Western Connecticut State University is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music.
The Department of Music at Western Connecticut State University is a friendly, vibrant, student-oriented unit in an institution of higher learning that serves as an accessible, responsive and creative intellectual resource for the people and institutions of Connecticut. The faculty and staff of the department strive to meet the educational needs of a diverse student body through instruction, performance, scholarship and public service. Additionally, the department fosters the highest standards of teaching and research in its undergraduate and graduate programs and supports the establishment and continuation of a just and moral society through its own accomplishments, the work of its faculty and staff, and the achievements of its graduates.
The primary goals of the Department of Music are:
To provide a professional education for music majors that develops, nurtures, and assures their competency in all aspects of the discipline;
To encourage development of the creative, intuitive, and intellectual capabilities of students, faculty, and audience;
To provide an education for non-majors that introduces them to the discipline of music through appreciation, performance, and basic skills courses, thus developing an informed group of advocates and affirming that music is an integral part of a classic liberal arts education;
To provide for and to enrich the cultural and educational life of the campus, city, state, and region through excellence in instruction, research, performance and composition;
To support collaborations between music and related disciplines, and to cultivate and apply new approaches to performance, scholarship, and education.
DEGREES OFFERED:
•Bachelor of Music - Performance
•Bachelor of Music - Jazz Studies
•Bachelor of Music - Audio and Music Production
•Bachelor of Science - Music Education
•Master of Science - Music Education
•Bachelor of Arts - Music
For more information or to schedule an audition, please call Debbie DelVecchio at 203-837-8350
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