Majoring in Music, Sound, and Technology
The major in Music, Sound, and Technology offers a focused core curriculum that provides a foundational understanding of ways that technology can interact with music making and sound. In close consultation with an adviser, students personalize their course of study, explore connections to other disciplines through electives, and build their skills as musicians. Courses are selected from four broad categories: Culture and History; Theories of Music; Making Music; and Interdisciplinary Technologies.
The music department also offers a major and a minor in Music Studies. Our programs are designed to be responsive to student interests and to offer a flexible entrance point to the majors and minor, thus making them accessible to students from a wide range of musical backgrounds.
Performance and private study opportunities
There are many opportunities to perform and to attend concerts. You might perform during one of the many recitals we offer each year or participate in one of our ensembles, including the CC Singers, Jazz Ensemble, Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Experimental Music Ensemble, or one of our smaller chamber groups. If you are interested in musical theater, you can audition for one of our annual shows, produced in collaboration with the theater department. We also offer private lessons for credit on a wide range of instruments and voice.
Facilities
Cummings Arts Center boasts technology-rich classrooms, two performance halls, a recording studio, an electronic music studio, and numerous practice rooms. We have a large collection of musical instruments, including excellent pianos, for which we are designated an "All-Steinway” school.
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