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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)

Courses by Term

2024–25:  25W  |  25S

2025–26:  25X  |  25F  |  26W  |  26S

New in 2025–26!

New and newly returning music courses:

  • MUS 9.02 | Creativity Through Percussion (Garapic): Fall 2025
  • MUS 12 | Intro to Music Technology (Younge): Winter 2026
  • MUS 14.01 | Music, Mind, Invention (Casey): Spring 2026
  • MUS 17.06/COCO 23/LING 11.13 | The Language-Music Connection (Levin, McPherson, Diabate): Fall 2025
  • MUS 30.01 | Composition Seminar (Chin): Winter 2026
  • MUS 30.02 | Film Scoring (Dong): Spring 2026
  • MUS 38 | Noise: Exploring Liberation in Sound (Sinno): Spring 2026
  • MUS 39 | A Critical Inquiry of Sound: Experimental Ethnographic Field Methods (Lai): Fall 2025

Courses that will not be offered in 2025–26:

  • MUS 8/COSC 2 | Programming for Interactive Audio-Visual Arts
  • MUS 11 | Introduction to Opera
  • MUS 18.03 | Verzuz: A History of Black Popular Music
  • MUS 24.01 | Black Sound Studies
  • MUS 41.01 | Debussy the Innovator
  • MUS 42 | Early Classical Music (From Plato to Mozart)
  • MUS 43 | Modern Classical Music (From Beethoven to Now)
  • MUS 51 | Oral Tradition Musicianship

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.