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Chatham University Music: Tradition and Innovation
Students in the Chatham University Music Program engage with music from myriad perspectives while developing critical thinking and effective communication skills through the undergraduate college’s liberal arts environment. All music students receive a strong foundation in music theory and history, and participate in private vocal or instrumental instruction with some of the region’s best performers including members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Ample performance opportunities are available including student recitals, the Chatham University Choir, and the Instrumental Ensemble. Students can frequently hear performances by professional musicians on campus through the Friday Afternoon Musicale and Chamber Music concert series, as well as off-campus in Pittsburgh’s lively Cultural District.
The Chatham University Music Program also enables students to connect with music in many exciting, less traditional ways. Chatham offers courses in ethnomusicology (popular music, non-Western music), music technology (electronic/computer music studio), and interdisciplinary subjects (sound and performance installation art). Additionally, Chatham students can create acoustic and/or electro-acoustic music through individual composition study. Chatham encourages cross-disciplinary work. Students can minor in music or combine it with another area to form an interdisciplinary major. Possible combinations include, but are not limited to, music and English, communications, business, psychology, or visual arts. Music can also be an area of focus for arts management majors, and music education certification is possible through a joint program with Carnegie Mellon University.
The Chatham University Music Faculty, all of whom are professional musicians with strong artistic achievements, work closely with all students and are strongly committed to the highest standards in teaching.
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