Music Department
Bennington College — Bennington, VT
Degrees offered
Bachelor of Arts in Music
About the program
Music at Bennington is dedicated to helping students grow in their ability to do creative work in performance and composition. Our faculty of active professional musicians and composers represent a rare diversity of musical traditions who share a belief in hands-on learning and the development of versatile, thinking musicians who are conversant with multiple musical perspectives. Courses range from ensemble classes in Filipino kulintang, North American traditional music, and percussion music from the African diaspora, to classes in counterpoint, voice, jazz improvisation, electroacoustic music, studio recording, music history, and individual instrumental study. Guided by a principle that technique, theory, and scholarship should be pursued in tandem with the immediate experience of making, the program and its individual courses balance disciplined technical studies and practice with multiple opportunities for original work, collaboration, and creative exploration.
Acceptance rate
Reported acceptance rate (source/year not provided by school): Bennington College's overall acceptance rate is around 48%
Faculty
- Joseph Alpar
- Thomas Bogdan
- Kitty Brazelton
- Nicholas Brooke
- John Kirk
- Senem Pirler
- Allen Shawn
- Bruce Williamson
- Kerry Ryer-Parke
- Michael Wimberly
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