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Bachelor of Arts in Music - Western Classical Music |
Acceptance Rate:
Wellesley College's overall acceptance rate is 14.1% for the Class of 2028, and while there isn't a specific acceptance rate for the Music Department, the college is highly selective, with a rigorous academic environment.Faculty Info:
Gurminder Bhogal, Catherine Mills Davis Associate Professor Claire Fontijn, Phyllis Henderson Carey Professor Lisa Graham, Evelyn Barry Director of the Choral Program K. E. Goldschmitt, Assistant Professor Jenny Johnson, Associate Professor David Russell, Lecturer Maeve Sterbenz, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Music Theory Jenny Tang, Senior Performance Music Faculty Eliko Akahori, piano David Collins, coach/accompanist Randall Hodgkinson, piano Russell Hoffmann, jazz piano Doug Johnson, coach/jazz accompanist Erica Johnson, organ Kanako Nishikawa, coach/accompanist Lois Shapiro, piano Olga Talroze, accompanist Jenny Tang, piano, Chamber Music Society Kris Adams, jazz voice Deborah Selig, soprano Sonja Tengblad, soprano Laura Bossert-King, viola, violin Glorianne Collver-Jacobson, lute, guitar Gabriela Diaz, violin Andrew Eng, viola, violin Steven Kirby, jazz guitar Mark Henry, string bass, jazz bass Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba David Russell, cello, Chamber Music Society Jane Starkman, violin, baroque violin Rebecca Thornblade, cello Franziska Huhn, harp Paula Zeitlin, jazz violin, jazz viola Kyoko Battaglia, oboe Kathy Boyd, flute Katherine Matasy, clarinet, saxophone Tracy McGinnis, bassoon Cercie Miller, jazz saxophone Fred Aldrich, french horn Thomas Duprey, trumpet, jazz trumpet Richard Greenblatt, vibraphone Mark Hamilton, jazz trombone Gabriel Langfur, bass trombone Steve Langone, jazz drum set, percussion Craig McNutt, percussion Kera Washington, African diasporic drumming Margaret Angelini, Guild of Carillonneurs Lisa Graham, Choral Program Neal Hampton, Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra Cercie Miller, Wellesley BlueJazz Big Band David Russell, Chamber Music Society Jenny Tang, Chamber Music Society Kera Washington, percussion, Yanvalou Drumming and Dance Paula Zeitlin, Wellesley BlueJazz Combos Eliko Akahori, Director of the Music Performance Program Magdalen Christian, Music Program Coordinator Isabel Fine, Concert Manager Jenny Johnson, Chair of the Department Carol Lubkowski, Music Librarian Raymond Schmidt, Music Cataloging & Metadata Manager
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