A professor leans against a grand piano while teaching a class
Associate Professor of Music Theory Jan Miyake teaches a class in iconic Bibbins Hall. Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones ’97

The Conservatory of Music and the College of Arts and Sciences have collaborated to develop exciting new approaches to the study of music.

Starting in fall 2020, students in both the college and the conservatory can deepen and widen their understanding of music by learning about it in a variety of contexts and disciplines through five new interdisciplinary programs.

These five interdivisional courses of study, open to students in both the college and conservatory, are designed to complement a student’s major. Students can have an academic experience that encompasses both depth of study in a well-established field with an experimental curriculum in an emerging area.

Program Administration

Oversight for these new minors and integrative concentration is with the Conservatory College Interdivisional Curricular Committee (CCICC).

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Program Descriptions

Music and Cognition Minor

For students interested in studying the science of how music gets inside our heads and influences our thoughts and feelings.

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Music and Popular Culture Minor

For students interested in learning about how music, across history and across the globe, shapes and is shaped by the society.

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Interdisciplinary Performance Minor

What does it take to perform? What is the nature of a performance? Students will explore the experience and philosophy of performance by taking performance classes across the arts (music, theater, dance, creative writing) and athletics.

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Arts and Creative Technologies Minor

For students eager to explore how past, present, and future technologies can inspire and be inspired by art. The fundamental question students will explore is how technology sparks the artist’s imagination and provide a medium of expression.

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Arts Administration and Leadership Concentration

Whether you want to work in a museum or for an orchestra, start your own music ensemble or film company, or launch an arts-related organization or non-profit, this integrative concentration will give you foundational knowledge that you can apply broadly.

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