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.

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

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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.

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Music 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 Collection

Chapel 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 Instruments

Upcoming Events

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  • choir students standing outside

    College Choir Fall Concert

    College Choir sings a diverse program of conceptual change as depicted in seasonal and transformational metaphor. Pathways of justice are motivating concepts in music by Claudio Monteverdi and André Thomas. Images of the four seasons characterize works by André Thomas, Johannes Brahms, a Taiwanese harvest song by Tsai Yu-Shan, and a winter carol by Abbie Betinis. The concert concludes in metaphysical contemplation with settings of a Sara Teasdale poem by Jocelyn Hagen and an iconic Spiritual by William Dawson. The Choir is joined by student and alumni instrumentalists.

    Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

    Open to the Public

    Free

  • Dick Forman sitting at a grand piano on stage

    Tribute Concert: Dick Forman

    Please join us for a tribute concert for Dick Forman, Director of Jazz Activities, celebrating his retirement from Middlebury College.

    Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

    Open to the Public

    Free

  • Wellesley College Carillon Concert

    Carillonneurs of the Wellesley College Guild will perform a variety of classical and contemporary music. The carillon is best enjoyed from the lawns surrounding the chapel.

    Middlebury Chapel

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