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The Department of Music provides a supportive environment, individualized mentoring and outstanding facilities where aspiring performers, composers, and scholars can develop their talents. Success in a collegiate music program requires dedication, personal drive, and an appropriate level of previous musical training and/or experience. Coursework provides theoretical and experiential opportunities which emphasize the history, theory, performance and criticism of music and musicians from Western and non-Western traditions.

Involvement in the arts is an integral part of a liberal arts education that sets Eastern’s Department of Music apart from others in the state. In addition to students enrolled in the B.A. in Music or the Music minor, all students at Eastern are encouraged to participate in ensembles, regardless of their major.

Students studying music pursue careers or additional education in:

  • Performance and Pedagogy
  • Musicology, Theory and Composition
  • Music Industry and Leadership
  • Arts Administration and Leadership
  • Music Production and Technology
  • Education
  • Conducting
  • Composition
Department Chair
Anthony Cornicello
FAIC Rm. 235
 (860) 465-0086
cornicelloa@easternct.edu		 Secretary II
Jena Lopes
FAIC Rm. 244
(860) 465-5325
(860) 465-5764
lopesje@easternct.edu
Box Office Manager
Andrea Costa
(860) 465-5121
theatreboxoffice@easternct.edu
Student musicians playing instruments

Faculty Spotlights

Okon Hwang

Professor

“Everyone contributes to create a positive and productive learning environment. I learn from students as much as they learn from me.” Read More

Okon Hwang

In the News

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'Under a Starry Sky' gives auctioneers an enchanted evening

 March 12, 2025

The Department of Music at Eastern held a fundraiser for its opera theatre program in the form of an elegant silent auction and cocktail hour on March 8 in the Fine Arts Instructional Center (FAIC). Themed “Under a Starry Sky: An Evening of Songs from the Great American Songbook,” the event showcased music students and alumni in a series of vocal performances.

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Engaged on stage: Music alumni reflect on Eastern love story

 February 28, 2025

Two newly engaged alumni of the music program recently shared their love story following their on-campus marriage proposal this winter. Adam Benway ‘24 proposed to Sarah Burkart ‘23 on Jan. 27 in the FAIC Concert Hall.

Scott Tarulli

Touring musician discusses creative process during University Hour

February 11, 2025

Eastern’s spring 2025 University Hour series continued Feb. 5 with a talk featuring jazz guitarist Scott Tarulli, who shared his experiences as a professional musician and offered advice to students interested in music careers.

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Programs of Study

  • Housed in the state-of-the-art Fine Arts Instructional Center, Eastern’s Music program provides theoretical and hands-on opportunities that emphasize the history, theory, performance, and criticism of music and musicians from Western and non-Western traditions. Three concentrations are available — Performance; Musicology: History, Composition and Criticism; and Music Industry and Leadership. Students benefit from many ensembles, personal instruction on a variety of instruments and voice types, and a variety of facilities: a 400-seat concert hall, a proscenium theater, a studio theater, two performance labs, a piano lab, and several graphic design classrooms. A Music minor is also available.

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  • Students taking the concentration in Music Industry and Leadership within the Music major will be able to:

    • Articulate the paths available to students with a background in the music industry
    • Demonstrate proficiency in the technology essential for music industry careers
    • Exhibit the entrepreneurial skills necessary for 21st-century musicians
    • Demonstrate strong written and oral communication skills
    • Display effective leadership skills
    • Develop workplace skills through internships with on- and off-campus arts organizations

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  • The Music Performance concentration in the Music major teaches students to reach the highest level of their potential through participation in private lessons, large and small ensembles, valuable performance experiences, and related coursework in conducting, literature and chamber music.

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  • Music majors with a concentration in Musicology: History, Composition and Criticism will have the ability to investigate music in a critical way; grow as thinkers, creators and researchers through interactions with repertoires not included in the music major core; and analyze the style and structure of past and present music.

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