Masters in Music Liberal Arts

The music major addresses the goals of liberal arts education through courses which not only teach music, but do so in a way which calls upon students to develop their skills of critical analysis through the careful examination of music's primary source materials -- music itself and writing about music -- through their own writing about music and through writing their own music. Musical performance can also address the goals of liberal arts education, once proficiency reaches that level of mastery where performers can think analytically and critically about how to interpret compositions; indeed, the complex web of historical, theoretical, emo tional, and technical consid erations which attend informed interpretation can profoundly challenge a student's power of critical analysis.