Performing Arts-Music, A.S.

Find Your Groove at DCC

Whether you're an instrumentalist, singer or composer, DCC's Performing Arts-Music program could be the opening song to the soundtrack of your music career.

64

credits to earn your degree

4

levels of performance & applied music credits

2

years of full-time study for most students

What You'll Study in Our Performing Arts-Music Program

With DCC's Music track, you'll focus on voice, composition or an instrument within a larger arts curriculum. You'll take private lessons, but also perform in large groups and staged musicals

Our Music curriculum is designed to help you successfully audition for a range of four-year music programs — education, performance, studio production, business, music therapy and more — and in an array of styles from classical to jazz.  

You'll hone your skills in the Hudson Valley, a musical hub that has inspired generations of treasured American songwriters. DCC is also a train ride away from the legendary music venues of New York City. 

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Sample Courses

MUS 145: Group Piano
Learn general keyboard techniques as well as solo and group repertoires to perform in class

MUS 113: Aural Skills I
Learn how to sing a melody from written music (sightsing) and write down music by ear (dictation)

MUS 201: History of Music Before 1750
Study the place of music in Western civilization through representative works of each period

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Where Do Performing Arts Grads Go?

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Transform your associate degree into a bachelor’s degree. DCC grads have successfully gone on to four-year programs at: 

  • Western Connecticut State University
  • SUNY Purchase
  • SUNY Fredonia
  • SUNY Potsdam / Crane School of Music
  • Marymount Manhattan College
  • Hunter College

Just a few places where our Performing Arts grads have found employment:

  • The Ancram Opera House
  • The Bardavon
  • The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck
  • HBO
  • IATSE Local One
  • Missoula Children’s Theatre
  • Netflix
  • Radio City Music Hall
  • The Rockettes

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How to Make DCC Work for You

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Scholarships

Dutchess County high school students in the top 10% of their class can study tuition-free.

Contact Us

Performing, Visual Arts, and Communications

Dr. Thomas B. Costello, Department Chair
Bonnie Foote, Senior Program Assistant

Phone: (845) 431-8610
Email: bonnie.foote@sunydutchess.edu

53 Pendell Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

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