Help Search the entire MIT website. The Music Program offers a broad range of opportunities to experience and explore the field of music. A great variety of subjects is given, ranging from Fundamentals of Music to Senior Seminar for Music Majors. Graduate credit is available for some of the seminars and tutorials. The symphony orchestra, wind symphony, choral groups, jazz ensemble, and chamber music groups are an integral part of MIT's cultural life and of any student's musical development, no matter what technical proficiency they possess.
Academic credit is available for some performance activities and instrumental study.
Auditions are held at the beginning of each term. The music faculty is comprised of professional composers, performers, historians, and theorists, whose individual interests in the confluence of history, theory, and performance is essential to our integrated music program. One subject from the following 21M.011 Introduction to Western Music 21M.030 Introduction to World Music 21M.051 Fundamentals of Music Students with prior musical knowledge or experience may wish to substitute a subject from Tiers II or III for the subject in Tier I. Please consult the minors advisor. This program is very similar to that of a music major at leading liberal arts colleges and universities, so that it prepares a student well for graduate work in music. Students who declare music as their major must have demonstrated proficiency in instrumental or vocal performance and in harmony and counterpoint, ordinarily by participating in a performance subject and by obtaining a grade of B or better in 21M.301, respectively.