Musicology at Eastman is intensely interdisciplinary and intimately informed by the rich musical environment of the school. The department offers a PhD degree, with an emphasis in historical and critical studies or ethnomusicology, and an MA degree in musicology or ethnomusicology. With eight full-time faculty plus affiliated faculty at the University of Rochester, the Musicology Department features expertise in subjects ranging from opera, jazz, and Renaissance sacred music to gender studies, ecomusicology, and intersections between music and politics. Recent seminars have focused on early opera, Romanticism and improvisation, sound and media studies, Black vocal music, Hildegard von Bingen, post-humanist aesthetics, and South Asian music.
We offer an M.A. in Music with concentrations in Composition, Ethnomusicology, Music History, Music Theory, Performance, and Mixed Concentration. We...
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Learn MoreDesigned for students seeking the highest degree in the field, the Ph.D. is a rigorous five-year course of study culminating...
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