Daedalus Quartet

The Dædalus Quartet (pronounced DED-a-lus), was founded in the summer of 2000. One year later the quartet was the Grand Prize Winner of the 2001 Banff International String Quartet Competition, and it has quickly established itself as among America's outstanding string quartets and one of the most in-demand young ensembles performing today.

Speculum Musicae

The Moebius Ensemble

The Moebius Ensemble is an American chamber music group that has been actively promoting cross-cultural exchanges with countries of Eastern and Central Europe. Since our inception in 1998, we have produced noteworthy concerts in many cities. We have brought American music to audiences in former Soviet-bloc countries, and we have engaged musicians who are suffering financial hardships to perform in concert with us.

Columbia University Orchestra

The Columbia University Orchestra was founded by composer Edward MacDowell in 1896, and is the oldest continually operating university orchestra in the United States. As a course within the Department of Music, the principal mission of the Orchestra is to give students the opportunity to perform in an ensemble of the most challenging nature possible.

Columbia University Jazz Ensembles

Collegium Musicum

This group is dedicated primarily but not exclusively to the performance of early music. The two yearly concerts will take place in St. Paul's Chapel, located on campus, and at an outside venue to be announced. Unique among Columbia's ensembles because of its focus on historically informed performance, Collegium Musicum incorporates vocal and instrumental performance practice techniques, improvisation, and gesture. Concerts in 2006-07 will include the music of Purcell, Bach, Handel, Pergolesi, Cozzolani, and Pepusch.

For more information contact Collegium's Director Sean M. Parr smp2109@columbia.edu

Columbia Klezmer Band

Founded in 2000, the Columbia Klezmer Band is comprised of students from Columbia, Barnard, and JTS who come from a variety of musical backgrounds. Klezmer is Jewish folk/dance music whose roots lie in Eastern Europe of long ago.

Jeffrey Warschauer of the Klezmer Conservatory Band conducts weekly rehearsals with our Klezmer Band. For information write to Jeff at: Warschauer@aol.com

BLUEGRASS BAND: 'LION IN THE GRASS'

The Bluegrass Band, which was started at Columbia in 2004, has already achieved a strong reputation on campus and in the community. As partof Lion in the Grass, you will play at many campus functions throughout the year, and at neighborhood venues as well. Toby King is the band's director, and can be reached at: jk560@columbia.edu

JAPANESE GAGAKU ENSEMBLE

In 2006 we are excited to offer a rare opportunity for Columbia and Barnard students to study the performance and history of Japanese Gagaku music; opportunities to study this ancient court music of Japan are extremely rare in the United States. We are delighted to offer both an ensemble course (2 credits) in Gagaku performance, and a related class (Asian Music Humanities, East/Southeast) that will focus on Japanese musical traditions, including Gagaku. Both will be taught by Prof. Naoko Terauchi, who is visiting Columbia this year from Kobe University in Japan. Students will be supplied with excellent instruments, including the hichiriki, ryuteki, sho, and biwa. The ensemble will likely meet for 2 hours each Friday throughout the academic year, and will perform publicly on several occasions.

N.B. You must be enrolled in the Asian Music Humanities class in the Fall, (or in a Japanese topics course in Spring) in order to take part in the gagaku ensemble.

Columbia University Bach Society

Since its founding in 1999 by a group of Columbia University musicians, the Bach Society (orchestra and chorus) has become a major part of musical life both at Columbia and throughout Manhattan. Composed of Columbia University students as well as young musicians from around New York City, the Bach Society presents several concerts both on and off campus during each academic year. The primary focus of the Bach Society's performance activities is the music, legacy, and influence of J. S. Bach.

Columbia New Music

Columbia Classical Performers

Columbia Classical Performers (CCP) is a student-run club at Columbia University. Their mission is to help musicians at Columbia have accessible solo performance opportunities on campus. CCP also helps musicians plan their own solo recitals by assisting them in finding performance venues on campus.

The Kingsmen (A capella)

The Kingsmen are considered to be Columbia's premier a cappella group. Consisting of no more than 10 highly talented, highly motivated young men, their repertoire encompasses barbershop, gospel, traditional school songs, Christmas tunes, contemporary selections, and some witty songs that they wrote themselves. The Kingsmen regularly perform at alumni functions, corporate affairs, holiday parties, athletic events, department stores, and colleges throughout the East.

Clefhangers (A capella)

The Clefhangers (a.k.a. "Clefs") are students at Columbia University who form a shockingly hot contemporary coed a cappella group in NYC. Since 1988, they've been singing their heads off from California to Georgia to Paris. Recently, they took first place in the Quarterfinal Round of the ICCAs, winning the awards for Best Choreography and Best Vocal Percussion, and opened for a hit Off-Broadway Show!

Columbia University Wind Ensemble

For the past six years, this reincarnation of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble has grown in membership, audience, musical ability, organization, and has come to be one of the best providers of music performance in the Columbia community. We strive to play the best of the wind ensemble literature and also perform some marches and orchestral transcriptions for band.

Columbia University Marching Band

Contact Head Manager John Shekitka jps2104@columbia.edu for information