Music
The Department of Music provides a creative environment for the study and performance of music with a global perspective, and encourages students to develop skills, expand knowledge, and contribute actively to society as artists and citizens.
We offer a diverse curriculum that engages students in historical and cultural study, as well as analysis, creation, and performance of music.
Our emphasis on global perspective and experiential learning provides opportunities for each student to explore and develop their own musical passions, and to collaborate with peers and faculty in many ways, including through interdisciplinary work, ensemble participation, and independent projects.
Performance Opportunities
African Music and Dance
Chamber Music
College Choir
Community Chorus
College Orchestra
Collegium
Jazz
Musical Theater
All Music Department courses, ensembles, lessons, and other activities are equally available to nonmajors and majors alike. The curriculum for music majors offers a balance between thoroughness and flexibility, offering each student a chance to develop areas of strength in the context of a broad liberal arts education.
A wide range of lessons are available—including piano, voice, and most orchestral instruments.
Our Facilities
The MAC
The 100,000-square-foot Kevin P. Mahaney ’84 Center for the Arts, known as the MAC, is a hub of arts activity on campus. It’s also home to the Music Department and includes practice rooms, lockers, an electronic music studio, and a 372-seat concert hall.
Explore the MACMusic Collection
Our extensive collection, located in the Davis Family Library, contains reference, CD, book, video, and score collections in the field of music and dance.
Our Music CollectionElectronic Music Studio
The electronic music studio, located in the MAC, houses computer workstations with software for the creation of digital music compositions.
The Electronic StudioChapel Organ and Carillon
The Middlebury Chapel houses a large pipe organ that was constructed by the Gress-Miles Organ Company in 1971, as well as a carillon, assembled in 1915 and enhanced over the years. Both are played regularly and enjoyed throughout the campus.
Chapel InstrumentsUpcoming Events
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Jazz Workshop
A workshop devoted to learning and playing jazz. It’s more than a jam session but less than a class. Instrument proficiency is required but jazz experience is not.
Open to Middlebury College students only.Mahaney Arts Center 221
Closed to the Public -
Folk Heritage and Nordic Traditions in Music Today
In this lecture/demonstration, Dreamers’ Circus covers the important role that Nordic traditions play in the trio’s music-making. They will discuss how an understanding of their own folk heritage informs their contemporary approach to the music and performance. By exploring links between past and present, the trio demonstrates the contemporary vitality of the folk culture of Northern Europe.
Open to Middlebury College students, PASS members, and MCMC families. Sign up hereMahaney Arts Center 221
Closed to the Public -
Jazz Workshop
A workshop devoted to learning and playing jazz. It’s more than a jam session but less than a class. Instrument proficiency is required but jazz experience is not.
Open to Middlebury College students only.Mahaney Arts Center 221
Closed to the Public