Music
We are a department of scholars, composers, and performers, and offer a strong and exciting program to undergraduate liberal arts students. We teach music through its interrelated subdisciplines (music history, ethnomusicology, music theory, composition, and performance) within the context of a liberal arts curriculum.
Our curriculum is grounded in classical music, world musics, and a full complement of American music (jazz, music and film, popular music, musical theatre, art music). The department collectively values the contributions of all musical cultures and styles, and in any given semester offers courses that reflect this diversity.
Students interested in auditioning for one of our many ensembles can find general audition information here. Information on registering for private lessons can be found here.
Sophia Serghi rocks with 'Chamber Punk'
Sophia Serghi and Susan Via rehearse Serghi's "Toward the Flame". It's all blissfully athletic business for the two William & Mary Department of Music professors as they prepare to perform six of Serghi's original compositions Sunday night at 6 p.m. on the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage in Washington, D.C.Amadou Kouyate to Perform at W&M
Amadou Kouyate: Manding Griot, singer, performer of Kora (21 string harp-lute)and djembe and koutiro drummer will present a concert on Wednesday the 14th of October.
W&M Women's Chorus Historic Candlelight Concert
November 7, 8:00 PM
W&M Early Music Ensemble: Anniversaries and Weird Instruments
November 7, 8:00 PM
Music in memory of Purcell, Handel, and...John Calvin (?!) Premiere of several very unusual new instruments in our collection.
W&M Jazz Band Fall Concert
November 10, 8:00 PM
Ewell Concert Series: Paris Piano Trio
November 11, 7:30 PM
Noted for their "polish, vigor, and an exemplary sense of style" (The Washington Post), these three great French soloists have been connected by their love of chamber music since they were students at the National Conservatory of Music in Paris. Tickets: $8/$5 students.
A Handel Festival: Music in the World of George Frideric Handel
November 12 - November 14
The music departments of historic Bruton Parish Church and the College of William and Mary will join with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation for A Handel Festival: Music in the World of George Frideric Handel.
