Music Program

The York College Cardinal Chorus recording in Spring 2020.

Program Overview

The Music Program at York College offers majors in Music Performance (BMus) and Music Education (BMus), as well as minors in Music Performance, Music Production, Music Education, Hip-Hop Studies, and Popular Music History, with courses in music performance, theory, history, ethnomusicology, and music production as part of a curriculum where students explore the multifaceted world of music across a variety of types of music.

Students work with faculty members who are performers, composers, and producers working in popular music, classical, jazz, gospel and other types of music, right here in New York City.

Located in the bustling York College Academic Core Building, music students can easily attend performances at the York College Milton G. Bassin Performing Arts Center, study and perform research using a comprehensive collection of books and scores at the York College Library and Music History Archive, work with professional-grade recording facilities in the Music Production Lab (AC-LL02) with sound-isolating recording booths and recording equipment, as well as practice in one of our soundproof Practice Rooms (AC-LL03) equipped with keyboards.

All York College students have access to arts courses in the Department of Performing and Fine Arts, which includes Communications Technology, Speech Communication, Theatre Arts, Studio Art and Art History. In addition, York students have free access to a vast library of videos on LinkedIn Learning, including online courses and videos on music production, music entrepreneurship, music theory and much more.

Want to meet other students interested in music? Join the Band (Wednesdays @ 2 p.m. in AC-LL01), participate in the Community Jam (Tuesdays @ noon in AC-LL01), or get involved in the Music Club (Tuesdays @ 1 p.m. in AC-LL01).

Majors and Minors

Create your music at York College! For more information, contact music program coordinator Dr. Tom Zlabinger.

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Thinking about studying music at York College? Request more information from the Office of Admissions.

PFA program