Music Major/Minor

kimisizer
Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:36:02 +0000

Hi helicoptermom,

Although there are many instrumentalists who choose to pursue a degree/minor in music, it is not necessary to know how to play an instrument in order to study music. In fact, one can not have had any musical experience before entering college and still be a music major; that is what college is after all, discovering new fields previously unavailable to you. Since your daughter is a singer, she already has the basics of music theory down and studying in music will build upon this knowledge while expanding her studies of music into non-performance related aspects such as history. I am pursuing a music minor, so if you have any questions on the specifics of the music department here at BC, please feel free to ask. Hope this helped!