School of Arts & Sciences - University of Pennsylvania

The Faculty

The Department of Music in the School of Arts and Sciences has long been home to renowned faculty, an outstanding program of undergraduate study and a graduate program that is consistently ranked among the top ten in the nation. It engages more than 1000 students every year in what it means to "think musically," to understand the history and social context of music and to probe questions of musical meaning. It also lies at the center of a culture of music on campus, offering musical instruction and performance opportunities for students across the University.

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To make a gift to the Music Building renovation, please contact Michael Baker at bakerm@sas.upenn.edu or 215-898-5262.

Thanks to Jeffrey Kallberg, Professor of Music History and department chair, the world was presented with a new work by the great composer Chopin for the first time in 150 years. Many Chopin scholars knew of this unpublished composition, but Chopin’s shorthand proved to be undecipherable until Kallberg reconstructed it after 20 years of study. The unusual final piece, one of Chopin’s most experimental, lends a unique perspective to the composer’s life and work.