Music Department

The Department of Music at Emory University offers a wide range of musical experiences in the classroom, performance hall, and studio. Students can receive individualized instruction from Atlanta's finest professional artists and performers, including members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and take courses in music theory, music history and literature, world music and culture, composition, and performance practices. Ensembles for chorus, symphonic winds, orchestra, jazz, and chamber music are a regular part of the music program and are open to music majors and to students pursuing other fields of primary study. Students who major in music work toward a bachelor of arts degree, which provides development as a performer through private instruction and ensemble participation, a solid grounding in theory and musicianship, and a comprehensive background in the history and literature of music. Emory offers private lessons in piano, voice, strings, winds, guitar, percussion, jazz studies, and nonwestern instruments to all students who pass an audition. Students have the opportunity to perform in recitals that are open to the public. The department sponsors a variety of ensembles, including the University Chorus, Symphony Orchestra, Concert Choir, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensembles, World Music Ensembles, and Chamber Ensembles. All students are encouraged to participate; auditions for ensembles are held at the beginning of each semester. Emory presents a full calendar of musical events throughout the school year. The Music at Emory Series and the Flora Glenn Candler Artists Series bring musicians of national and international stature to campus. The Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta and the VEGA String Quartet, in residence at Emory, present the finest in chamber literature, and their members teach and coach Emory students on a regular basis. In addition, the metropolitan Atlanta area offers a wide array of music opportunities to Emory students.