A New Era in Music Begins at Tufts

The Tufts University Department of Music began a new era in music studies, performance, and experience when the Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center was dedicated on February 9, 2007. From the new classrooms, practice rooms, rehearsal spaces, and recital halls, everything in the center was designed with exquisite attention to detail. The new 55,000-square-foot center will allow Tufts students and faculty, along with the wider community, to learn, teach, listen, create, perform, and enjoy music in a way that has previously not been possible on campus. Read More >>

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UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM REVISION
From: Joseph Auner, Chair and Professor of Music
"I am pleased to announce that we will be putting in place a revised music major curriculum starting in the Fall 2008.  Students who entered Tufts prior to Fall 2008 may elect to complete the requirements for the major that were in place when they entered." Read more.

HITTING THE RIGHT NOTES
This fall, Tufts began offering a selection of introductory music classes to children from its host communities of Medford and Somerville and beyond. About 75 kids aged 3 to 13 signed up for classes ranging from African drumming to group piano (click here for an audio slideshow feature of the various classes). Their fall semester concluded on Jan. 26 with a concert that filled Distler with more than 200 proud parents and siblings. Click here to read the Tufts Community Feature article.

WHY MUSIC?
As part of the opening of the Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center, artists and scholars weigh in on music’s origins, uses, and transforming power in a special edition of Tufts Magazine. Click here for the the Tufts Magazine feature.



Visit this link for a series of special multimedia presentations on the opening semester of the Granoff Music Center.

The Tufts Music Press Room
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