Program Overview
•The A.B. in Music is an individualized liberal-arts major built around two areas: Culture & Criticism (music history, theory, cognition, ethnography) and Materials & Making (composition, improvisation, analysis, electronic music)
•No two pathways are alike — students design their program with the Director of Undergraduate Studies, with established pathways in composition, electronic music, musicology, music theory, ethnomusicology, jazz studies, music cognition, and sound studies
•Every major completes a year-long junior project and a senior thesis, which can take the form of a research paper, an original composition, or a portfolio of creative work
Facilities & Ensembles
•Sō Percussion serves as the Edward T. Cone Performers-in-Residence, teaching and premiering student works
•The Princeton Laptop Orchestra (PLOrk) anchors a nationally recognized electronic and computer-music program
•Majors may take vocal or instrumental studio lessons with world-class performance faculty — the University covers the full cost of lessons in the junior and senior years
