Tracy Cowden

Tracy Cowden is the Roland K. Blumberg Endowed Professor in Music and Director of the School of Music at UTSA. As a pianist, she shares her love of ensemble music through frequent performances with artists and colleagues across the country, and by mentoring student pianists in solo and collaborative performance. She has commissioned, performed, and recorded new 21st century music, and has premiered works in concerts and conferences from Kalamazoo to Bangkok. Her new recording, Rapture and Regret: Music of Daron Hagen, was just released on the MSR Classics label.

Dr. Cowden’s recent work includes performing in health care settings in person and virtually, and facilitating interdisciplinary research regarding music and health; she is a member of the Brain Health Consortium at UTSA. Also active as a clinician and lecturer, Dr. Cowden has presented master classes and workshops on topics related to collaborative music-making and creative programming across the country. Dr. Cowden is an active advocate for arts in health and is developing multiple interdisciplinary projects to study how adult music learning impacts health and wellbeing.