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70 Wyllys Avenue
Middletown,Connecticut 06459
860.685.2650
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Bachelor of Arts in Music
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The Wesleyan University Music Department provides a unique and pioneering environment for advanced exploration committed to the study, performance, and composition of music from a perspective that recognizes and engages the breadth and diversity of the world's musics and technologies. As an integral part of one of the nation's leading liberal arts institutions, the department has enjoyed an international reputation for innovation and excellence, attracting students from around the globe since the inception of its visionary program in World Music four decades ago.
The Music, Art and Art History, Dance, Theater, and Film Departments are part of the Center for the Arts (CFA), a complex of studios, classrooms, galleries, performance spaces, departments, and programs that provide a rich and creative interdisciplinary environment for study and performance. Recent annual CFA music festivals have brought to campus a diverse array of artists, including Max Roach, Pete Seeger, Zakir Hussain (India), Thomas Mapfumo (Zimbabwe), Boukman Eksperyans (Haiti), and Boogsie Sharpe (Trinidad).
A recording studio, a computer and experimental music studio, the Center for the Arts media lab and digital video facility, the World Instrument Collection (which includes the David Tudor Collection of electronic musical instruments and instrumentation) and the Scores and Recordings Collection of Olin Library (which includes the World Music Archives) offer many learning opportunities outside of the classroom.
Acceptance Rate:
Wesleyan University's overall acceptance rate for the Class of 2027 was 15.7%, with 2,280 students being admitted from 14,500 applicants. The Music Department does not require a music audition as part of the general admissions process.
Faculty Info:
Jay Clinton Hoggard, Pheeroan Aklaff, Jane Alden, Noah Baerman, Garrett Bennett, John R. Bergeron, John E Biatowas, Eugene Bozzi, Nancy Brown, Neely Bruce, Eric Charry, Alcee Chriss, John Wesley Dankwa, Saida Daukeyeva, Cem Duruoz, Peter Craig Edwards, Perry C. Elliot, Priscilla E. Gale, Giacomo Gates, Roger Mathew Grant, Andrew Greenwald, Meera Gudipati, Carolyn Frances Halsted, I. Harjito, Robert J. Hoyle, Scott M. Kessel, Jin Hi Kim, Ronald J. Kuivila, Allison Lazur, Tony Lombardozzi, Chia-Yu Joy Lu, Paula Matthusen, Marichal B Monts, David Paul Nelson, Nadya Potemkina, Julie Ann Ribchinsky, Matthew Francis Russo, Briele Scott, Stanley A. Scott, Peter Selinsky, Megan Sesma, Fred Simmons, Prof. Sumarsam, Charlie Suriyakham, Fumi Tanakadate, Yvonne Troxler, Libby Van Cleve, Marvin D. Warshaw, Matt Wellins, Roy H. Wiseman, Chai-lun Yueh, Su Zheng, Abraham C. Adzenyah, Anthony Delano Braxton, Ronald Ebrecht, Alvin A. Lucier, Mark Slobin
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