Music theory is the foundation of great music, and the all-important set of rules that most music follows – from harmony and melody, to rhythm.

How many people reading this right now, can, hand-on-heart really explain what they’re doing when they make music? It might be the case that you’re an established artist with several albums ...

Music contains notes in succession (melody) or notes in combination. When notes are played at the same time it is called harmony. The type of harmony created in a piece of music or a song is the ...

If you are planning to attend a music program, a certain degree of music literacy is expected PRIOR to enrolling in your first semester of music courses. We STRONGLY RECOMMEND that students visit the ...

Our faculty offer a broad array of research specializations that include performance and analysis, theories of rhythm and meter, music-text relations, intertextuality, jazz theory and analysis, ...

All incoming music students are required to take a music theory diagnostic exam. Exams at all levels of undergraduate and graduate music study are offered in order to determine which theory courses ...

Students completing a Bachelor of Music in Music Theory undergo a rigorous program that prepares them to continue on to graduate study in the field. In addition to working closely with the theory ...

Take your mastery of music theory to the next level. The graduate programs in music theory offer comprehensive professional training in one of the nation’s largest colleges of music. Advanced ...

60 (with prior M.S.) 90 (with prior B.S.) Gain a greater understanding of music theory and analysis. The graduate programs in music theory offer comprehensive professional training in one of the ...