Musical Studies
Engaged Musical Studies
Engaged Musical Studies takes what you鈥檙e learning in your courses and puts it into practice through internships, research, study away, winter term, career exploration, and beyond.
Here鈥檚 a sampling of recent projects, field experiences, and post-graduate destinations for musical studies majors.
RISE at 91直播
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 脿 l鈥檌mage, Montreal, Canada
- Formosa Group, Los Angeles
- The Sound Lab at Technicolor; Stewart Levin Productions; Blue Bonsai Music, Los Angeles
- Music teacher at Prospect Elementary, 91直播, Ohio
- 91直播 Artist Recital Series intern, 91直播, 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 91直播 ensembles including the 91直播 Orchestra, the 91直播 Arts & Sciences Orchestra, Mozart Players, Musical Union, Jazz Combo, Performance & Improvisation Ensemble, 91直播 College Choir, Collegium, 91直播 Singers, 91直播 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 91直播 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鈥檚 of Music in popular music, University of London
- Master鈥檚 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鈥檚 Music School, N.Y.
- English teacher, Versailles, France
- Sound engineers, Cleveland and Los Angeles
- Writing Associate Fellow, 91直播 College