music
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Jenna Makkawy ՚21 prepared to audition in New York, Chicago
Chicago, Illinois B.F.A. in musical theatre with a minor in studio art Questions and answers have been edited for clarity and length. What are your short and long-term plans after Cornell? My immediate short-term plans are going to NYC (summer 2021) and participating as a student in a Musical Theater Intensive at the Stella Adler […]
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Charles Hayes ’77: Persevere and be excellent
Charles Thomas Hayes ’77 says as a student he loved the campus atmosphere and small town Mount Vernon and felt very little racial tension.
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Thandiwe Gregory ’96: Seek support, be a voice
There were times as a Black woman on campus that Thandiwe Gregory ’96 did not feel supported. She spoke up and used those experiences to prepare for life.
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Cornell grads offered positions in selective Teaching Assistant Program in France
Ariel Barbee, Robert Petrie, and Maura Quinn will be calling Metropolitan France home for seven months while they teach English to French students in the primary and secondary levels.
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Cornell hosts outdoor Music Festival May 8
Cornell College will hold the Cornell Concert Series’ 2021 May Music Festival, a free outdoor festival, on Saturday, May 8.
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Cornell orchestra, choirs perform May 2
The Cornell College Chamber Orchestra, Treble Choir, Chamber Singers, and Hilltop Harmony will be featured in a concert on Sunday, May 2.
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Steel Drums play patio concert April 24
Cornell steel drum bands, Toucan and Pandemonium, will perform an outdoor concert at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 24, on the Thomas Commons Patio.
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Jazz Ensemble, Chamber Winds, Concert Band perform
Cornell’s Jazz Ensemble, Chamber Winds, and Concert Band will be featured in an outdoor concert April 28, on the patio in front of Kimmel Theatre.
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Ingenuity, 10-block year foster flexibility
New changes to the academic calendar and the core curriculum on the Hilltop emphasize, even more, the flexibility of the block plan.
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Charles Schneider ’60
Charles Schneider ’60, a conductor of musical theatre, opera, pops, and symphonic music, died Oct. 9, 2020, in Frankfort, New York. He was 82.
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Music Mondays becomes Cornell Concert Series, kicks off Jan. 31
Cornell College’s Music Mondays series will become the Cornell Concert Series, beginning with a live-streamed chamber concert on Jan. 31.
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Lindsay Bachman ’11: Young Alumna Award citation & response
Lindsay Bachman ’11, education coordinator at Hope Academy in South Carolina who works with special needs students, received a 2020 Young Alumna Award.
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9 new faculty bring expertise to Cornell College
Cornell is welcoming nine new faculty members for the 2020–21 academic year. They come from all over the country to bring their knowledge and expertise to Cornell’s students.
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Ruiz ’20 graduates with engineering, music degrees
Raquel Ruiz ’20 came to Cornell College knowing she had a love for STEM and music. Read her story.
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Composer Wang ’20 learned to bravely express his ideas
Before arriving in the United States to study music composition at Cornell College, Xikun Wang ’20 had no formal music training or music ensemble experience.
Jenna Makkawy ՚21 prepared to audition in New York, Chicago 
Charles Hayes ’77: Persevere and be excellent 
Thandiwe Gregory ’96: Seek support, be a voice 
Cornell grads offered positions in selective Teaching Assistant Program in France 
Cornell hosts outdoor Music Festival May 8 
Cornell orchestra, choirs perform May 2 
Steel Drums play patio concert April 24 
Jazz Ensemble, Chamber Winds, Concert Band perform 
Ingenuity, 10-block year foster flexibility 
Charles Schneider ’60 
Music Mondays becomes Cornell Concert Series, kicks off Jan. 31 
Lindsay Bachman ’11: Young Alumna Award citation & response 
9 new faculty bring expertise to Cornell College 
Ruiz ’20 graduates with engineering, music degrees 
Composer Wang ’20 learned to bravely express his ideas