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Music Program at Hartwick College

Overview

The Music program at Hartwick College offers students the opportunity to nurture their musical talents, launch a career in the music industry, or express themselves through classical music or rock. The program provides students with the technical skills and confidence to flourish as professional musicians.

Program Details

Why Study Music at Hartwick?

• Learn directly from and collaborate with experienced professional musicians.
• Master the technical skills and confidence to flourish as a professional musician.
• Seize opportunities to record and perform at prestigious on-campus events, including graduations, and even venture off-campus.
• Refine your sound and capture your music in our professional on-campus recording spaces.
• Dive into a vast repertoire, from classical masterpieces to cutting-edge contemporary works, even brand-new pieces composed by your peers and instructors.

Career Opportunities

• Performer
• Instructor
• Band manager
• Program director
• Instrument and equipment repair
• Music therapist

Other Hartwick Music Programs

• Music Education Major
• Music Business Minor
• Ensembles

What You'll Learn

• To broaden your career opportunities by taking elective courses in chamber music, composition, conducting, production and marketing.
• Pick from over a dozen ensembles—from our wind ensemble, choirs and orchestra to jazz, rock band, a cappella and musical theater—with no scheduling conflicts.
• Add a music business minor to help you better understand the professional side of performing.

Where Will Your Hartwick Music Degree Take You?

• Graduate School: Like Ushuaia Diaz ’21, who is now pursuing a master’s degree in clarinet performance at the Crane School of Music.
• Audio Engineer: Like Adam Fredette ’18, who is now an in-demand freelance audio engineer, including for the Music Mountain festival.
• Recording Artist: Like Paul “King” Konye ’23, a hip-hop artist who signed an album distribution deal in his senior year at Hartwick.

Faculty

• Steven Nanni, Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
• Fideliz Sta Brigida, Lecturer in Music & Artist in Residence
• Brian Reynolds, Lecturer in Music
• Andrew Pease, Associate Professor of Music & Department Co-chair
• Meghan Sheehy, Associate Professor of Music Education & Department Co-chair
• Ana Laura González, Assistant Professor of Music
• Daniel Hane, Artist in Residence
• Evan Jagels, Lecturer in Music & Artist in Residence
• Tim Horne, Staff Accompanist
• Daniel Sclafani, Instructor
• Amy Selig, Instructor
• Ben Aldridge, Lecturer in Music & Artist in Residence
• Wyatt Ambrose, Lecturer in Music & Artist in Residence
• Paul Blake ’01, Lecturer in Music
• Dan Buttermann, Instructor
• Cindy Donaldson, Lecturer in Music & Artist in Residence