Department of Music

Department of Music

The Department of Music leads students to integrate creative and practical musical skills with critical thinking and intellectual inquiry, empowering them for a lifetime of learning. The curriculum provides an excellent foundation that prepares students to be adaptive leaders equipped to actively engage in their communities through the arts. The Department of Music welcomes students with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and interests in music and provides pathways for performers, listeners, scholars, and creators of all kinds. The curriculum trains students in music performance, composition, music industry, and research and cultivates the creative habits of mind that make our majors competitive in a wide range of careers.

Major & MinorCourses

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Private Music Lessons 

Private lessons in voice, keyboard, band/orchestral instruments, sitar, guitar, electric and upright bass, and drum set are offered every semester for academic credit.

2024-2025 Concert Series

2024-2025 Free Concert Series

The Department of Music presents this music concert series that is free and open to the public. Don’t miss these performances from our student ensembles, faculty, and guest artists.

Tickets are required and available online at modlin.richmond.edu or in person at the Modlin Center Box Office. 

Neumann Lecture Series

The University of Richmond Department of Music invites one distinguished music scholar each year to address the university, the Greater Richmond area and the scholarly communities, and to spend time with its students. The Neumann Lectures offer a further opportunity to expand the vision of the University of Richmond as a locus for serious dialogue about music, the arts, and society.

 

Kobie Turner Performing for Will Liverman

Music Alum: "He Sings A Cappella. Then He Destroys Quarterbacks."

Alum Kobie Turner, ’21, a music and math double major, is a defensive tackle for the Los Angeles Rams. The Wall Street Journal profiled his time at UR as a music and math student-athlete. 

Leyla McCalla

Artist in Residence

University of Richmond Artist in Residence Leyla McCalla combines original compositions and traditional Haitian tunes with historical broadcasts and contemporary interviews and research. McCalla’s performances are captivating, fueled by rich, sophisticated melodic work and intoxicating Afro-Caribbean rhythms.

Taking Notes: Alum Hosts Students in an Opera Master Class

Opera singer and 2000 graduate Matt Worth originally auditioned for the music performance program at the University of Richmond with his trombone. But, on a whim after his horn performance, he also mentioned that he could sing. Watch Worth's return to the Richmond campus to teach a master class to some vocal performance students. Read more.

Camp Concert Hall, Fall '22

Facilities

As part of the Modlin Center for the Arts, the Department of Music offers its students access to high-quality spaces to learn, practice and perform.

Upcoming Events

Faculty Highlights

Dr. Linda Fairtile
Fairtile Presented

Linda Fairtile, the Head of Parsons Music Library, participated in a panel discussion about composers Giacomo Puccini and Arnold Schoenberg at "The Schoenberg-Puccini Connection: A Centennial Celebration in Music and Dialogue," jointly sponsored by New York University's Deutsches Haus and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò.

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Dr. Stefan Greenfield-Casas
Greenfield-Casas Published

Stefan Greenfield-Casas, visiting assistant professor in music theory, published “From the Screen (to the Screen) to the Concert Hall: Arrangement as a World-Building and World-Bridging Device in the Kingdom Hearts Series” in The Oxford Handbook of Arrangement Studies.

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Dr. Stefan Greenfield-Casas
Greenfield-Casas Published

Stefan Greenfield-Casas, visiting assistant professor in music theory, published "On Musical Memories, Monuments, and Museums: Review of Final Fantasy VII Remake Orchestral Arrangement Album" in the Journal of Sound and Music in Games.

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Contact Us

Mailing address:
Music Department
Booker Hall
455 Westhampton Way
University of Richmond, VA 23173


Phone: (804) 289-8277
Fax: (804) 287-6814

Chair: Dr. Andrew McGraw

Administrative Coordinator: Veronica Clinton