Department of Music
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315 South Bellefield Avenue
Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania 15260
412.624.4126
musicdpt@pitt.edu
DEGREES OFFERED
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Bachelor of Arts in Music - Composition Bachelor of Arts in Music - Global and Popular Music Bachelor of Arts in Music - Jazz Bachelor of Arts in Music - Music and Cultural History Bachelor of Arts in Music - Performance Minor in Music Master of Arts in Ethnomusicology Master of Arts in Musicology Master of Arts in Composition and Jazz Master of Arts in Jazz Studies Doctor of Philosophy in Ethnomusicology Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology Doctor of Philosophy in Composition and Jazz Doctor of Philosophy in Jazz Studies
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The Department of Music is part of the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences of the University of Pittsburgh. The department serves the University's undergraduate student body, music majors and music minors, and graduate students, as well as the metropolitan area of Pittsburgh and the greater scholarly and musical communities—through classes and seminars, individual instrumental and vocal instruction, performing groups, concerts and colloquia, and research and composition.
The Department of Music promotes an integrated approach to the study of music grounded in composition/theory, ethnomusicology, jazz studies, and musicology. Our innovative and dynamic curriculum enables students to explore music in the broadest terms possible through artistic creative activity, performance, and scholarship. These studies are led by a distinguished faculty of international reputation.
Degree programs are purposefully small, with about 40 graduate students and 50 music majors. Students work closely with the 14 members of our full-time academic faculty. In small classes and seminars, students have the opportunity to express their ideas and enter into challenging discussions with faculty and their fellow students, while in a diversity of ensembles they learn by performing together in both formal and informal settings.
The department offers the Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in music. We do not offer degrees in music education.
Faculty Info:
Jay Arms, Rika Asai, Shalini R. Ayyagari, Olivia Bloechl, James P. Cassaro, Nicole Mitchell Gantt, Adriana Helbig, Michael Heller, Aaron Johnson, Eric Moe, Marcelle Pierson, Susan Rice, Mathew Rosenblum, Lee Veeraraghavan, Dan Wang, Andrew N. Weintraub, Amy Williams, Roger Zahab.
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