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EARLHAM COLLEGE, RICHMOND Department of Music

Country:

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

State:

INDIANA

City:

RICHMOND


Street Address:

801 National Road West, Richmond, Indiana 47374, USA

Fax:

+1 765 983 1247


Program:

Undergraduate program

Details:

Bachelor of Arts in Music. Four years. Concentrations in performance, popular music, composition, computer composition, ethnomusicology, choral and instrumental conducting. Studies include film scoring, music history, theory, aural skills, music technology. Bachelor of Music/Master of Arts in Teaching. Four years.


Institution Notes:

An independent college of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), founded in 1847. There is a state-of-the-art computer music studio. An emphasis on music and ethnomusicology is a unique feature of the degree program with a focus on Indian music and the arts, as well as other musics from Indonesia, Africa, Japan, South America, Java and the Arab World. The music department has a policy of bringing to campus performers from varied cultural backgrounds who give workshops to students - recent musicians have come from such countries as Cameroon, Gambia, the Andes, Peru, Tibet, Indonesia, Russia, Netherlands and North India. The department owns two gamelans, one with slendro and one with pelog tunings.


Last Updated:

October 2022