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Bachelor of Arts in Music, Sound, and Culture

Bachelor of Arts in Music

Minor in Music, Sound, and Culture

Minor in Music Engineering

Master of Arts in Music


Tufts Department of Music is one of the largest and most active departments on the Tufts campus. Through our vast program of classes, private study, and performance, you can explore and experience music in ways you can only begin to imagine. As an undergraduate or graduate, you can study musicology, ethnomusicology, theory, composition, and performance with talented and dedicated faculty. From the Middle East to Java, from the concert halls of Vienna to drumming and dance circles of Ghana, from Renaissance Venice to the modern computer lab, Tufts Music embraces music in forms from many different backgrounds, traditions, and cultures. We invite you to join us and take a course, become a major, or just experience a concert!

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Past Student Productions

SHOW THEATER
Pippin
(4/18/24 - 4/20/24)
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Into The Woods
(11/17/22 - 11/20/22)
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The Addams Family
(11/5/22 - 11/5/22)
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Disney's Frozen Jr
(8/2/22 - 8/11/22)
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Clue: Stay-At-Home
(7/29/21 - 7/31/21)
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The Government Inspector (Hatcher) (Reduced Version)
(3/10/21 - 3/13/21)
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God of Carnage
(11/6/20 - 11/12/20)
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Dry Land
(3/24/20 - 3/24/20)
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Sense and Sensibility
(2/27/20 - 3/7/20)
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THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE in Broadway THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
(12/5/19 - 12/7/19)
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Silent Sky
(11/14/19 - 11/16/19)
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The Last Five Years in Broadway The Last Five Years
(11/8/19 - 11/9/19)
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SHREK THE MUSICAL JR in Broadway SHREK THE MUSICAL JR
(7/30/19 - 8/8/19)
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Jihad Jones and the Kalashnikov Babes
(4/9/19 - 4/13/19)
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VIOLET
(10/25/18 - 11/3/18)
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DISNEY'S THE LION KING JR in Broadway DISNEY'S THE LION KING JR
(7/31/18 - 8/9/18)
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PIPPIN
(11/30/17 - 12/2/17)
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LUCKY STIFF
(11/10/17 - 11/11/17)
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I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
(4/21/17 - 4/22/17)
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GODSPELL-2012 REVISED VERSION
(11/11/16 - 11/12/16)
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NEXT TO NORMAL
(2/18/16 - 2/27/16)
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SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
(12/4/15 - 12/5/15)
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LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
(11/5/15 - 11/6/15)
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DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST JR
(7/28/15 - 8/6/15)
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NEXT TO NORMAL
(4/21/15 - 4/22/15)
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INTO THE WOODS
(3/26/15 - 3/28/15)
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SHE LOVES ME
(11/20/14 - 11/22/14)
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EDGES
(8/31/14 - 9/1/14)
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PIRATES OF PENZANCE JR
(7/29/14 - 8/7/14)
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COMPANY
(3/28/14 - 3/30/14)
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ROALD DAHL'S WILLY WONKA JR
(3/21/14 - 3/22/14)
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RENT
(2/13/14 - 2/22/14)
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[title of show] in Broadway [title of show]
(9/1/13 - 9/3/13)
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SHREK
(7/25/13 - 8/7/13)
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THE MUSICAL ADVENTURES OF FLAT STANLEY JR
(7/25/13 - 8/7/13)
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THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
(4/15/13 - 4/16/13)
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I Love You Because
(4/12/13 - 4/13/13)
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A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD
(3/28/13 - 3/30/13)
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MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
(12/1/11 - 12/3/11)
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