Through multiple modes of inquiry and experience, the department advances new ways of understanding music as both creative expression and cultural practice throughout the world. The department promotes musical education, research, and engagement at the highest standards of excellence on an open and inclusive basis.
Department of Music
Department of Music
The Department of Music is a community of scholars, creators, and performers dedicated to exploring music’s past, present, and future.
Department of Music
The Department of Music is a community of scholars, creators, and performers dedicated to exploring music’s past, present, and future.
About
The Department of Music is a community of scholars, creators, and performers dedicated to exploring music’s past, present, and future.
Academics
Undergraduate
Our diverse curriculum combines creative courses in composition, technology, and performance with speculative studies in history, theory, ethnomusicology, philosophy, and musical aesthetics.
Graduate
At Brown, your degree is what you make it: the more adventurous you are, the more exciting your program is likely to be.
Music Making
The Department of Music at Brown offers a huge array of performing opportunities, all available for academic credit.
Students seeking to improve their playing or singing ability have the option of taking individual private lessons with about thirty professional musicians from the greater Boston-Providence area.
Recent News
News from the Department of Music
Timo Vollbrecht Hired as New Director of Jazz Studies and Lecturer in Music
Professor Vollbrecht begins his post at Brown on July 1, 2022.
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News from the Department of Music
Saleem Ashkar Hired as New Assistant Professor of the Practice and Director of the Applied Music Keyboard Program
Professor Ashkar begins his post at the Department of Music on July 1, 2022.
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News from the Department of Music
Brian House PhD '18 Hired as Assistant Professor at Amherst College
Alumni News: Brian House begins new position at Amherst College in January 2023
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