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Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MASSACHUSETTS
City:
AMHERST
Street Address:
Emily Dickinson Hall, 893 West Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002, USA
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Program:
Undergraduate program
Details:
Bachelor of Arts in Music. Four years. Studies in performance (classical, jazz/popular, early music), music history, electronic music ethnomusicology, composition, theory, improvisation.
Institution Notes:
A private liberal arts institution, Hampshire College was founded in 1970. There are no pre-set majors, but courses are developed according to individual student interests. The main emphasis is on encouraging students to study, compose, perform and improvise in various genres. Facilities include well-equipped recording studios and computer music studios. Hampshire College forms part of a five-college consortium offering combined resources for the purpose of extending and enriching their collective educational scope. The other neighbouring colleges forming this five-college consortium are: Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, Northampton and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The five colleges share programs in ethnomusicology/world music, early music performance theory and history topics. There is a Five College PhD program, awarded by the University of Massachusetts.
Last Updated:
November 2022