The department’s faculty of scholars and creative artists includes members of the National Symphony and Kennedy Center orchestras. All students, regardless of their majors, may perform with vocal and instrumental jazz groups, orchestra, choruses, bands, opera productions, chamber music groups and musical theater.

The department offers a minor in music and in jazz studies. Music students often major or minor in theater or dramatic literature.

The department offers foundational courses in music theory, history, composition, performance and ethnomusicology as well as a variety of upper-level seminars that prepare students for their required senior projects.

Noisy! GW musicians make music seven days a week, performing in venues on and off campus, around D.C. and beyond Washington. Thanks to one-on-one lessons and small classes and ensembles, students get to know each other and enjoy encouraging and productive relationships with faculty members.

The Music program is offered at George Washington University.