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Music

Collaborative, cross-disciplinary, connected to the world

 

The Department of Music at CAMD inspires creative growth through intellectual discovery and innovation, transdisciplinary education and collaboration, and academic and experiential learning programs that prepare students for the music profession—and the world—that they will encounter after graduation.

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Music at CAMD offers a cross-disciplinary approach to the study and practice of music, underscored by experiential learning, cutting­-edge technology and a wide-angle focus on every aspect of music’s cultural meaning and social impact across the globe.

Hilary Poriss

Professor and Chair, Department of Music

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Featured Music Programs

Undergraduate Degrees

We offer a flexible, student-focused array of curricular options, including the BA in Music, the BS in Music Industry and the BS in Music Technology, along with varied options for combined majors in game design, physics, computer science, engineering and other disciplines.

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Course Spotlight

MUSC 2320: 40,000 Years of Music Technology

This course surveys the relationship between music and technology from the Paleolithic Age to the present day. In this class, students examine the origins and impact of diverse musical instruments with attention to connections between musical and technological developments and the enduring need for music.

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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Music is uniquely personal and shared, powerful and empowering, and thus carries with it the ethical responsibility to focus on equality and inclusion in everything we do.

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In the News

Communication Studies

'The Brutalist' used AI. Is that a bad thing?

Communication studies professor Rupal Patel and Rebecca Kleinberger, assistant professor of music, provide insight into why this Oscar-contender used AI to enhance the Hungarian spoken by Adrian Brody and Felicity Jones.

January 23, 2025

Music

Is your pet actually watching TV with you?

It may seem like Fido is following along with your latest TV show obsession. But is he? Assistant professor of music Rebecca Kleinberger looks closer at whether or not our pets watch TV with us.

March 20, 2025

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