Music - Columbia University in the City of New York

Music from Columbia University in the City of New York is a Campus Bachelor Music degree that prepares you for a Vocational Programs career. Why should I major in this subject? The Columbia major in music provides the aspiring musician or scholar with a wide range of ways of thinking about music (performance-related, theoretical, historical, cultural, and compositional) while enabling students to concentrate on the aspects of music that interest them the most?from popular and world musics to computer music . One of the fascinations of the discipline of music is that there is hardly any field of inquiry that it cannot connect with. In the Medieval period, for example, music was grouped with arithmetic, geometry, and astronomy as part of the Quadrivium, not as one of the arts. Our faculty engage in cultural studies (ethnomusicology), connect with faculty in other departments (i.e., English, Philosophy, and Psychology), engage with current literary theory, and are on the cutting edge of technological change. You should consider majoring in music if you have a passion for music in any of the following areas?performance, music history, composition, or ethnography?and have already developed basic skills in one or more of them. What career opportunities follow upon study in this field? Many career opportunities require further training beyond undergraduate study. If you are interested in pursuing a career in music performance, you should consider continuing your studies at the graduate level at a conservatory or school of music. Likewise, if you aim to be scholar or teacher in the field, you will want to continue with your music studies in graduate school work in one of the scholarly or compositional fields. View more details on Columbia University in the City of New York . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Music courses.