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2 Andrews Road
Lewiston,Maine 04240-6028
207.786.6138
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DEGREES OFFERED

Bachelor of Arts in Performance

Bachelor of Arts in Composition

Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Musicology


Music is a significant part of campus life at Bates. Every year hundreds of students take music courses, study vocal and instrumental performance privately for academic credit, and participate in our choirs, orchestra, jazz band, jazz combos, chamber ensembles, steel pan orchestra, and Indonesian gamelan. On balance, musical life at Bates is richer than at almost any other liberal arts college in the East. The beautiful Olin Arts Center is home to the department, and offers sunny classrooms, an ample number of good practice and rehearsal rooms – several with Steinway grand pianos – a computer music studio, and a fine concert hall. We study music from all over the world in our courses, at introductory and advanced levels. All of our courses and performance ensembles are open to general liberal arts students and music majors alike. A secondary concentration (minor) in music is available, and many of our majors pursue interdisciplinary interests or double majors. Concentrations in performance, composition, musicology, and ethnomusicology are available. We are small enough to be able to give all our students a lot of individual attention as they pursue their particular interests, and our departmental philosophy is that we are interested in all the global varieties of human musical expression.

Faculty Info:

Dale E. Chapman, John H. Corrie, Gina A. Fatone, Hiroya Miura, Joëlle Morris, James P. Parakilas, Asha K. Tamirisa



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Past Student Productions

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Topdog/Underdog
(5/16/19 - 5/19/19)
Bates College Theatre Department
God of Carnage
(3/15/19 - 3/17/19)
Bates College Robinson Players
Big Love
(11/2/12 - 11/3/12)
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red, black and green
(4/27/12 - 4/28/12)
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Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
(3/16/12 - 3/18/12)
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A Dolls House
(3/8/12 - 3/12/12)
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Bates College Modern Dance Company
(11/13/10 - 11/15/10)
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Hotel Universe
(11/5/10 - 11/8/10)
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