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The Department of Music gives students the opportunity to study music from cultural, historical, theoretical, creative, and interpretive perspectives. The courses offered are suitable for general liberal arts students and for music majors, and include study of Western and non-Western, classical and popular musical traditions. In recent years, students have completed a number of interdisciplinary and double-major programs including substantial work in music.
Music 101, 103, 104, 212, 241, 248, 249, 254, and 262 — courses introducing musical traditions and concepts — are open to all students without prerequisite. Music 231 is the beginning course in music theory; students considering a major or minor in music should take it as early as possible. Music 235, 237, and 238 are introductory courses in composition. Music 270, private instruction in vocal or instrumental performance, is open to qualified first-year students. Music 290 (Musical Ensemble Performance) is open to any student who qualifies to participate in one of the deparment's faculty-directed performing organizations: the College Choir, the College Orchestra, the Fiddle Band, the Gamelan Orchestra, the Jazz Band, and the Steel Pan Orchestra.
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