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Alexandra Grabarchuk

Teresa LeVelle, Chair (Spring)

Danilo Lozano

David J. Muller, Chair (Fall)

Artists-In-Residence:

Jose Arellano (Electric Bass)

Brian Barany (Guitar)

Victor Barrientos (Drums)

David Black (Bass)

Samvel Chilingarian (Violin, Viola)

James Ford III (Trumpet / Improvisation)

Alexandra Grabarchuk (Voice) 

Hee-Seuing Lee (Harpischord, Piano)

Teresa LeVelle (Composition) 

Danilo Lozano (Flute)

Melissa McIntosh Landis (Voice) 

Cesar Mejia (Recording Techniques)

David Muller (Bassoon)

Lyubov Solovyova (Cello)

Stephanie Thomas (Horn)

Neil Stipp (Organ) 

Joseph Stone (Clarinet, Oboe and Saxophone) 

Edward Sywulka, (Piano) 

TBA (Trombone)

All students will find the Music Department to be a varied and enriching program in performance and study. Exceptional opportunities for both solo and ensemble performance are available, and all students are eligible to audition for membership in the vocal and chamber music ensembles. Individual instruction in voice, instruments and composition are offered at all levels of proficiency by an outstanding faculty.

The Whittier College Music Department offers preparation for a wide range of career opportunities, and students with serious aspirations in music are encouraged to consider a major. In addition to applied music, class instruction is offered in conducting, music history, theory, music business and music technology. A digital piano and music technology lab as well as a state of the art recording studio are available for student use; these facilities are integrated in several course offerings. Students may also develop areas of specialization or individual projects under faculty supervision in related fields such as church music, management, musicology, ethnomusicology, music theory, music industries, and musical theater.

Students interested in pursuing a music major or minor will need to take a music placement exam that is normally offered during Orientation Week. Students who are unable to pass this exam will need to enroll in MUS 070 - Introduction to Music Theory & Musicianship  before taking other music courses in the curriculum. Please contact the Music Department for more information.

Programs

• Music, B.A.
• Music, Digital Music Production Emphasis, B.A.

• Music Minor

Courses

• MUS 014 - Voice Class for Beginners
• MUS 018 - College Choir
• MUS 051 - Chamber Music Winds/Brass
• MUS 051 - Chamber Music: Handbells
• MUS 051 - Chamber Music: Jazz/Blues Ensemble
• MUS 051 - Chamber Music: String Ensemble
• MUS 051 - Chamber Singers/ Bella Voice
• MUS 070 - Introduction to Music Theory & Musicianship
• MUS 071 - Music in History
• MUS 074 - Music of Latin America
• MUS 075 - Music of Africa
• MUS 076 - A World of Music
• MUS 077 - Approachable Opera
• MUS 079 - The Life and Works of JS Bach
• MUS 100H - Harmony I
• MUS 100M - Musicianship I
• MUS 101 - Songwriting
• MUS 102 - History of Jazz
• MUS 103 - American Popular Music
• MUS 104 - Music Business
• MUS 106 - Women, Music and Culture
• MUS 110 - Piano Class for Beginners
• MUS 111 - Introduction to Music Notation Software
• MUS 198 - Private Instruction
• MUS 200H - Harmony II
• MUS 200M - Musicianship II
• MUS 201H - Harmony III
• MUS 201M - Musicianship III
• MUS 203 - Music History I
• MUS 204 - Music History II
• MUS 206 - Music in Film
• MUS 206 - Music in Film
• MUS 211 - Beginning Audio Recording
• MUS 300 - Instrumentation
• MUS 305 - Conducting
• MUS 310 - Advanced Audio Recording
• MUS 320 - Mixing and Mastering
• MUS 325 - Music Production
• MUS 400A - Capstone Experience
• MUS 400B - Senior Seminar in Music

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