Along with its role as a home for the visual arts, how might the Johnson Museum’s unique I. M. Pei building inspire musical compositions? Join us for this special opportunity to hear keyboard performances by student composers, inspired by the building’s architecture, light, and environment—as well as the sound of an original 1865 Broadwood piano from the Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards—as a point of departure.

Asher Wulfman, Jack Yarbrough, Ariel Mo, and Federico Ercoli will perform works by Doctor of Music Arts–Composition students James Parker, Chenghao Michaelis Li, Seare Ahmad Farhat, and Maria Alejandra Bulla Clavijo in the Hirsch Lecture Lobby on Floor 2L, located next to the Morgan Japanese Garden. Cosponsored by the Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards, this free event is open to all.