{"id":8797,"date":"2026-02-09T15:57:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T20:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/?page_id=8797"},"modified":"2026-05-01T17:48:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:48:34","slug":"music","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academics\/majors-and-minors\/music\/","title":{"rendered":"Music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Music is an integral part of campus life at Bates, with hundreds of students each year participating in a robust, student-led a cappella<\/em> culture as well as in choirs, orchestra, jazz bands, chamber ensembles, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Department of Music gives students the opportunity to study music from cultural, historical, theoretical, psychological, creative, and interpretive perspectives. With a low student-to-faculty ratio, each participant in our program receives one-on-one attention and support from faculty to reach their individual goals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Marisa C. Wickersham, Academic Administrative Assistant
\n75 Russell Street
\nOlin Arts Center, Bates College
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What You Will Learn<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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To gain familiarity with a range of different musical practices and traditions<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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How to create \u2014 performing, composing, or both \u2014 and analyze music<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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To think about cultural, historical, and cognitive dimensions of music<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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How to develop the ability for sustained thinking on or about music<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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To appreciate and understand the many global varieties of human musical expression<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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An understanding of Western and non-Western classical, popular, and experimental musical traditions<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Graduates from the Department of Music have gone on to successful careers and post-graduate degrees in a variety of topics. Alumni include Emmy-nominated sound effects designers and editors, music professors, and members of the renowned Preservation Hall Jazz Band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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of 2020-2024 Bates graduates are employed and\/or attending graduate school \u2014 settled into their next opportunity within 6 months of graduation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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