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65-30 Kissena Blvd.
Queens,New York 11367
718.997.3800
Admissions@qc.cuny.edu

DEGREES OFFERED

Bachelor of Arts in Music

Bachelor of Music in Music Education

Bachelor of Music in Performance

Bachelor of Music Performance Degree with Initial Certificate in Music Education Program

Master of Music in Classical Performance

Master of Music in Conducting

Master of Music in Jazz Studies

Master of Music in Composition

Master of Arts in Musicology

Master of Arts in Theory

Master of Science in Music Education


The Aaron Copland School of Music (ACSM) is located in Flushing, New York. The School of Music is part of Queens College, of the leading senior college in the City University of New York. Queens College is a liberal Arts college, boasting excellent programs in many areas, and the School of Music is the jewel in the crown. ACSM offers three different types of music undergraduate degrees; general music (BA), Performance (B.Mus), and Music Education (BA/Ed). All our undergraduate students go through rigorous academic courses in theory, history, ear-training, sight-singing and performance. All students in all undergraduate programs take private lessons as part of their degree requirements.

Faculty Info:

Hubert Howe (Professor Emeritus) Jeff Nichols Bruce Saylor David Schober Edward Smaldone Mark Anson-Cartwright Eric B. Chernov Donna Doyle David Gagné (Professor Emeritus) Sunny Knable Roy Nitzberg William Rothstein Henry Burnett (Professor Emeritus) Cathy Callis Susan Hellauer Karen Henson Jennifer Oates Arbie Orenstein Wendy Powers Emily Wilbourne Karen Ajamian Smaldone Iantheia Calhoun Susan A. Davis Lawrence Eisman (Professor Emeritus) Eric Rubinstein Janice Smith Antonio Hart David Berkman Dennis Mackrel Michael Mossman Peter Calandra James McElwaine Justin Tricarico



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