CONTACTING THE DEPARTMENT
Main Address
For package delivery or personal visits:
Columbia University
Department of Music
621 Dodge Hall
2960 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
For USPS mail delivery:
Columbia University
Department of Music
MC 1813
2960 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
Main Office Phone & Fax
212-854-3825
Admissions Office Representative for Applicants to Columbia College Interested in Music
Undergraduate Admissions (Columbia College)
If you are considering applying to Columbia College and have a specific interest in music (whether as a potential major or not), please contact the College Admissions Office with all initial inquiries. The Music Department's office staff and faculty members cannot advise or answer questions on the specifics of the admissions process, and we do not interview or audition College applicants in person. We are happy to answer questions about our curriculum and the performance opportunities we provide.
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Email: ugrad-ask [at] columbia.edu
Phone: 212-854-2522
Office Address: 212 Hamilton
CONTACTING PEOPLE IN THE DEPARTMENT
Unless an alternate phone/fax number is listed below, use main phone/fax numbers above for all administrative contacts. Use the following email addresses if you know whom you need to reach. To find other individual addresses, emails, and phone numbers, search the Columbia University Online Directory.
Department Administration
Department Chair
Professor Chris Washburne
cjw9 [at] columbia.edu
212-854-9862
Vice Chair
Professor Joseph Dubiel
jpd5 [at] columbia.edu
212-854-6697
Director of Academic Administration and Finance (DAAF)
Erica Lockhart
el2461 [at] columbia.edu
212-854-3826
Financial Assistant
Johanna Lopez
jm3265 [at] columbia.edu
212-854-3827
Graduate Program Coordinator
Gabriela Kumar
gk2255 [at] columbia.edu
212-854-2346
Administrative Assistant
David Newtown
dcn2119 [at] columbia.edu
212-853-7747
Piano Technician for Service Requests on Department Pianos
András Gipp
ag4307 [at] columbia.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Professor Aaron Fox
aaf19 [at] columbia.edu
Director of Graduate Studies
Professor Walter Frisch
wf8 [at] columbia.edu
Music Major Adviser for Barnard College
Professor Gail Archer (Barnard)
garcher [at] barnard.edu
Prospective Ethnomusicology Track Music Majors for Barnard College
Professor Aaron Fox
aaf19 [at] columbia.edu
Music Humanities Chair
Professor Elaine Sisman
es53 [at] columbia.edu
Asian Music Humanities Chair
Alessandra Ciucci
amc25 [at] columbia.edu
Director of Undergraduate Musicianship
Peter M. Susser
pms3 [at] columbia.edu
Director of Undergraduate Music Theory
Professor Mariusz Kozak
mk3611 [at] columbia.edu
Area Chairs
Composition
Professor George Lewis
gl2140 [at] columbia.edu
Ethnomusicology
Professor Aaron Fox
aaf19 [at] columbia.edu
Historical Musicology
Professor Susan Boynton
slb184 [at] columbia.edu
Music Theory
Professor Ben Steege
bas39 [at] columbia.edu
CONTACTING THE MUSIC PERFORMANCE PROGRAM
The Music Performance Program includes the Jazz Performance Program, the CU Orchestra, World Music Ensembles, and all other performing ensembles.
For inquiries about music lessons, piano availability, ensembles, practice space, auditions, admission questions for performers, etc., please contact the appropriate MPP office listed below rather than the Department's main office.
Music Performance Program
618 Dodge Hall, MC 1835
2960 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
212-854-1257 (Phone & Fax)
Director
Magdalena Stern-Baczewska
mb3713 [at] columbia.edu
212-854-2348
Program Coordinator (please contact for most inquiries)
Beth Pratt
bp2413 [at] columbia.edu
212-854-1257
Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program
Jazz performance opportunities, special concentration in Jazz studies
http://mpp.music.columbia.edu/jazz
Director
Ole Mathisen
om2141 [at] columbia.edu
CONTACTING THE COLUMBIA MUSIC AND ARTS LIBRARY
Music & Arts Library
701G Dodge Hall
2960 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/music/
Head of Department
Elizabeth Davis
(212) 854-4711
music [at] libraries.cul.columbia.edu
CONTACTING COLUMBIA MUSIC CENTERS
Center for Ethnomusicology
701C Dodge Hall, MC 1816
2960 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
212-854-7185
http://www.ethnocenter.org
Director
Professor Aaron A. Fox
aaf19 [at] columbia.edu
Computer Music Center
Prentis Hall
632 West 125th Street
New York, NY 10027
212-854-9266 (Phone & Fax)
cmc [at] music.columbia.edu
http://music.columbia.edu/cmc
Director
Professor Brad Garton
garton [at] columbia.edu
Assistant Director of the CMC
Seth Cluett
sc4340 [at] columbia.edu
Center for Jazz Studies
Prentis Hall, 4th Floor
632 West 125th Street
New York, NY 10027
212-851-9270
212-851-1634 (Fax)
http://www.jazz.columbia.edu
Program Coordinator
Yulanda McKenzie
ym189 [at] columbia.edu
212-851-9270