Welcome
"Whether in performance, the lecture hall, or the seminar room, the Duke Music faculty is a collection of stars... perhaps the most important to me was their insatiable desire to pass on both their knowledge and their enthusiasm to students from any major who were genuinely interested."
John MacLeod, Engineering and Music
Whether it's the Wind Symphony giving an open-air concert in the Duke Gardens, the Chorale singing carols in the Chapel, or the Jazz Ensemble sharing the stage with celebrated guest artists in beautiful Baldwin Auditorium, music is very much a part of Duke. Regardless of whether you are considering a professional career in music or want to pursue it as an avocation, whether you want to refine your skills as a performer, explore your creative potential as a composer, or deepen your understanding as a listener, come and explore the opportunities that await you at Duke:
- A curriculum that combines theory, history, ethnomusicology, and performance
- A low student-faculty ratio
- A distinguished faculty of scholars, composers, and performers with expertise in a broad range of subjects
- Thirteen different vocal and instrumental performing groups, open to majors and non-majors alike
- Annual concert series focusing on a wide variety of periods and styles
- A music library with over 100,000 books, scores, journals, and microfilms, housed in the Mary Duke Biddle Music Building
- Superb facilities and a wide-ranging collection of historical instruments
At the graduate level the Department of Music offers
programs leading to the A.M. and Ph.D. in Composition and Musicology,
and the A.M. in Performance
Practice. The programs include courses, seminars,
and independent study in composition, ethnomusicology,
music history, music theory and analysis, performance
practice and interpretation, and interdisciplinary studies.
- Curriculum and Courses for undergraduate majors, minors, and others, and for the graduate program
- Financial Aid: undergraduate merit scholarships and graduate fellowships
- People in the Department: faculty and graduate students
For more information, please email duke-music@duke.edu or write to:
Duke University
Music Department
Box 90665
Durham, NC 27708-0665
(919) 660-3300 (phone)
(919) 660-3301 (fax)