- The Music Department has nine (9) ensembles.
- Approximately 300 students participate in the department instrumental and vocal ensembles.
about taking vocal or instrumental lessons?
- Approximately 200 plus students take lessons on an instrument or voice.
- Lessons are available for most classical and jazz instruments or voice.
- For students who take lessons for credit, lessons are free!
- You do not need to be a major or minor to take lessons.
faculty are accessible and interested in you!
- There are more than 40 Performance Faculty teaching lessons.
about majoring or minoring in Music?
- The major is flexible and has several tracks.
- For those who choose to major and qualify to do an honors thesis, there are three options: academic thesis, composition thesis or performance thesis.
- The minor is intended to allow students with limited time to be flexible enough to take courses in music to focus on their areas of interest.
- Faculty are accessible and interested in you. Mentoring is an essential element of our mission
- Many of our majors go on to careers in music - in the fields of musicology, ethnomusicology, composition, performance and arts administration; but others, especially those who double-major or major in another field and minor in music, go on in the fields of science, medicine, political policy, education, etc.
- A focus in music trains your mind to be flexible for all sorts of fields.
- The Music Department has a beautiful chamber music hall (Sargent Music Salon) and a large ensemble practice space (Grand Salon) in a newly renovated wing of Pendleton Hall West adjacent to Jewett Arts Center.
- The Music Department owns 35 pianos, most of them Steinway grand pianos.
- The practice rooms are open to all students currently enrolled in music lessons or ensembles.
- There are instrument lockers for those taking lessons in the department.
- The Music Library located in Jewett Arts Center is fantastic!
- We have a Concert Series that runs the gamut from early music, Western classical repertoire, composition, jazz greats, music of the world, and electronic & sound explorations. Our concerts are free to students and their guests.