Music Major

Undergraduate Program

The program offers both a major and a minor, as well as courses and activities for the nonmajor. Courses are designed to teach students to listen to music intelligently, develop musical perception, master basic skills of music and apply them creatively, and acquaint students with representative works from various periods of music history. The study of music can open new perspectives on many aspects of culture and society and the program stresses the advantages of combining professional musical development with the humanistic breadth offered by a strong liberal education.

Courses are open to majors and nonmajors, and assignments are designed to suit the different goals and backgrounds of the students in each category.

Program Faculty

John Aylward, Ph.D.
Benjamin Korstvedt, Ph.D.
Matthew Malsky, Ph.D.

Part-Time Faculty

James Allard,
Mark Berger, Ph.D.
Richard Cain, M.Mus.
Kallin Johnson, M.Mus.
Sima Kustanovich, M.Mus.
Christine Noel, M.Mus.
Peter Sulski, B.Mus.

Affiliate Faculty

Brooks Milgate, B.A.
Donald Boothman, B.A.
Chester Brezniak, M. Mus.
Stephanie Busby, M.Mus.
Jonathan Clark, M.Mus.
Deborah Cole,
Michael C. Connors,
Joseph W. D’Angelo,
Joseph Halko,
Tracy Kraus, M.Mus.
Shay Rudolph, M.Mus.
Robert Paul Sullivan,
Douglas Weeks, M.Mus.

Emeriti Faculty

Gerald Castonguay, Ph.D.
Wesley Fuller, M.Mus.
Hartmut Kaiser, Ph.D.

Courses

• GERM 205 - The Total Work of Art and Cultural Criticism from Wagner to the Present
• MUSC 010 - Introduction to Music
• MUSC 012 - Pop Music in the USA
• MUSC 021 - Making Music
• MUSC 100 - Studying Music Historically and Critically
• MUSC 101 - Bach and Before: Studies in Music before 1750
• MUSC 102 - Music of the Classical and Romantic Periods
• MUSC 104 - Music and Modernism in Society, 1885-1945
• MUSC 121 - Theory I: Tonality 1
• MUSC 122 - Theory II: Tonality 2
• MUSC 125 - Acoustics
• MUSC 141 - Computers and Music
• MUSC 142 - Recording Practice and Audio Art
• MUSC 152 - Jazz and Popular Music Composition and Performance
• MUSC 160 - Soundtracks
• MUSC 170* - Clark Concert Choir
• MUSC 171* - Clark Chamber Chorus
• MUSC 172* - Concert Band
• MUSC 173* - Chamber Music Ensembles
• MUSC 174* - Jazz Workshop and Combo
• MUSC 180 - Private Instruction in Instruments and Voice
• MUSC 200 - Audio Culture
• MUSC 201 - Music, Media & Public Spheres
• MUSC 210 - Seminar in Music History and Criticism
• MUSC 220 - Theory
• MUSC 223 - Theory III: Counterpoint
• MUSC 224 - Theory IV: 20th-Century Practice
• MUSC 230 - Senior Tutorial in Music History
• MUSC 240 - Senior Tutorial in Composition
• MUSC 250 - Tutorial in Jazz Composition
• MUSC 260 - Senior Tutorial in Theory
• MUSC 280 - Private Instruction in Instruments and Voice (Honors Level)
• MUSC 290 - Capstone Project
• MUSC 297 - Honors
• MUSC 298 - Internship
• MUSC 299 - Directed Study

Nonmajors

All of the courses, seminars,and activities in the music program—with the exception of senior tutorials (MUSC 230 , MUSC 240 , MUSC 250 , MUSC 260 )—are open to qualified nonmajors. Students who have a strong interest in music but whose major lies in another discipline can declare a minor in music. The music minor centers on a core of studies in one of five specific areas.

Performing Organizations

Nonmajors and majors may audition for a variety of organizations which rehearse regularly and perform several yearly concerts. These groups include the Clark Concert Choir and Chamber Chorus, Instrumental Chamber Ensembles, Clark Concert Band and the Jazz Workshop Ensembles.

Preprofessional Programs

Students interested in such professions as music therapy, multimedia, concert management, ethnomusicology, or music education may combine music courses with appropriate courses from other disciplines to create an individually designed major. The requirements for such preprofessional programs are jointly determined by the student and an advisery committee made up of one music faculty member and two faculty members from other disciplines.

Although the music program does not offer specific courses in music education, music majors interested in music education may take courses in the music curriculum, in conjunction with teaching courses through the education department. For more information, contact the education department.

*The following musical activities - MUSC 170* - Clark Concert Choir , MUSC 171* - Clark Chamber Chorus , MUSC 172* - Concert Band , MUSC 173* - Chamber Music Ensembles  and MUSC 174* - Jazz Workshop and Combo  -are open to all undergraduate and graduate students. Auditions are held during the first week of each semester. Although no credit is awarded, the transcript of any undergraduate who completes the assigned performance requirements will include a listing of the particular activity for which he or she was registered.