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Department of Music B.F.A. in Music Technology, Entrepreneurship & Production (MTEP) B.M. in Music Education (Birth – Grade 12) B.S. in Music

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The Department of Music at Long Island University provides a dynamic and supportive environment that nurtures students’ talents as performers, music educators and scholars.

MUSIC B.S. 120 CREDITS The Bachelor of Science in Music is for students who desire a strong music program, together with a well-rounded liberal arts education. Our 120-credit curriculum combines practical music instruction, including private lessons, as well as classes in music theory and music history that can be used toward your chosen music concentration. Students in the program work with faculty members who are active professional musicians. Students also have access to workshops conducted by high-profile musical artists from across the country and around the world. Recent musical artists who have worked with our students include: the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Chanticleer Choral Ensemble,

Shanghai String Quartet, Bobby McFerrin, United States “President’s Own” Marine Band, New York Voices, United States Air Force Band, guitarist David Leisner, flutist Sir James Galway, jazz artist Paquito D’Rivera, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Music majors perform on national and international tours organized and led by their professors. You also will have the opportunity to participate in one or more of LIU Post’s many ensembles, including groups that specialize in contemporary, traditional, and early music styles.

HIGHLY RECOGNIZED PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLES Music ensembles at LIU Post provide students with exceptional performing opportunities, featuring performances at Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, and many local, regional, national, and international venues.

Chorus Orchestra Wind Symphony Brass Ensemble Flute Ensemble

Guitar Ensemble Jazz Combo Jazz Ensemble Merriweather Consort Percussion Ensemble

String Ensemble Vocal Jazz Ensemble Wind Ensemble Treble Choir Pierrot Consort

MUSIC TECHNOLOGY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP & PRODUCTION B.F.A. 120 CREDITS The diverse Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Technology, Entrepreneurship and Production (MTEP) is designed to provide professional training for students who aim to succeed as creative entrepreneurs in the music industry. The program features a practical teaching and learning approach grounded in the real world of music production and marketing, and follows a cohort learning model that places peer collaboration and interdisciplinary

studies at the center of the educational experience. The program combines courses from the Schools of Performing Arts and Business, including the Visual Arts, Communication Arts, Digital Technologies and the College of Liberal Arts. This diverse curriculum, ensures MTEP students have access to a wide variety of technologies to create, produce, distribute, and promote music.

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MUSIC EDUCATION (BIRTH – GRADE 12) B.M. 120 CREDITS Joint Program with the College of Education, Information and Technology The B.M. in Music Education program provides a strong foundation in musicianship, excellence in performance, and research-based pedagogical practice. Field-based experiences promote music teaching and learning in real life situations and prepare students for New York State Initial Teaching Certification. The awardwinning LIU Post collegiate chapter of the National Association for Music Education (CNAfME) provides diverse teaching and learning opportunities for pre-service teachers including those that reach persons with special needs as well as Pre-K and aging populations. LIU’s music education curriculum is infused with training in Music Technology including

a four-course sequence covering digital music production, digital audio editing, sequencing, recording/sampling, mixing, hands-on work with advanced notation software, and a course dedicated to the Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). The program also includes Urban and Inclusive Teaching Practices, which will support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). Along with a well-rounded liberal arts curriculum and a core of courses in music history and theory and general classroom teaching, the program includes 12 credits of applied music: one-to-one lessons on your instrument or voice. All students give a recital in the first semester of their senior year, followed by a semester of supervised student-teaching.

MUSIC SPACES Our programs offer music students rehearsal spaces, theaters and state-of-the-art digital technology facilities Music Technology Lab

Music Keyboard Lab

The Krasnoff Theater

This state-of-the-art Apple Mac computer lab offers instruction in electronic keyboards, MIDI sequencing, notation software, digital audio, ear-practice training and composition. This lab is dedicated to music majors.

This lab provides students tools to broaden their musicianship and keyboard skills taking courses in basic keyboarding, music theory, aural skills, and keyboard harmony. The lab includes 19 stations with Korg SV-2 73-key Stage Vintage Pianos.

Located in the Hillwood Commons at the center of campus, this recently renovated 500 seat theater provides an ideal space for many music performance ensembles and compliments the larger adjacent Tilles Center for the Performing Arts.

TILLES CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS The 2,200 seat Tilles Center for the Performing Arts provides LIU Post students and the public with an internationally recognized performance venue, featuring some of the most important classical and popular artists of our time. Music students have access to employment and experiential learning opportunities. Tilles Center provides a highprofile venue for our many of our ensembles.

For almost 40 years, Tilles Center has been host to more than 70 performances each season by world-renowned music, theater and dance.

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