Welcome toMusic

Manhattanville's music programs offer broad opportunities both for the music major and liberal arts student. It is in pursuing that dual purpose, to train future professionals and to serve the aesthetic needs of the liberal arts major, that the core philosophy of the Music Department is most apparent. With equal fervor, we seek to provide a performance experience for non-majors and to encourage our majors to explore broader intellectual horizons by enrolling in a wide variety of diverse courses.

We have developed a music curriculum to allow for a strong emphasis on creativity and individual expression without sacrificing the full development of necessary skills and self-discipline. Courses are available for all Manhattanville students in specialized areas of musical performance, music history, music theory, composition, music education, musical theater, music management, music technology, and jazz studies. Opportunities exist for public performances, both on and off campus, through membership in a variety of performing organizations. It is not uncommon to find the major and non-major performing side by side. The Music Department also offers a flexible minor in music to address the diverse interests of students interested in Music as a supplementary subject area.

Manhattanville College offers several degree programs in Music. Music majors may pursue either the Bachelor of Arts Degree with a Major in Music, the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music with a Concentration in either Music Management or Musical Theatre, or the more professionally oriented Bachelor of Music Degree with a major in Music Education. We also offer a combined degree Honors Program with the School of Education to allow an accelerated Bachelor of Music in Music Education and a Master of Arts in Teaching degree. The combined degree program allows students to double count 15 credits towards both degrees, and successful completion results in permanent Teaching Certification for New York State.

For all of our degree programs, a primary objective of the Music Department is to provide the means and environment to equip our majors to take their place in the world of music outside the campus walls. We take very seriously the encouragement to instill in our students the notion of responsibility to utilize talents to benefit and serve community. Finally, we hope that music study at Manhattanville College will inspire young men and women to pursue lifelong learning and pleasure in music.

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