Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [Music] From Wesleyan University

Students considering a music major should come to the department office where they will be given an in-house concentration form and assigned a major advisor. Students design their own individualized program of study and complete the concentration form in consultation with their advisor, listing all music courses previously taken and those planned for the future. Because the program proposal must be approved by the director of undergraduate studies and ratified by the entire music faculty, prospective majors are urged to complete this form two weeks before the deadline for declaration to allow for music faculty action.

The department provides performance opportunities for the entire Wesleyan community through orchestra, Chinese orchestra, concert choir, the Collegium Musicum, organ, South Indian voice and percussion instruction, wind ensemble, jazz orchestra,?Korean drumming and creative music ensemble, laptop ensemble, Javanese gamelan, West?African drumming, South Indian music, steel band, and taiko. These offerings are supplemented by an extensive private lessons program. Courses in music history, music as a cultural practice, music theory, and composition are offered at both undergraduate and graduate levels.?Music majors design their own programs of study in consultation with an advisor. Program proposals?must demonstrate a balance between?performance, historical/cultural study, and music theoretic/compositional investigation. Each proposal is?reviewed by the director of undergraduate study and ratified by the entire?