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Rhodes College

Department of Music

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2000 N. Parkway
Memphis,Tennessee 38112
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DEGREES OFFERED

Bachelor of Arts in Music

Minor in Music


The mission of the Department of Music at Rhodes College is to serve as a catalyst for lifelong learning and appreciation for music. Our mission is to generate a comprehensive, diverse, flexible program of excellence in music, appealing to students of all walks of life at the college. Our intention is to help students develop aural, analytical and aesthetic intelligences and abilities, and prepare them for professional careers and/or graduate work in music, as desired. Our purpose is to create true appreciators of music as an art form and discipline, and to facilitate the human and spiritual growth of all who connect and engage with the department, whether by participating or observing.

Faculty Info:

John Bass, Carole Blankenship, Tom Bryant, Courtenay Harter, Erika Pope, Vanessa Rogers, William Skoog, Evan Williams.



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Past Student Productions

SHOW THEATER
Hand to God
(10/3/19 - 10/6/19)
Rhodes College
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (2018 Version)
(2/14/19 - 2/24/19)
Rhodes College
Fabulation or, The Re-Education of Undine
(2/15/19 - 2/24/19)
Rhodes College
VIOLET
(3/16/18 - 3/25/18)
RHODES COLLEGE
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
(4/15/16 - 4/24/16)
RHODES COLLEGE
BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON
(2/28/14 - 3/7/14)
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