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Music

Zakuro Daiko Ensemble
Photo: Ryota Matsue

Union College offers a wide variety of courses in music theory, music technology, composition, music history, world music, and jazz studies. The music faculty are incredibly Interdisciplinary, and offer courses that intersect with other departments and programs across campus. Students enjoy many opportunities to perform in our numerous ensembles and develop musicianship through private lessons. We offer a Major, ID, Minor and a World Musics and Cultures Minor.

Emerson Auditorium

Taylor Music Center

The Department of Music

Students Share: "Why I Chose to Study Music at Union"

UNION COLLEGE MUSIC DEPARTMENT KEEPS ON MUSICKING!

Recent student performances:

Compositions for AMU-200 Music Theory 3: Phrase and Form

In Music Theory 3, we explored musical form by examining motives, phrases, and sections that define common formal structures. Since form can arise from a number of musical elements, we discussed the variety of ways one can attend to changes in form, including melodic motives and gestures, harmonic progressions, musical textures, and (un)varied repetition. Throughout the course, we developed both our visual analytical skills through score study and our aural analytical skills through active listening exercises and group discussion. These analytical and listening skills were put into practice through a number of projects, culminating in a final composition for a trio of flute, violin, and piano.
-- Assistant Professor Christopher Chandler

Here are some examples of student final projects performed by Ann-Marie Barker Schwartz (violin), Norman Thibodeau (flute), and Max Caplan (piano):

Nostalgia, by Owen Connolly, Physics major and Astrophysics/Music minor

As the Snow Settles on The Glacial Plateau, by Henry Bush, Music major

Starfall, by Adam Ginsberg, double major in Mathematics and Music

Winter of Discontent (audio only), by John Hursh, Music major

"Siva Stuti"

From her basement in Michigan Shreya Srivastava '20 performs "Siva Stuti" during her senior recital "Bharatanatyam (South Indian Classical Dance): A Dance in Time."

Students sing the alma mater

"Ode to Old Union"