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Students who concentrate in music may explore and develop proficiency in five core
areas: Performance, Composition, Electronic Music, Cultural and Historical Studies,
and Theory. The minimum needed to fulfill the concentration requirements is 24 credits. At least one non-music course related to one of the core areas listed above is required. For example, students interested in music performance could take a performance course
in theater or dance, students interested in musicology could take related courses
in history or other social studies, and students interested in electronic music could
take courses in digital media.
At least two upper-level (300- or 400-level) courses in music are required for the
concentration.
Minimum Requirements
- Six credits for Theory I and Theory II (required of all concentrations) or the equivalent
(students who are advanced in music theory may begin at higher levels with the permission
of the instructor, and substitute other courses for the total 24 credits in music)
- Four credits for Theory III (required of all concentrations)
- Four credits of performing activity, including:
- Private lessons for credit
- Performing organizations: Chorus, Jazz Ensemble, Chamber Ensemble, Madrigal Group, Collegium
- Performance classes: Chamber Music for Small
- Groups and Jazz Improvisation Workshop
- Three credits for a related non-music course
- Seven additional credits in music
Musicology Courses
- Euro-American Music History: The Art of Song, Medieval, Renaissance, Early and Later
Baroque; Mozart and Haydn; Beethoven and Schubert; Romantic Music; Music since World
War I; Music in Film
- Modules: Charles Ives; The Piano
- Music in World Cultures: Music of East India; The Music of India; Jazz: An American
Encounter
Composition Courses
- Introduction to Electronic Music
- Advanced Electronic Music
- Composition (200-level)
- Composition (300-level)
Advanced Theory Classes
(That count toward the concentration)
Theory III, IV, V
Performance Classes
- Small Chamber Ensembles
- Jazz Improvisation Workshop
- Vocal Performance: Opera and Musical Theater
- Independent Music Project
Performing Organizations
- Chorus
- Jazz Ensemble
- Chamber Ensemble
- Madrigal Group
- Collegium
Sample Senior Theses
“’When You’re Going Southbound Out of Space and Time’: Contemporary American Folk
Music and the Narrative of the Long Folk Revival”
“Les Sex: Profound Frivolity”
“Platinum Underground: Engaging the Music of DJ Screw”
“Noise as Music: A Study of Narrative and Aesthetics through ‘Noise Music’”
“The Musical Politics of 1920s Berlin”
“Flight 208 (an opera)”
“Song as Rendered Poetry: Vocality as Compositional Facility in Bob Dylan”
“Bi-Musicality: How to Eat Your Cake and Still Have it!”
“Analyzing Measures of Emotion in Response to Dissonance in Music”
“On Making a Record: A Story of Musical Realization”
“The Essences of Listening: Music Inspired by Varied Forms of Art”
Faculty Contacts
John Myers
Laurence Wallach