Recent Concert Playlists

McGraw Tower with cherry blossoms

McGraw Tower in spring

Did you enjoy a recent concert, but didn't recognize all of the songs? Click on the links below to view concert playlists.

The chimesmasters play the "Cornell Changes", affectionately known as the "Jennie McGraw Rag" to begin each day. This piece was originally requested by the first Cornell President Andrew D. White. The midday concert concludes with the "Alma Mater", and the day ends with the "Cornell Evening Song" (which shares its tune with the German carol "Tannenbaum"). These songs are not listed below because their placement is the same within each concert. Composers are listed when known.
 

Friday, June 26, 2026

Evening

Happy Birthday
For Good (from "Wicked") / Schwartz, Stephen
Les Misérables Medley (complete) / Schönberg, Claude-Michel
Cornell Alma Mater (Duet for Chimesmaster and Mortal) / Tan, Elaine (ET '25)
Cornell Evening Song - TMC Descant / Czebiniak, Taras (TMC '06)

Thursday, June 25, 2026

Morning

Cornell Changes to Upside-Down
Let Her Go / Passenger
50 Ways to Say Goodbye / Train

Evening

Happy Birthday
Boundless Ocean, Vast Skies (海闊天空) / Beyond
Test Drive (from "How to Train Your Dragon") / Powell, John
My Way / Revaux, Jacques
Cornell Evening Song - KJC Descant / Cook, Kevin (KJC '21)

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Afternoon

Oogway Ascends (from "Kung Fu Panda") / Zimmer, Hans
Arirang
Sakura
Santa Lucia (Neapolitan Boat Song)
Dúlamán / Irish Traditional
Cornell Alma Mater and Variations / Cornell Traditional

Evening

La La Land / Hurwitz, Justin
Undertale (from "Undertale") / Fox, Toby
Can't Help Falling in Love / Weiss, George David
Cornell Evening Song - Traditional Folk Tune

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Morning

One Is a Bird (from "Over the Garden Wall") / The Blasting Company
Avatar's Love (from "Avatar: The Last Airbender") / Zuckerman, Jeremy
Caro Mio Ben / Giordani, Tommaso
Pictures of Childhood: 1. A Little Song / Khachaturian, Aram
Pig Ankle Rag / Hornpipe (Fiddle Tune)
Cornell Alma Mater, Variations 1 and 2
Cornell Alma Mater Backdoodle

Evening

Herzlich tut mich verlangen, Op. 122 No. 10 ("My inmost heart doth yearn") / Brahms, Johannes
Welcome to the Black Parade / My Chemical Romance
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road / John, Elton
Grandiose -- The Bellman's Suite / Lee, Richard H. (RHL '41)
Cornell Evening Song - Traditional Folk Tune

Monday, June 22, 2026

Morning

The Legend of Ashitaka from "Princess Mononoke" / Hisaishi, Joe
Princess Mononoke / Hisaishi, Joe
Ashitaka and San (from "Princess Mononoke") / Hisaishi, Joe

Afternoon

Rain / Scallon, Rob
Themes from Sonata L. 331, Finale (Rondo à la Turca) / Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
La Campanella - Rondo from Violin Concerto No. 2 / Paganini, Niccolo
Fantasia no. 8 / Telemann, G. P.
Cornell Alma Mater
Cornell Alma Mater, Variations 1 and 2
Cornell Alma Mater, Variations 3 and 4 / Krasicky, Phil
Cornell Alma Mater Backdoodle

Evening

When She Loved Me (from "Toy Story 2") / Newman, Randy
Say Something / A Great Big World
Avatar's Love (from "Avatar: The Last Airbender") / Zuckerman, Jeremy
You Belong With Me / Swift, Taylor
Cornell Evening Song - Traditional Folk Tune

Sunday, June 21, 2026

Evening

Jennie McGraw Rag in G
Cascadium / Jenkins, Keith (KGJ '93)
Fuzzy Blue Lights / Owl City
Summer / Hisaishi, Joe
Summer / Smith, Barrett (BTS '14)
Cornell Evening Song - Traditional Folk Tune

Saturday, June 20, 2026

Morning

Jennie McGraw Rag in G
Nearer, my God, to Thee / Mason, Lowell
I Love My Love (Abroad as I was Walking) / Holst, Gustav
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again from "The Phantom of the Opera" / Lloyd Webber, Andrew
Be Thou My Vision (Slane) / Irish Traditional

Afternoon

Wedding March / Mendelssohn, Felix
And the Glory of the Lord -- Messiah / Handel, George Frideric
The Hills are Alive (from "The Sound of Music") / Rodgers, Richard
Across the Stars (from "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones") / Williams, John
Littleroot Town (from Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald) / Go Ichinose
Here Comes the Sun / Beatles, The
Wedding March / Mendelssohn, Felix
Can't Help Falling in Love / Weiss, George David
The Moon Represents My Heart (Yue Liang Dai Biao Wo De Xin = 月亮代表我的心) / Weng Ching-Hsi
Moon River / Mancini, Henry
Till There Was You (from "The Music Man") / Willson, Meredith
Over the Rainbow (from "The Wizard of Oz") / Arlen, Harold
Inochi no Namae (The Name of Life) (from "Spirited Away") / Hisaishi, Joe
Yellow / Coldplay
River Flows in You / Yiruma
Here Comes the Sun / Beatles, The
Sweet Caroline / Diamond, Neil
In Dreams (from "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring") / Shore, Howard

Evening

Take on Me / a-ha
Misty / Garner, Erroll
Let It Go (from "Frozen") / Anderson-Lopez, Kristen
Little G Minor Fugue, BWV 578 / Bach, Johann Sebastian
Qing Tian (Sunny Day) / Chou, Jay
Megalovania (from "Undertale") / Fox, Toby
The Moon Represents My Heart (Yue Liang Dai Biao Wo De Xin = 月亮代表我的心) / Weng Ching-Hsi
Hoist the Colors/He's a Pirate (medley from "Pirates of the Caribbean") / Badelt, Klaus
Requiem (from "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind") / Hisaishi, Joe
Doctor Worm / They Might Be Giants
Cornell Evening Song with descant