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  • Music 17.06

    Mamadou Diabate demonstrates Sambla balafon technique for students in Music 17.06: The Language-Music Connection, taught by Prof. Theodore Levin and linguistics professor Laura McPherson. (Dartmouth / Eli Burakian '00)

New in 2024–25!

New and newly returning music courses:

  • MUS 14.04 | Music and Healing in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Casey): Spring 2025
  • MUS 14.06 | Foundations of Sonic Practice: Embodiment, Listening, and Vibration (Sinha): Spring 2025
  • MUS 24.01 | Black Sound Studies (Martin): Winter 2025
  • MUS 34.02 | Autonomous Musical Bodies (Younge): Winter 2025
  • MUS 41.01 | Debussy the Innovator (Beaudoin): Winter 2025
  • MUS 45.05 | Polyphony (Levin): Spring 2025
  • MUS 52.03 | The Art of Conducting: An Introduction to Choral and Orchestral Conducting (Messier): Spring 2025
  • MUS 58.11–13 | IIP Sound Engineering (Nam): Fall 2024–Spring 2025

Courses that will not be offered in 2024–25:

  • MUS 5 | Jazz: Black Creative Music and American Culture
  • MUS 16.02 | Music and Media in Everyday Life
  • MUS 18.03 | Verzuz: A History of Black Popular Music
  • MUS 30.02 | Film Scoring

Planning your schedule

The full list of music courses we offer is available on the Registrar's website. Please note that courses and times are subject to change. For the most up-to-date information, consult the Timetable of Class Meetings.

As you build your course schedule, please note:

  • MUS 99 (Proseminar), required for the major and modified major in music, is only offered in the fall term.
  • The following courses are offered every fall, winter, and spring term: MUS 53–58 (Individual Instruction Program), MUS 50.1–50.3 (Performance Laboratories), and MUS 59.1–59.7 (Hopkins Center Ensemble Performance and Leadership).
  • MUS 50.1 (Performance Laboratory in Chamber Music) is offered every summer term, but IIP courses, other Performance Labs, and Hop Ensemble Performance and Leadership courses are not.