Offered by Music .

Students in the Music Performance, B.A. receive a solid grounding and experience in solo, chamber music and large ensemble repertoire, preparing them for graduate school and work as a professional musician with special emphasis on developing entrepreneurial skills. Special opportunities exist for students to explore their craft through an exchange program with the Nicolini Conservatory in Piacenza, Italy, and through collaborative projects with faculty and graduate students in the department’s American Contemporary Music Postbaccalaureate Certificate. Faculty specializations in instrumental performance include chamber music, American music, Japanese contemporary music, music by minority composers, new complexity music, extended instrumental techniques, Baroque string music, and improvisation. Faculty specializations in vocal performance include vocal technique, opera performance, music of the African Diaspora, and Renaissance and Baroque literature for voice.