The halls of Jerome Greene Hall were abuzz with discussion on Tuesday about the art lining the walls: the work of death row inmates, part of the opening reception for “Windows on Death Row: Art from Inside and Outside the Prison Walls.”

As the first week of classes started, hundreds of students flooded the halls of Hamilton, sometimes waiting hours to audition for a cappella groups on campus.

Sunny skies and folk music drew crowds of Columbia students together at the heart of campus last Sunday afternoon for the all-day Postcrypt Folk Festival.

In between classes, three Columbia students found time to create a music festival with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Barnard’s student radio station, WBAR, held its 24th annual WBAR-B-Q outdoor music festival on Saturday at the Barnard Quad, featuring artists Ravyn Lenae and Sneaks.

In New Opera Workshop’s “The Marriage of Figaro,” the audience’s imagination was as vital as the pit orchestra in bringing the full world of Figaro’s home in Spain to life.

AlunaGeorge, with special guest D.R.A.M., will headline this year’s Bacchanal on April 8, the Bacchanal student committee announced on Friday night. Mykki Blanco, Almand, and student band Thou Shalt Not will open the annual student-run spring concert.

Joseph Morag, CC ’18, is one of the most prominent violinists at Columbia, as well as a rising violinist and conductor in the New York City classical music scene.

“Keep your ears open and don’t let your eyes deceive you.”

Thou Shalt Not, a high-energy rap and hip-hop group, was selected as Bacchanal’s student opener at the annual Bacchanal Battle of the Bands on Feb. 18.