Music

Create, perform, and record your music at Columbia.

At Columbia, you’ll study with professionals, including our faculty of musicians and visiting artists-in-residence. You’ll have opportunities to perform and create music in ensembles focusing on contemporary, urban, and popular music styles. You'll also have the chance to build contacts and acquire business training that will help you make a successful living through your passion.

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Fusion Ensemble Wins In 40th Annual Downbeat Student Music Awards
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Artists-in-Residence
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The Music Department brings nationally and internationally recognized professional musicians to Columbia for week-long residencies every semester. The artists lead workshops, master classes, and rehearsals with student ensembles in preparation for recording sessions and public performances.Read More
Composers-in-Residence
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A one-of-a-kind residency program brings nationally renowned composers at the height of their careers to Columbia for seven-week workshops with Music Composition for the Screen MFA students.Read More
Deep Dish Music Festival
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Columbia College Chicago hosts an invitational music festival for high school and community college ensembles who perform contemporary, urban, and popular music. At the 2020 festival, students will perform for Columbia faculty, take a master class with Cassandra O’Neal and Charles Rick Heath IV, and participate in workshops on topics like music technology and music business.Read More

Events Calendar

Feb24
12:00 PMMeet the Artist: A Conversation with Isaiah Sharkey

1014 South Michigan Avenue, Concert Hall Chicago, IL 60605

Learn more about the Music Department's Artist in Residence, Grammy award-winning guitarist, singer, and songwriter Isaiah Sharkey, in this hour-long interview at noon in the Concert Hall! About Isaiah Sharkey A native Chicagoan, 29 year old Isaiah Sharkey spent his early years living in Cabrini Green. Perhaps as a precursor to his future career, he lived...Get the details
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Feb27
7:00 PMStudent Piano and Strings Recital #2

1312 South Michigan Avenue, Concert Hall Chicago, IL 60605

Columbia piano and strings students will perform at the Music Center Concert Hall....Get the details
Feb28
7:00 PMIsaiah Sharkey Residency Concert at the Music Center

1014 South Michigan Avenue, Concert Hall Chicago, IL 60605

Don't miss Grammy Award-Winning guitarist, singer, and songwriter Isaiah Sharkey in concert Columbia! This concert is the culmination of Sharkey's week as Artist-in-Residence at Columbia College Chicago's Music Center, and will feature performances with several of the Music Department's top student ensembles. Tickets are available online at tickets.colum.edu, at the door, or by phone at 312-369-8330. Tickets...Get the details
Mar06
9:00 AM - 2:15 PMDeep Dish Music Festival 2020

1014 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605

Join the Music Center for the second annual Deep Dish Music Festival, a one-day session of workshops, masterclasses, and performances for high school students. Featured faculty clinicians Cassandra O'Neal and Charles Rick Heath IV will perform, and lead a clinic. Supported by: Little Kids Rock Collective Impact Series...Get the details

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Fusion Ensemble Wins In 40th Annual Downbeat Student Music Awards

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Composers-in-Residence

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Deep Dish Music Festival

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