From day one, music students focus on making music and collaborating with faculty in our state-of-the-art studios.
Music
The performing arts major at Sweet Briar is strongly interdisciplinary, allowing students to pursue one area in great depth while encouraging collaboration with other performing arts as much as possible.
We recognize that students may be interested in specific disciplines, so the performing arts major has three tracks — dance, music and theatre. We also offer minors in dance, music, musical theatre and theatre.
Practicing piano in the Rehearsal Hall
Daisy's Harp 2017
Students performing with guest performer Tom Teasley (Credit: Sweet Briar College)
Visual code in Max for audio reactive video
Symposium on Korean Music, August 2022 (Credit: A E Thomas)
Symposium on Korean Music, August 2022 (Credit: A E Thomas)
Symposium on Korean Music, August 2022 (Credit: A E Thomas)
Symposium on Korean Music, August 2022 (Credit: A E Thomas)
Symposium on Korean Music, August 2022 (Credit: A E Thomas)
Symposium on Korean Music, August 2022 (Credit: A E Thomas)
Symposium on Korean Music, August 2022 (Credit: A E Thomas)
Symposium on Korean Music, August 2022 (Credit: A E Thomas)
Symposium on Korean Music, August 2022 (Credit: A E Thomas)
Symposium on Korean Music, August 2022 (Credit: A E Thomas)
Symposium on Korean Music, August 2022 (Credit: A E Thomas)
Symposium on Korean Music, August 2022 (Credit: A E Thomas)
Symposium on Korean Music, August 2022 (Credit: A E Thomas)
Symposium on Korean Music, August 2022 (Credit: A E Thomas)
Symposium on Korean Music, August 2022 (Credit: A E Thomas)
Students in Music in Global Context in a gamelan workshop on a field trip to University of Richmond, August 2022. (Credit: A E Thomas)
Students in Music in Global Context in a gamelan workshop on a field trip to University of Richmond, August 2022. (Credit: A E Thomas)
Students in Music in Global Context in a gamelan workshop on a field trip to University of Richmond, August 2022. (Credit: A E Thomas)
Diali Cissokho, a griot from Senegal, performs on kora at SBC for a Ramadan iftar. (Credit: A E Thomas)
Students in Creative Practice for Wellbeing in a workshop on West African drum with Senegalese guest artist Diali Cissokho. (Credit: A E Thomas)
Students in Creative Practice for Wellbeing in a workshop on West African drum with Senegalese guest artist Diali Cissokho. (Credit: A E Thomas)
Students in Creative Practice for Wellbeing in a workshop on West African dance with guest artist Hilary Cissokho. (Credit: A E Thomas)
Students in Creative Practice for Wellbeing guest artist Diali Cissokho. (Credit: A E Thomas)
Students in Creative Practice for Wellbeing guest artist Diali Cissokho. (Credit: A E Thomas)
Babcock Performing Arts Center (Credit: A E Thomas)
Students in Creative Practice for Wellbeing try out Appalachian square dance. (Credit: A E Thomas)
Students in Creative Practice for Wellbeing try out Appalachian square dance. (Credit: A E Thomas)
Students in Creative Practice for Wellbeing with Latin dance guest artists Sam, Louisa and Jacqueline. (Credit: A E Thomas)
Akropolis wind quintet plays an aleatoric music game created by Rachel Davis (Performing Arts '22) (Credit: A E Thomas)
Akropolis wind quintet plays an aleatoric music game created by Rachel Davis (Performing Arts '22) (Credit: A E Thomas)
Akropolis wind quintet plays an aleatoric music game created by Rachel Davis (Performing Arts '22) (Credit: A E Thomas)
Akropolis wind quintet plays an aleatoric music game created by Rachel Davis (Performing Arts '22) (Credit: A E Thomas)
Students in Music in Global Context on a field trip to University of Richmond, August 2022. (Credit: A E Thomas)
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