Since I carped long and hard about Berlioz and man-splaining, let us go to the root of the issue — program music. Program music is a composition that attempts to portray a specific mood or story. We ...

Offering both degree and certificate options, we help musicians hone their skills in music production, audio recording, digital composition and more–crucial skills in today’s evolving music industry.

Like spoken language, musical ability is a basic human communication tool that we begin learning and using at birth, if not before. The music program at Fort Hill is designed to allow all children to ...

Our curriculum focuses on encouraging you to develop to your fullest capacity through individual research projects, independent studies with music education faculty members, presentations at ...

Music has existed for as long as humankind has. In the Western European tradition, music expresses emotion. But in other traditions, the sound of music often plays a different role. Our faculty are ...

Everywhere you find humans, you find music - across the globe, and throughout history. At W&M, you can learn to create music as well as place music in the context of the human experience. The ...

Our coursework combines the study of philosophical, research-based, and theoretical positions of teaching and learning music with pragmatic approaches to improving music learning. You will be guided ...