The School of Music, Theatre, and Dance is the music school at

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, New York. It is one of the five schools of the college, taking space in the Dillingham Center and the Whalen Center for Music. Ithaca College was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music. It had been called the School of Music up until merging with the Department of Theatre Arts in 2022. Since 1941, the School of Music has been accredited by the

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. In 2022, the School of Music at Ithaca College officially combined with the Department of Theatre Arts, leading to the creation of a Division of Music and Division of Theatre and Dance. This led to the renaming of the School of Music to the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. From 2022–2024, Anne Hogan served as the first dean for the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance since its merge with the Department of Theatre Arts. She announced her departure from the school in April 2024, and announced that associate deans Steve TenEyck and Luis Loubriel would be taking the spot of interim dean during the search for a new dean.

Academics

The School of Music, Theatre, and Dance offers degree programs in:

Undergraduate

;Department of Music Education * Music Education (

B.Mus. A Bachelor of Music (BMus; sometimes conferred as Bachelor of Musical Arts) is an academic degree awarded by a college, university, or conservatory upon completion of a program of study in music. The degree may be awarded for performance, music ed ...

) * Performance and Music Education (B.M.) ;Department of Music Performance * Performance (B.M.) * Jazz Studies (B.M.) * Sound Recording Technology (B.M.) ;Department of Music Theory, History, and Composition * Composition (B.M.) * Music (

B.A. A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree ...

) * Music in Combination with an Outside Field (B.M.) ;Department of Theatre and Dance Performance * Acting ( B.F.A.) * Musical Theatre (B.F.A.) ;Department of Theatre Production and Management * Stage Management (B.F.A.) * Theatre Administration ( B.S.) * Theatre Production & Design (B.F.A.) ;Department of Theatre Studies * Theatre Studies (B.A.) ;Minors * Dance * Music * Theatre

Graduate

* Music Education (M.M., M.S.)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ithaca College School Of Music Music schools in New York (state) Ithaca College