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					| Rensselaer Catalog 2020-2021 [Archived Catalog] 
 
 Music Minor  |  
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				A music minor consists of 16 credits from the music curriculum. Students may fulfill the Music minor by fulfilling the requirements in one of the three tracks listed below: 
	Music Humanities serves students who neither perform nor compose but wish to have an in depth appreciative experience of music from a wide cultural perspective.Composition is for students with a more substantial prior background of creating music, whether technologically-based, notated, or improvised.Performance caters to students active in the ensembles program or private lessons, with two options a) for those who don’t have/need more detailed technical knowledge of theory or technology, and b) for performers with stronger technical/theoretical backgrounds.  |  
													| Performance Track: Option A
  8 credits of performance ensemble or private music lessons  Choose one of the following:
Performance Track: Option B
  8 credits of performance ensembles or private music lesson and |   Return to: Programs
 
 
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