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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 2023–24!

Newly returning Music courses:

  • MUS 16.01/FILM 41.11 | History of Visual Music (Mack): Spring 2024
  • MUS 16.02/FILM 41.21 | Music and Media in Everyday Life (Cheng): Fall 2023
  • MUS 35 | The Jazz Language (Zsoldos): Winter 2024
  • MUS 45.04 | Music and Social Justice (Cheng): Spring 2024
  • MUS 46/COLT 40.07/FILM 50.04 | Video Games and the Meaning of Life (Cheng): Spring 2024

Courses that will not be offered in 2023–24:

  • MUS 5 | Jazz: Black Creative Music and American Culture
  • MUS 30.02 | Film Scoring
  • MUS 37 | Songwriting II

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 50.1-50.4 (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.