The Occidental College Music Department is a community that values and cultivates the creation, performance, and critical study of the world’s musics. Students majoring in music develop an integrated understanding of music as creative work, as cultural and historical expression, and as performance. Through its curriculum, recitals, lectures, master classes, residencies, and other public events, the Music Department leads the musical discourse that enriches College and community life.

Students study, practice, and perform in the excellent facilities of Booth Music Hall and Thorne Hall, with access to practice rooms, large and small performance venues, a well-equipped electronic music studio, and an outstanding music library of scores, recordings, and computers with musicianship and music notation programs. 

News and events:

The Music Department is delighted to welcome two new colleagues this year: Prof. David Kasunic, Music History and Cultural Studies, and Desiree LaVertu, Director of the Occidental Glee Club.

Stephen Bent, Mitch Daniel, and Emily Isenberg, all of the class of 2009, constitute this year's Music Student Council. Contact them at the following email addresses: sbent (at) oxy (dot) edu; mdaniel (at) oxy (dot) edu; and eisenberg (at) oxy (dot) edu.

Please visit our Concerts and Events page for an up-to-the-minute listing of our events.

We have concluded a national search for a new tenure-track colleague in Ethnomusicology and Popular Musics, and will be joined by Prof. Shanna Lorenz in this position in the Fall 2009 semester.

Last Updated 03/25/2009