… read more about Susan Fancher, saxophone, with pianist Ināra Zandmane and saxophonist Branford Marsalis »
Duke Music masterclasses are free and open to the public. Born in New Zealand, Gainsford studied at the University of Auckland under Janetta MacStay and Bryan Sayer where he received a grant from the… read more about Chamber Music Masterclass with Read Gainsford, pianist »
"Sunlight I Cannot See": Faculty from Duke and North Carolina Central University present music by African-American, Jewish-American, and other classical composers, to texts that move through lament… read more about Elizabeth Linnartz, soprano; Timothy Holley, cello; Mary Hamilton, piano »
Duke Music masterclasses are free and open to the public. Heritage Brass is a six-member pioneering symphonic brass ensemble. Bringing the military tradition of brass and percussion to the concert… read more about Masterclass with the US Air Force Heritage Brass Quintet »
"In Tempore Belli": Violin Sonatas from 1917 by Hindemith, Faure, Sibelius and Elgar. Free admission. Eric Pritchard has served as First Violinist of the Ciompi Quartet of Duke University since 1995… read more about Eric Pritchard, violin & Read Gainsford, piano »
$15 general admission, free for Duke students.Music by Carlos d'Alessio, JS Bach, Frédéric Chopin, Antonio Diabelli, Saint-Granier, Franz Schubert and Alain Souchon, with excerpts from texts by… read more about Duras Song: Gabriel Richard, violin; Xavier Phillips, cello; Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, piano; Amanda Gann, narrator; Anne-Gaëlle Saliot, creative development & staging »
Duke Music invites students and members of the local EDM community to submit tracks of any Electronic Dance Music genre and at any level of completion to be reviewed by Dr. Garcia-Mispireta and Duke… read more about Electronic Dance Music Production Masterclass with Luis-Manuel Garcia Mispireta and Cade Bourne »
Featuring the East Carolina University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Dr. William Staub, director. The program features works by Gustav Mahler, Steven Bryant, Arturo Márquez, Chris Williams, Ralph Vaughan… read more about Duke Wind Symphony: Ecstatic Waters »
Duke Music lectures are free and open to the public. ABSTRACT: How is it that "the one rush of hearts"-that swirl of feelings and music and sweaty bodies on a crowded dancefloor-can thicken into… read more about Luis-Manuel Garcia Mispireta: "Thickening Something: Convergent Music, Affect, and Sociability on the Dancefloor" »
Musicke's Cordes is Samuel Breene, Baroque violin & Jeffrey Noonan, theorbo & lutes. Featuring guest artist Sarah Biber, viola da gamba. Late 17th- and early-18th-century French chamber music… read more about "Un tas de cordes": Chamber Music from the French Court performed by Musicke's Cordes »
Featuring Gabrielius Alekna, pianoOur resident ensemble, The Ciompi Quartet, begins their season this evening with a quartet by Haydn, reviving a Ciompi tradition. They follow with a dynamic set of… read more about The Ciompi Quartet: Sol Variations »
James Welch, formerly on the music faculties of the University of California at Santa Barbara and Santa Clara University, has concertized internationally for many years. He has also performed at… read more about Organ Recital Series: James Welch »
Vocal and instrumental works by Gabriel Fauré, featuring Martha Sparks, soprano; Grant Bryden, baritone; Ariana Kim, violin; Rosemary Buhrman, cello; Susan Fancher, saxophone; and pianists David Heid… read more about Fountain Concerts: "Fauré in the Fall" »
Program: Beethoven: Romance in F Major, Op. 50 for violin and piano; Temkin: Maksimal (2019) for violin, piano and percussion; Beethoven: Sonata No. 9 for violin and piano, Op. 47 "Kreutzer".… read more about The Beethoven Effect: Ariana Kim, violin; Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano; Daniel Temkin, composer/percussionist »
Duke Music masterclasses are free and open to the public. Co-Artistic Director of both Chamber Music Society of Minnesota and the Paesaggi Musicali Toscani Festival in Italy, violinist Ariana Kim… read more about Violin Masterclass with Ariana Kim »
"Big sound, deep seated feel for the blues, and cerebral avante-garde chops." - New York Magazine. Join the Duke Jazz Ensemble, John V. Brown, director, and Evan Roberson, associate director, as they… read more about Family Weekend Concert: Duke Jazz Ensemble with guest artist Gregory Tardy, saxophone »