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Ornithology

This course emphasizes field identification of locally common species and habitats.

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This is a performance course for qualified students who wish to devote one term to intensive study of their instrument or voice. With the guidance of their instructor, students work on technique...

This intensive performance course is for the most advanced instrumentalists and vocalists and culminates in a public recital. In twice-weekly classes students have the opportunity to perform for...

Advanced Music Practice gives conscientious and dedicated musicians time within the context of Exeter's academic program to devote to practicing. Students are accepted by permission of the Music...

This course is recommended for students with an interest in understanding music but who have little or no prior experience. This course examines the elements that are universal in music and...

The Chamber Orchestra offers an intensive ensemble experience for advanced string and woodwind players. The skills, craft, and discipline of orchestral playing are developed in-depth through the...

Concert Choir, Exeter's premiere choral ensemble, offers a rigorous choral experience to those students accepted by competitive audition. The choir performs a wide variety of choral literature...

Faculty and community members in this mixed-voice choral ensemble perform major works of choral literature, often collaborating with the Concert Choir, Chamber Orchestra, and soloists. Through...

The Symphonia provides a foundational orchestral experience for students at the intermediate-to-advanced-intermediate level. The basic techniques of orchestral playing, musicianship and ensemble...

In group classes, students learn basic playing techniques of the hand-drumming traditions of West Africa, the Caribbean and Brazil. They develop their rhythmic skills and sense of ensemble, and...

Students are placed in trios, quartets, quintets and other small ensembles to experience the special give-and-take of playing chamber music. Instrumental combinations include strings, winds, brass...

Jazz Combo gives intermediate and advanced intermediate jazz musicians the opportunity to develop their ensemble and improvisational skills through the study of traditional and contemporary jazz...

This introductory course is intended for students who want to expand their knowledge of music and become informed listeners. No prior musical training is required. Students will learn to perceive...

This course is a workshop for students interested in making modern styles of music, primarily through technology. Students will develop their technique, their aesthetic and their ears by working...

This course approaches contemporary songs and songwriting from both analytical and creative perspectives, engaging with music from a broad spectrum of genres, styles, influences, and eras. Until...

The PEA Band is an opportunity for wind, brass, percussion and electric instrument players of all levels and abilities to study and perform music together. This ensemble operates as a pep band in...

Students in this course perform traditional and contemporary jazz repertoire. Through rehearsal and performance, students learn to perform and improvise in the style of the jazz greats. The Jazz...

What is American popular music? How does the rich variety of American popular music styles reflect trends in American society and the major events of American history? Through a series of readings...

Private music lessons offer students an individualized learning experience with a private instructor. In the lessons, students develop technique and expression, while they explore the repertoire...

A full-sized Symphony Orchestra of advanced instrumentalists rehearses and performs works from the major symphonic repertoire. All aspects of orchestral technique are studied through both full and...

Students in this course continue their study of the language of music by creating short compositions, which are performed in class. They learn to use the elements of music in melody writing, text...

This course continues the emphasis on original composition begun in Music 410. Increasingly complex and sophisticated works are attempted. Through the analysis of selected works, students will...

Students are placed in small ensembles to sing a variety of historical and contemporary vocal styles and literature. Students learn the tenets of singing in a small ensemble and work on vocal...