Musical Studies
Engaged Musical Studies
Engaged Musical Studies takes what you’re learning in your courses and puts it into practice through internships, research, study away, winter term, career exploration, and beyond.
Here’s a sampling of recent projects, field experiences, and post-graduate destinations for musical studies majors.
RISE at ÍøÆسԹÏ
Research. Internships. Study Away. Experiential Learning.
Ways Musical Studies Majors Rise
Research
- The Sounds of Objects In Spaces: Sound Sculpture as a Compositional Medium
- Memories of Silence: Music and Privilege in Communist Czechoslovakia
- General Music Classrooms: Where Neurodiversity Meets Neurotypicality
- Rhyme Scheme in Musical Theater and Its Relation to Phrase Structure
- Examining the Current Realities of Indie Music Distribution in Cape Town, South Africa
- The Recording Studio as an Instrument
Internships
- Nashville Symphony, Tenn.
- Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls, Brooklyn, N.Y.
- TrustNavigator, Cleveland
- Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, NYC
- Music director, Dream Arts Company, Birmingham, Mich.
- New Music School, Chicago
- Son et musique à l’image, Montreal, Canada
- Formosa Group, Los Angeles
- The Sound Lab at Technicolor; Stewart Levin Productions; Blue Bonsai Music, Los Angeles
- Music teacher at Prospect Elementary, ÍøÆسԹÏ, Ohio
- ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Artist Recital Series intern, ÍøÆسԹÏ, Ohio
Study Away
- Advanced Liberal Arts, Seville, Spain
- IES Abroad Vienna Music Program, Austria
- Institute for Study Abroad, Butler University in Havana, Cuba
- Bard Program, Quito, Ecuador
- Exchange student at Morehouse College, Atlanta
- French intensive in Rouen, France
Experiential Learning
- Students participate in several ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï ensembles including the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Orchestra, the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Arts & Sciences Orchestra, Mozart Players, Musical Union, Jazz Combo, Performance & Improvisation Ensemble, ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï College Choir, Collegium, ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Singers, ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Wind Ensemble, Javanese Gamelan, Talempong Ensemble, Brazilian Ensemble, Mandinka Ensemble, or the Contemporary Chamber Music Ensemble.
- Students direct, conduct, or perform in unique musical events including with the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Musical Theater Association, the theater department, and for independent events on campus and beyond.
- Students participate in workshops and conferences including the Palomar Film Scoring Workshop, Midwestern Chapter for the Society for Ethnomusicology, and NYU ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop.
First Destinations of Recent Musical Studies Majors
- Graduate Schools:
- Yale Divinity School
- Master’s of Music in popular music, University of London
- Master’s of Music, Boston University
- Master of Arts in Religion and Cultures, Black Religion in the African Diaspora, Yale University
- Vandercook College of Music
- Musicology, Stanford University
- Positions:
- Teacher, Noble Network Charter Schools
- Circulation supervisor, University of Washington
- Shansi Fellow, Indonesia
- Intern, Grand Street Recording, N.Y.
- Music teacher, Bach to Rock America’s Music School, N.Y.
- English teacher, Versailles, France
- Sound engineers, Cleveland and Los Angeles
- Writing Associate Fellow, ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï College