The mission of the Department of Music is to provide a diverse student population with musical and professional training and experiences. Through music, the department engages both the University and the greater southern Connecticut region.
The Department of Music is committed to providing all students with a comprehensive, challenging, and rigorous music education; offering a broad array of courses designed to meet the needs of the entire student body, ranging from those who wish to pursue a career in a music-related field to those who study music solely for its intrinsic, aesthetic value; providing high-quality and musically-diverse large ensembles, small ensembles, chamber ensembles, and opportunities for solo performance; providing an exceptional applied lesson experience to all music majors and minors; promoting the overall academic and civic roles of all students through the study, composition, performance, and practice of music and music therapy; and developing in students and the greater southern Connecticut region an appreciation of the impact and cultural significance of music in a variety of contexts.