Current instructor

Gabrielle Cornish

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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 1 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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MUSIC 101
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Professor Cornish is an incredible professor. She is very passionate about what she teaches. Her lectures are super engaging, fun, and full of jokes and the slides she uses are easy to follow and understand. Be prepared to watch some fun demos in lecture. She is super approachable and is always willing to chat with students and answer questions.
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Classes with Gabrielle Cornish

MUSIC 497

Special Topics in Music

1–3 credits

MUSIC 497 explores wide-ranging topics in music history, theory, or education.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.87 GPA, 93.3% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

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historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026
MUSIC 911

Seminar in Musicology

3 credits

A graduate seminar exploring specific topics in musicology, focusing on key aspects, genres, or stylistic periods.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Gabrielle Cornish

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Fall 2026MUSIC 497Special Topics in Music
Fall 2026MUSIC 911Seminar in Musicology
Fall 2026MUSIC 990Masters Thesis

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