Hampshire College's music program encourages students to engage in an interdisciplinary process to understand music as a creative expression and its role in culture. Students can take courses in ethnomusicology, popular music, jazz, and electronic and computer music as well as in improvisation, composition, and music theory.
Through the Five College consortium, students study Western historical musicology and a wide range of theory and performance courses. Students with a particular interest in ethnomusicology are encouraged to pursue the Five College Certificate in Ethnomusicology