• Rooted and Rising: Building Inner Resilience for an Unstable Climate

    Cory is the moderator and interviewer of this online discussion for "Stanford Alumni in Sustainability - Climate Action Forum" with his longtime friend and environmentalist Kristan Childs (Stanford ’92, MA ’97) and Teddy Kellam. Cory is a Board member of the the Climate Action Forum.

  • 2026 Stanford Recording Arts Workshop Album

    Stanford Recording Arts Workshop Stanford, CA

    This year's double album by Cory's student ensemble at Stanford University -- created and recorded in two deeply-focused weeks at Stanford by Cory's Stanford Recording Arts Workshop students and Cory himself -- is released. Always a diverse album of brilliant musicians, Cory never has any idea what will be on this album until the two …

  • “Positive Energy! (The Music of Doctor Noize)” Album

    Doctor Noize Inc. Lone Tree, CO

    The release date of Cory's alter ego Doctor Noize's retrospective album "Positive Energy! (The Music of Doctor Noize)!" A joyous celebration of his diverse career and impact in family music and education, it includes two favorites from each Doctor Noize album -- including the two final future Doctor Noize albums -- and several new singles …

  • “Making Of Positive Energy!” Video

    A video on the retrospective album of Cory's alter ego Doctor Noize -- an album two decades in the making -- will be released today. Directed by Sidney Cullinan.

  • Riley Max “What It Takes” Album Release

    Riley Max Lone Tree, CO

    The release of the second album from Harvard Music student and Cory's daughter Riley Max, who is also the Music Director of the award-winning Harvard Veritones a cappella group. Cory co-produced the album at Reach Studios with Riley.

  • Universal Theme Park Show

    “Lil’ Monsters Live” — a show featuring Cory's iTunes Essential Recording “The Monster Dance” as Doctor Noize -- debuts at Universal Kids Resort theme park! Cory will be at some of the shows.

  • Lullaby Project with Carnegie Hall & Strings Music Festival

    Cory has been commissioned by Carnegie Hall and the Strings Music Festival as part of the Lullaby Project to write and record songs with families in Steamboat Strings, CO. He’ll be there for four days as Artist In Residence!

  • “Empathy” Single & Video

    Cory's annual avant-garde piece for his Seven Years Of Sensation Project is called "Empathy," and will be released today. It's both a deeply personal work about his own experience and a collaborative effort with his 2026 Stanford students -- simultaneously purposeful yet improvised, and a homage to John Cage's "Musicircus," which Cory played saxophone on as …

  • Stanford Recording Arts Workshop 2027 (Week 1)

    Cory and his teaching team will again return to Stanford for our intensive and bonding two week Recording Arts course! Last year was our biggest and tightest ensemble ever.