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Music
Music students at Lewis & Clark are singers and pianists, harpists and drummers, theorists and performers, Wagner buffs, jazz musicians, and world music devotees. You’ll find them using Reason in the Electronic Music Studio, performing on the 9-foot Steinway concert grand in Evans Music Center, and studying Javanese court gamelan in ethnomusicology classes.
You’ll also find curious nonmajors taking courses like Jazz Appreciation and Music Fundamentals. Add our faculty members—a dynamic group of active performers, composers, and musicologists—and you have a robust, wide-ranging program devoted to the creation, appreciation and advancement of music in all its forms.
The Music Department at Lewis & Clark is unique in several ways: in addition to musicianship, literature, theory, and weekly lessons in their performance area, all our majors study conducting, instrumentation, and world music. We’re committed to the integration of Western and non-Western musics; our programs in musicology and ethnomusicology are exceptional, as are our programs in composition and performance.
From the Wind Ensemble to the Orchestra, raga and tala recitals to the Voces Auream, an opera composition to a thesis on Hindi film music, our students are creating, studying, performing, and researching music in ground-breaking, exciting ways.
Registration Information for New Students, Fall 2017
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Department News
Events
April 23rd, 2018
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7:30pm:
Electronic Music Concert
Lewis & Clark Department of Music presents an evening of electronic music, featuring original student compositions with accompanying video and performance. Join us for this FREE event on Monday, April 23, 2018 at 7:30pm in Evans Auditorium!
April 24th, 2018
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7:30pm:
Jazz Night
The Lewis & Clark Jazz Combos present a thrilling night of outstanding jazz music. Come hear the best Jazz Night in L&C history! LIVE STREAMED EVENT -
7:30pm:
Vocal Honors Recital
The Lewis & Clark Vocal Honors Recital showcases some of our finest singers in a vocal recital of classical songs. Join us on Tuesday, April 24th at 7:30pm in the Diane Gregg Pavilion.
April 25th, 2018
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7:30pm:
“Brick by Brick” a Senior Recital by Nathaniel Kaye
Please join us for Nathaniel Kaye’s Senior Composition Recital, “Brick by Brick”, a performance of pieces he’s written during his time at Lewis & Clark College. This FREE performance begins at 7:30pm in the Agnes Flanagan Chapel, and will be a mix of ensembles showcasing Nathaniel’s interest in meditative, texture-centric music. You’re guaranteed to enjoy what you hear. Please do not bring bricks and throw them at Nathaniel if you don’t.