Whether you're a performing artist, a budding music industry mogul, or just a music lover, we offer you the opportunity to expand your skills, your appreciations, and your professional horizons in a way that is customized just for you. Jump from the classroom to the concert hall; run from rehearsal to the recording studio; dash from a private lesson to a board meeting -- this is what it's all abou
t when it comes to engaging in the exciting world of music at Albright. Beyond this, we'll prepare you for
potential careers in the music industry, such as artist manager, booking/talent agent, entertainment attorney, music supervisor, entrepreneur, producer, performer, songwriter, composer/arranger, audio engineer, and live audio technician, just to name a few! The Music Industry Studies Major
The Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Industry Studies is an interdisciplinary major that integrates three academic areas of focus: Artistry, Industry, and Music Technology. The first focus, Artistry, includes courses in music history, theory, harmony, songwriting, commercial keyboard skills, and private instruction (voice, piano, guitar, drums, etc.). The second focus, Industry, harnesses our department's existing Music Business curriculum to examine topics as diverse as: artist management, music distribution, licensing, copywriting, marketing and promotion, and, music law and ethics. The degree program culminates in a capstone academic seminar in entrepreneurship. Our Music Technology strand includes contact time within both arenas of audio technology (live sound) and the sonic arts (studio capturing, editing, engineering). The Music Business Co-Major
As one of the country's "Top 25 Schools for Artistic Students" (Newsweek, 2011), and housing one of the country's leading programs in Music Business (Billboard, 2013), Albright College highlights music in both aspects of art and commerce. The seven courses that comprise our Music Business co-major -- which you can combine with any other department's co-major (accounting, digital communications, pre-law, or arts administration, for example) -- is designed to prepare you for an exciting career inside the business of the music industry. This kind of course flexibility allows you to create the program that best suits your abilities and career goals.
