Department of Music
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550 North College Avenue
Claremont,California 91711
909.621.8155
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DEGREES OFFERED
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Bachelor of Arts in Music
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Study music performance, history, theory, composition and ethnomusicology, and participate in solo and ensemble performance opportunities, all while working with critically acclaimed musical mentors.
Embracing the beauty, form, history and creation of sound, our music major and minor is a study of Western and non-Western music, broadly designed and rigorously focused.
Our instruction is designed to develop skills that include attention to detail, teamwork, creativity, problem-solving, and precise and self-assured communication.
Representative courses include History of Jazz, History of Black Song, Seven Musical Wonders of the Western World and Introduction to World Music.
Many students go on to prestigious graduate programs in music and become performers, professors, arts managers, critics and more; others enter professional fields like medicine, law and finance.
Faculty Info:
Donna M. Di Grazia, Alfred Cramer, Thomas E. Flaherty, Melissa E. Givens, Genevieve F. Lee, Eric C. Lindholm, C. Joti Rockwell, Gibb Schreffler.
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