Music

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Professors: B. Lawing, Lerner, Stasack
Associate Professors: Botelho (Chair), Keith
Visiting Assistant Professor: Weinstein
Artist Associates: Black, Culpepper, Fried, Gilliam, Gilliland, C. Lawing, Meyer

Distribution Requirements

The following courses will satisfy the Visual and Performing Arts category: 101, 121, 122, 141, 201, 202, 221, 222, 223, 228, 232, 233, 241, 245, 246, 261, 262, 263, and 265. The following courses will satisfy the Historical Thought category: 325, 328.

Cultural Diversity Requirement

Music 141, 241, 242, 245, 246, and 263 are options for fulfilling the cultural diversity requirement.

Major Requirements

Ten courses to include:

MUS 101, 121 or 122, 141;
six electives; at least two of the electives numbered 300 or above;
senior seminar: MUS 401;
two semesters of ensemble.

Minor Requirements

Six courses to include:

MUS 101, 121 or 122, 141;
three electives; at least two of the electives numbered 200 or above;
two semesters of ensemble.

Honors Requirements

The departmental honors program encourages the attainment of excellence in the major. Please consult the department’s “Handbook for Music Majors, Music Minors, Applied Music Students and Award Recipients” for specific details and expectations regarding each of the above requirements. The Handbook can be found at http://www.davidson.edu/academics/music/major/music-handbook.

Rationale for Course Numbering

All courses numbered below 100 are Pass/Fail and do not carry academic credit.

100-level courses are broad, introductory surveys that have no prerequisites nor require any previous musical training.

200-level courses are typically narrower in scope, focus on a particular style, genre, or musical culture, and, in a few cases, may require a prerequisite or previous musical training.

300-level courses are advanced courses, typically designed for music majors and requiring one or more prerequisite courses.

400-level courses are seminars for upper class majors.

Music Courses

Vocal and Instrumental Study

Vocal and instrumental studies are offered as follows:

Bassoon - Joshua Hood

Cello - Alan Black

Clarinet - David Allen

Contrabass: Classical - Jeff Ferdon

Contrabass: Jazz - Dustin Hofsess

Flute - Amy Orsinger Whitehead

Guitar: Classical - James Easteppe

Guitar: Folk, Banjo, Mandolin and Fiddle - Jon Singleton

Guitar: Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Contemporary Jazz - Dustin Hofsess

Harp - Andrea Mumm

Harpsichord - Neil Lerner

Horn - Frank Portone

Oboe - Erica Cice

Organ - Dongho Lee

Percussion - Adam Snow

Percussion: Non-Western - Adam Snow

Piano: Classical - William Fried, Cynthia Lawing

Piano: Jazz - Lovell Bradford

Saxophone - Tim Gordon

Trombone - Scott Hartman

Trumpet: Classical - William Lawing

Trumpet: Jazz - Matt Postle

Tuba - Geoffrey Whitehead

Violin, Viola - Joseph Meyer

Voice - Jacquelyn Culpepper, Brad Fugate, Ilana Lubitsch