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B.A. Degree in Music

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Program Duration

48 monthsProgram duration

Main Subject Area

Performing ArtsMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

Performing Arts

Degree

Other

Study Level

Undergraduate

This major will be music to your ears. Arts Ensemble concerts in the Bronx. Piano recitals and choral concerts on Fordham’s campuses. The New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera. Bands at venues all over New York City. As a music major at Fordham, you’ll study music as a force that has shaped culture and as a practical skill, craft, and art. You’ll study a combination of music history, theory, composition, and performance in one of the world’s music capitals. We emphasize careful formal analysis and investigation of the social, historical, and economic conditions driving cultural production. You’ll also compose, score, and perform. But you’ll learn more than music here. You’ll also study philosophy, theology, history, mathematics, languages, sciences, and the performing arts through Fordham’s common core curriculum, the centerpiece of our liberal arts education. A music degree can take you many places in the performing arts. Many of our students pursue careers in the recording industry, educate others, combine music with another field of study, or attend graduate school. Some of the many options: Accompanist Agent Artist manager Audio production Composer Copyright consultant Audio engineer Studio manager Music historian Merchandising Music librarian Session musician Promoter Radio programmer Recording engineer Sound designer Booking agent Tour publicist

Program overview

Main Subject

Performing Arts

Degree

Other

Study Level

Undergraduate

This major will be music to your ears. Arts Ensemble concerts in the Bronx. Piano recitals and choral concerts on Fordham’s campuses. The New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera. Bands at venues all over New York City. As a music major at Fordham, you’ll study music as a force that has shaped culture and as a practical skill, craft, and art. You’ll study a combination of music history, theory, composition, and performance in one of the world’s music capitals. We emphasize careful formal analysis and investigation of the social, historical, and economic conditions driving cultural production. You’ll also compose, score, and perform. But you’ll learn more than music here. You’ll also study philosophy, theology, history, mathematics, languages, sciences, and the performing arts through Fordham’s common core curriculum, the centerpiece of our liberal arts education. A music degree can take you many places in the performing arts. Many of our students pursue careers in the recording industry, educate others, combine music with another field of study, or attend graduate school. Some of the many options: Accompanist Agent Artist manager Audio production Composer Copyright consultant Audio engineer Studio manager Music historian Merchandising Music librarian Session musician Promoter Radio programmer Recording engineer Sound designer Booking agent Tour publicist

Admission requirements

7+
Other English language requirements: Paper-based TOEFL of 575 or higher ; CAE (Cambridge English Advanced) score of 67 or higher ; PTE-A (Pearson Test of English-Academic) of 62 or higher.
Jan-2000

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