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Music (MUS)
Chair David B. Levy
Composer-in-Residence and Professor Dan Locklair
Professors Susan Harden Borwick, Stewart Carter, Louis Goldstein, Peter Kairoff,
David B. Levy, Teresa Radomski
Director of Choral Ensembles and Associate Professor Brian Gorelick
Associate Professors Jacqui Carrasco, Richard E. Heard
Director of Bands C. Kevin Bowen
Associate Director of Bands Dan Kalantarian
Director of Orchestra David Hagy
Senior Lecturers Patricia Dixon, Kathryn Levy
Lecturer Morten Solvik (Vienna)
Adjunct Assistant Professor Matthew Troy
The Department of Music offers two majors, in music performance and music history/theory/
composition, each requiring thirty-eight hours. Students who choose one of these majors may
not choose the other as a second major. Both majors include a basic curriculum of music theory
(MUS 171, 172, 173, 174, sixteen hours) and music history (MUS 181, 182, 183, nine hours), and
four semesters of MUS 100.
To be admitted to the major in music performance, a student must first successfully complete
MUS 171 and then pass an audition before the entire music faculty. The audition should be
performed during the sophomore year. Students who audition are required to (1) demonstrate
technical skill (scales, arpeggios, études), (2) perform standard repertoire, and (3) sight-read.
All three of these areas must be deemed strong enough by a majority vote of the faculty to be
accepted as a major in music performance. In addition to the basic curriculum, the major in
music performance requires six hours of individual instruction above the 100 level (MUS 262
and either 362 or 363), which requires as a prerequisite the successful completion of an audition;
four hours of ensembles (excluding MUS 119, 128, and 129), taken in four semesters; and three
hours of elective courses in music, excluding ensembles and MUS 161-162, 165-168, 175, 177,
262, 362-363. The major in music performance must present a senior recital.
In addition to the basic curriculum, the major in music history/theory/composition requires
three hours of individual instruction (MUS 161 or 162), three hours of ensembles (excluding
MUS 128 and 129), taken in three semesters; seven hours of elective courses in music, excluding
ensembles and MUS 161-162, 165-168, 175, 177, 262, 362-363, and a performance proficiency
examination. The major in music history/theory/composition must complete a senior thesis
(MUS 397 or 398) appropriate to one or more of these areas.
Students considering a major in music performance or music history/theory/composition
are urged to begin their musical studies during the first year and should consult the chair of the
department as soon as possible after entering the University.
Highly qualified majors in music performance or music history/theory/composition may be
invited by the music faculty to apply for admission to honors in music. To be graduated with
the designation “Honors in Music,” a candidate must have an overall grade point average of
at least 3.0, and a grade point average of at least 3.5 in courses in the major, be selected for this
honor by the music faculty, and successfully complete either MUS 363 or 398. More information
is available from the music department.