At Hunter College, we prepare our undergraduate music majors to participate in a life-long relationship with music that respects the immense diversity and depth of music’s expressive power and cultural impact. We train thoughtful citizens who enter society with a keen awareness that music is a lens through which we can better understand our past and ourselves.
At completion of an undergraduate degree, all music majors (regardless of concentration) will be able to:
- Evaluate musical repertory within its broad historical and social context, and distinguish how it supports or defies conventions of genre and style. (Musicology)
- Demonstrate the appropriate solo and/or ensemble skills required to participate in private lessons, juries, and public performances. (Performance)
- Identify and apply the major principles of music and music notation, compose melodies and harmonies pursuant to standard practices, and accurately sing and chant melodies and rhythms. (Theory and Musicianship)
- Express a personal voice through written or improvised music. (Composition)
- Identify the methodological tools of ethnomusicology research. (Ethnomusicology)
- Demonstrate introductory knowledge of music technology’s role in 20th/21st century musical style, and interact with basic hardware and software tools. (Music Technology)
