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Chatham University’s music program is both thorough and flexible. We provide performance and composition students with a firm grounding in their own area of specialty, as well as music history and theory, while allowing them to customize their course of study to fit their own interests.
— MICHAEL BOYD, Professor of Music
Chatham's music major provides a solid foundation in musicianship, music performance, composition, theory, and history. Click the button below to explore sample courses and curriculum.
Explore Music Curriculum : Checkerboard 1 - Courses & Curriculum
Chatham’s music technology program sets you up for success through allowing mastery of industry-leading technologies for editing and sequencing, putting on the final touches—taking a piece of music all the way from recording through to producing a finished product.
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The music business major is an interdisciplinary program, combining courses from music and business to set students with a passion for music apart in the business world. This major is designed to prepare you for leadership roles through expertise in strategic planning, management, marketing and artistic planning.
Explore Music Business : Checkerboard 3 - Music Business
Students often combine music with another academic area of interest to create a double major or interdisciplinary major. Recent combinations include music and English, music and psychology, and music and mathematics.
Explore Undergraduate Degrees : Checkerboard 4 - Build A Custom Double Major
In addition to Chatham’s university-wide merit- and need-based financial aid, the music program offers the Minna Kaufmann Ruud Scholarships in Voice. This scholarship recognizes and supports students with outstanding talent and is awarded to qualified vocalists interested in studying music as a major or as part of an inter-departmental major. Scholarship awards are based on audition results.
View Scholarships & Grants : Checkerboard 5 - Funding Opportunities
Chatham's music faculty, all of whom are professional musicians with strong artistic achievements, work closely with all students and are strongly committed to the highest standards in teaching. Click the button below to meet our faculty members.
Meet the Faculty : Checkerboard 6 - Program Faculty
Students have had internships at institutions including Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, Pittsburgh Concert Society, WQED Radio, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Afro American Music Institute, ZeroFossil Energy Outfitters, and more.
The Chatham Choir, which sponsors the all-campus winter celebration and the annual Cabaret Benefit, can be heard at the opening and closing convocations, the spring concert, and the choir tour. The choir has performed in New York City, Baltimore, Washington D.C., and West Virginia, while select members have performed with Marvin Hamlisch and the Pittsburgh Symphony Pop’s All-Star College Chorus.
Explore Choir : Checkerboard 8 - Chatham Choir
Chatham's instrumental band program includes a jazz ensemble, athletic pep band, and smaller chamber ensembles. In addition, Chatham students can audition for and perform with large instrumental ensembles off-campus for credit, such as the University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Marching Band. Details about auditions are distributed before the start of the fall term.
View Clubs & Organizations : Checkerboard 9 - Instrumental Ensembles