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Worcester,Massachusetts 01610
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DEGREES OFFERED

Bachelor of Arts in Music


The Department of Music at Holy Cross provides all students the opportunity to nurture and develop their own particular love of music, while providing music majors with rigorous, sustained musical training. Students have many opportunities to work individually and in small groups with faculty on topics including music theory, composition, history, and performance, Western classical, jazz, popular, and world music, audio engineering, and avant-garde music technology.

Acceptance Rate:

The College of the Holy Cross has a general acceptance rate of 21%, making it a highly selective institution. There isn't specific data available regarding the acceptance rate for the music department specifically.


Faculty Info:

Osvaldo N. Golijov, Shirish Korde, Jessica P. Waldoff, Daniel J. DiCenso, Schuyler Whelden, Matthew J. Jaskot, Jeannette Jones, Donald James, Megan Ross, Brian Saia.



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