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Welcome to the UAlbany Music Department!
Welcome to the Department of Music at the University at Albany! We are a growing department that provides students with a variety of specialized B.A. programs which include Music, Electronic Music and Media, Performance, Composition, Conducting, Musicology, and Theory. Our programs offer not only a high level of instruction, but a unique degree of faculty attention and guidance. We also offer a music minor.
Music Theory, History, Composition, and Literature
The Music Department offers coursework in the rhythmic, harmonic, melodic, and structural aspects of Western music, its notation and composition. Courses are also available in the music of various world cultures including American Music, Black American Music, and Music of the Jewish People. This fall we are offering Music and Society in Latin America and Understanding the Arts: Exploring Opera and Other Musical and Cultural Events in the Capital Region.
Improvisation Studies
 Don Byron
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We welcome back noted clarinetist and composer Don Byron as Visiting Professor. He will be teaching The Poetics of Everyday Music in addition to private lessons in Composition.
Popular Music Studies
We offer coursework on the popular song, rock history, and jazz repertoire in this relatively new area of study for the Music Department.
Voice Studies
Check out our new Departmental Program in Vocal Performance!
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The Music Department offers individualized instruction and an array of ensembles, from Orchestra and Band, to Chorale, Chamber Ensembles, Chamber Singers, Percussion Ensemble, and Jazz Ensemble, as well as courses in conducting. Or come join the Pep Band and cheer on our own UAlbany Great Danes!
Electronic Music & Media
Digital Arts Classroom
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The Electronic Music and Media Program offers opportunities for students to learn the history and theory of this field and to engage in creative work in composition, studio recording, live performance, and multimedia sound art. |
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