Program Recognition
•Aaron Copland School of Music — named after the legendary American composer
•Faculty also teach at Juilliard and the Manhattan School of Music
Training
•Academic music degree for composers, conductors, college teachers, theorists, musicologists, and arts administrators
•Individual lessons on principal instrument
•Ensembles from Baroque to the Queens College New Music Group
Professional Development
•Designed for performance-adjacent careers: composition, conducting, teaching, music criticism, arts administration
•Accelerated MA pathway in Musicology/Music Theory or MM in Composition
Degree Flexibility
•BA students can re-audition for BM Performance admission
•Macaulay Honors College pathway covers all tuition for in-state students