Overview

The Music department at Vassar College regularly presents concerts, master classes, and workshops by visiting artists and ensembles as well as by members of the faculty. All events are free and open to the college community, and most are also open to the public.

Music is studied at Vassar College in each of its distinct but interrelated aspects: theory, history, composition, and performance. For those students planning on majoring in music, Music 105/106 should be taken in the first year if possible, as these courses are prerequisites to all subsequent courses in the major.

Performance Opportunities

Students may join a range of ensembles, from small chamber groups to opera productions, including Choir, Women’s Chorus, Madrigal Singers, Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble and Combos, and Opera Workshop, as well as the student-run Camerata and Mahagonny Ensemble. Performers are encouraged to participate in Monday afternoon student recitals, chamber music, and concerts of works by student composers; the most advanced give junior and senior solo recitals. There are additionally numerous independent a cappella singing groups and student bands on campus.

Concerts and Lectures

The Department of Music regularly presents concerts, master classes, and workshops by visiting artists and ensembles as well as by members of the faculty. All events are free and open to the college community, and most are also open to the public. Guest artists have included Jessye Norman, Richard Stoltzman, Dawn Upshaw, Dizzy Gillespie, the Kronos String Quartet, John Cage, Alla Rakha and Zakir Hussein, Chanticleer, Malcolm Bilson, Tafelmusik, and the American Symphony Chamber Orchestra. Public performances by students are an important part of this concert series. The Vassar College Music Colloquium presents lectures by visiting and faculty scholars. Each winter a festival of new music, the Modfest, features music by contemporary composers.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Voice

Piano

Music Theory

Jane Austen and Music in the Domestic Sphere

American Music

History of American Jazz

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-31 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Poughkeepsie, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

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English requirements

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General requirements

Common Application
$65 application fee or a fee waiver
School Report with the Counselor Recommendation and High School Transcript: To be completed and sent by your school counselor.
A Teacher Evaluation
Mid-year Report: Your school counselor or another school official must submit your mid-year grades to us. Early Decision applicants must submit a fall progress report and will be asked to provide their first-term grades as soon as they become available.
If English is neither your first language nor the primary language of instruction in secondary schools you have attended for the last three years.

Tuition Fees

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73275 USD / year

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Out-of-State

73275 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

73275 USD / year

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Living costs

Poughkeepsie

United States

1138 - 2480 USD / month

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Performance Opportunities

Concerts and Lectures

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Poughkeepsie

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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