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, Music of the Jewish People, and Music and Society in Latin America. This spring we are offering Representations: Music, Gender, Race, and Class; The American Piano: From Rachmaninoff to Rock and Roll; and Analysis and Synthesis: The Performer's World.

Improvisation Studies

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