What Happens Here

The Center is more than an archive of tapes and instruments. It is also the hub of the graduate program in Ethnomusicology at Columbia, and a fountain of musical activity on the Columbia campus. We support the work of our graduate students and enrich the content of our undergraduate classes by sponsoring talks and performances by major scholars and musicians. We provide tools for and training in field research in ethnomusicology (for example, equipping our students with audio and video recording equipment).  The Center's main facility, in 701C Dodge, is the headquarters of the graduate program, where you can always find students studying, writing and holding meetings. The room is equipped with technology to enable visiting speakers to present sophisticated audio-visual materials and computer-based projects.

Additional part-time employment opportunities are available in the Center for Ethnomusicology. The Center for Ethnomusicology also frequently directly subsidizes research expenses and conference travel for Ethnomusicology students over and above the modest amount of subsidy for conference travel available from GSAS.