University of Notre Dame Notre Dame Department of Music: Theatre College Information

Notre Dame Department of Music

112 North Notre Dame Avenue
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
574.631.6211
music@nd.edu

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Degrees offered

Bachelor of Arts in Music History/Theory
Bachelor of Arts in Performance
Minor in Musical Theatre
Minor in Liturgical Music Ministry

About the program

Opportunities to study and make music at Notre Dame are wide-ranging. Our curriculum offers excellent preparation for majors who go on to prestigious academic or performance graduate programs, and our streamlined course offerings allow double majors and minors to combine their study of music with careers in another field. Numerous students from all over campus pursue their interest in music by taking our general education classes and playing in our ensembles, including the Marching and Jazz Bands, the Notre Dame Symphony Orchestra, the Glee Club, and the Chorale. Our distinguished faculty members teach lessons and courses with small class sizes in well-equipped studios and classrooms. Music students are part of the College of Arts & Letters, which includes 20 departments in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Together with the College’s requirements, the music curriculum for the major and our minors make for a liberal arts education that is both rigorous and broad. Our students have gone on to distinguished careers not only in music but also in many other professions. We are located in O’Neill Hall of Music at the Leahy Gate on the South side of the Notre Dame Stadium. The Music Department shares O’Neill with the distinguished graduate program in Sacred Music. Our 100,000-square-foot, seven-story building opened in 2018 and was made possible by a gift to the University from Helen Schwab and her husband, Charles, in honor of her brother, Notre Dame alumnus and trustee Joseph I. O’Neill III.

Acceptance rate

The University of Notre Dame's overall acceptance rate for the Class of 2028 was 11.1%, and while there isn't specific data for the Department of Music, it's a highly selective university, so the music department's acceptance rate is likely very competitive as well.

Faculty

Alexander Blachly - Professor of Musicology, Director Notre Dame Chorale, Director Notre Dame Schola Musicorum John Blacklow - Professor of Piano Christopher Chowrimootoo - Concurrent Assistant Professor of Musicology Kiera Duffy - Associate Professor of the Practice, Voice Larry Dwyer - Associate Teaching Professor, Jazz; Assistant Director of Bands Kenneth Dye - Director of Bands, Professor of Music Margot Fassler - Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Music History and Liturgy, Director of the Program of Sacred Music, Professor of Musicology and Ethnomusicology Mary Frandsen - Associate Professor of Musicology Johanna Frymoyer - Assistant Professor of Music Theory Peter Jeffery - Michael P. Grace Chair in Medieval Studies, Professor of Musicology and Ethnomusicology, Department Chair Dylana Jenson - Visiting Associate Professor of the Practice in Violin and Viola Stephen Lancaster - Associate Professor of the Practice, Voice John Liberatore - Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Composition Kola Owolabi - Professor of Organ Daniel Schlosberg - Associate Professor of the Practice, Piano, Director of Undergraduate Studies Peter H. Smith - Professor of Music Theory Daniel Stowe - Associate Teaching Professor, Music Conducting Carmen-Helena Téllez - Professor of Conducting, Interdisciplinary Artist