Department of Music
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Richmond,Virginia 23173
804.289.8277
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DEGREES OFFERED
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Bachelor of Arts in Music Minor in Music
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Department of Music
The Department of Music leads students to integrate creative and practical musical skills with critical thinking and intellectual inquiry, empowering them for a lifetime of learning. The curriculum provides an excellent foundation that prepares students to be adaptive leaders equipped to actively engage in their communities through the arts. The Department of Music welcomes students with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and interests in music and provides pathways for performers, listeners, scholars, and creators of all kinds. The curriculum trains students in music performance, composition, industry, and research and cultivates the creative habits of mind that make our majors competitive in a wide range of careers.
Faculty Info:
Jeffrey Riehl, Gene Anderson, Charles Hampton Arthur, Nirmal Bajekal, Steven Barton, Richard Becker, Mary Beth Bennett, Cory Blake, Benjamin Broening, Jennifer Cable, Ronald A. Crutcher, Roderick Davis, Michael Davison, Alasdair Denvil, David L. Esleck, Linda Fairtile, Jessie Fillerup, Jonathan I. Friedman, David Garcia, Paul R. Hanson, Kevin Harding, Kara Harman, James Jacobson, Anastasia Ione Jellison, Shellie Johnson, Brian Edward Jones, Ingrid Keller, Joanne Lan-Funn Kong, Alexander Kordzaia, Jennifer Debiec Lawson, Joanna K. Love, Jason B. McComb, Jeremy R. McEntire, Andrew Clay McGraw, Charles F. Moeser III, David B. Niethamer, Anne O'Byrne, David Pedersen, Randall Pharr, Suzanne Caldwell Riehl, Jason B. Scott, Quinn Sherman, Linda Smalley, James Smith-Parham, Bruce Borden Stevens, Thomas Joseph Stevens, Rachel Nicole Velvikis, Margaret Woods, Doris Wylee-Becker, Susy Yim.
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