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Music

Professor Chapman; Associate Professors Fatone (chair), Miura, and Tamirisa; Assistant Professor Kuriyama; Visiting Assistant Professor Pirasteh

The Department of Music gives students the opportunity to study music from cultural, historical, theoretical, psychological, creative, and interpretive perspectives, including study of Western and non-Western classical, popular, and experimental musical traditions. Most of the courses offered are suitable for general liberal arts students. Music majors and minors have the opportunity to pursue individual interests in depth. In recent years, students have completed interdisciplinary and double-major programs, including substantial work in music.

²Ñ±«³§Ìý101 Introduction to Listening, ²Ñ±«³§Ìý103 Music in World Cultures, ²Ñ±«³§Ìý110 Western Music Theory Fundamentals, ²Ñ±«³§Ìý210 Classical Music in Western Culture,Ìý²Ñ±«³§Ìý212 How Music Performs Culture: Introduction to Ethnomusicology, ²Ñ±«³§Ìý229 Antisemitism in European Musical Culture, and ²Ñ±«³§Ìý249 African American Popular Music—courses introducing musical traditions and concepts—are open to all students without prerequisite. ²Ñ±«³§Ìý231 Western Music Theory I is the beginning course in music theory; students considering a major or minor in music should take it as early as possible. Students seeking to begin course work in music theory (²Ñ±«³§Ìý110 Western Music Theory Fundamentals or ²Ñ±«³§Ìý231 Western Music Theory I) should contact the chair of the music department to arrange a placement exam by the beginning of the semester. ²Ñ±«³§Ìý218 Soundscapes: Recording and Designing Sound, ¶Ù°ä³§Ìý219 Composing Sonic Systems/²Ñ±«³§Ìý219 Composing Sonic Systems, and ²Ñ±«³§Ìý235 Music Composition are introductory courses in composition. ²Ñ±«³§Ìý270 Applied Music, private instruction in vocal or instrumental performance, is open to first-year students with permission of the instructor. ²Ñ±«³§Ìý290 Musical Ensemble Performance is open to any student who qualifies to participate in one of the department’s faculty-directed performing organizations: College Choir, College Orchestra, Brass Ensemble, Gamelan Ensemble, Jazz Band, Jazz Combo, and Steel Pan Orchestra.

More information is available on the Music department website.