Training
•Bullet: Applied Music supports performance, music education, and music therapy pathways.
•Bullet: Four semesters of private lessons on a primary instrument.
•Bullet: Four-semester music theory and musicianship sequence.
•Bullet: Arts & Design faculty include composer John Sichel (DMA, Yale School of Music), whose song cycle Paradoxides was premiered and recorded by Hans Tashjian and Anna Keiserman, and whose Piano Saxophone Quintet was premiered at the 2023 US Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium and included on the Ravello Records release Nightfalls and Midnight Revels.
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Ensemble options include RVCC Chorale, RVCC Jazz Ensemble, RVCC Chamber Music, and approved community ensembles.
Professional Development
•Bullet: Arts & Design students study near New York City and Philadelphia with teaching artists active in the region.
Degree Flexibility
•Bullet: AFA Music prepares students to transfer into BM, BA, BFA, or BME music programs at four-year schools including Rutgers, William Paterson, Kean, Montclair State, TCNJ, Rowan, and Westminster Choir College.
