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The music business major is an interdisciplinary program that combines courses from music and business to give students with a passion for music a path into the business world. This major is designed to prepare you for leadership roles through expertise in strategic planning, management, marketing, and artistic planning. You will have experience with both live and recorded music management, and be fluent in music-specific business issues such as copyright, publishing, and performance rights. You will also identify business opportunities within the music world and focus on planning, organizing, and leading music organizations to accomplish performance goals. Majors and minors are available in Music (performance or composition) and Music Technology.
Courses in marketing, accounting, and nonprofit management design round out the Music Business curriculum.
Music Business students can access related courses in Music Technology and in various business areas, such as accounting, data science analytics, and marketing, within the Falk College.
Students participate in internships with businesses or nonprofits to gain work experience and build networking connections in Pittsburgh and elsewhere.
Majors and minors are offered in Music (performance and composition), Music Technology, and Music Business, with many Chatham music students choosing to double major in an additional field.
Chatham's music business major prepares students for a range of career paths because music study teaches students readily transferable skills such as focus, perseverance, and entrepreneurial thinking, and specific business courses add an extra layer to this preparation by providing students that are passionate about music with in-depth work in related areas that can even more directly lead to careers in and around music.
—MICHAEL BOYD, Associate Professor of Music
Chatham's music business major is an interdisciplinary program combining music and business courses. Students can tailor the program to their interests in music while also receiving a solid background in business that sets them up for success. Click the button below to explore sample courses and curriculum.
Explore Music Business Curriculum : Checkerboard 1 - Courses & Curriculum
Music Business students can access related courses in areas like business and Music Technology. Students also often combine the music business major with another undergraduate discipline to create a custom education with a minor or certificate. Students can enhance their marketability in the music industry by taking courses or pursuing a minor in Music Technology.
Explore Undergraduate Degrees : Checkerboard 2 - Build A Custom Education
All students complete a capstone seminar, channeling the knowledge they’ve accumulated into a discipline-specific project under close faculty guidance. Chatham is one of the few universities across the country that offers such an independent and student-driven program.
Music students have had internships at institutions including the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Zero Fossil Energy Outfitters, Afro American Music Institute, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble. Recent Music Technology graduates are working in audio-video production roles at the University of Pittsburgh, PearlArts Movement & Sound, and the Heinz History Center.
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 5 - Music Faculty
Music Business students take a range of courses within the Falk College of Environment, Leadership & Management (ELM). Students can also pursue minors within the college, including Accounting, Data Science Analytics, Marketing, Sustainability, and others.
Explore ELM : Checkerboard 6 - Falk College of Environment, Leadership & Management (ELM)
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 7 - 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 8 - Instrumental Ensembles
