The Department of Music offers a 64-credit major in music leading to the BS degree. The undergraduate program offers a general program of study with emphasis on theory, musicianship, history, and performance within a liberal arts college curriculum. A minor in music (12 credits), and an enhanced minor in music (18 credits) are also offered, requiring any undergraduate music courses, except MSH 114, MSH 115, and MSH 245. Visit the Department.
Alumni
Lewis Gordon (’84) Named Nelson Mandela Visiting Professor at Rhodes University
March 7, 2014 10:40 am Alumni, Alumni Relations“Studying through the LSP and learning so much from my vibrant community of peers were gifts. My fellow students were politically aware, always active and looking out for each other,” Gordon said. “We had fundraising parties to assist each other with tuition and living costs; we cultivated our artistic and academic talents through performances and academic workshops; we created newspapers and magazines; and we even developed free used-book drives and additional tutoring services.
Read More »NYC Public Advocate Letitia James ’82 to Deliver Lehman College Commencement Address
February 28, 2014 9:43 am Alumni, President Fernández, Student AffairsJames earned a psychology degree from Lehman and is the first African-American woman to be elected to citywide office.
Read More »The U.S. Workforce and Higher Education: Dr. Anthony P. Carnevale to Deliver 45th Annual “Lehman Lecture”
January 24, 2014 1:00 am Alumni, Bronx Small Business Development Center, Graduate Studies, Lehman College Foundation, Media Relations and Publications, President Fernández, Research, School of Continuing & Professional Studies, School of Continuing and Professional Studies, Student Affairs, Undergraduate StudiesChanges in the American workforce and what they mean for the future of higher education will be the focus of the 45th annual Herbert H. Lehman Memorial Lecture. Dr. Anthony P. Carnevale, director of the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, will deliver the Lehman Lecture. Wednesday, April 2, 2014 11 a.m. Lovinger Theatre, [...]
Read More »Lehman Salutes Ira D. Cohen (B.S. ’73): 2013 Alumni Achievement Award Winner
December 10, 2013 1:00 am Alumni, President FernándezThere’s no question that Ira Cohen, the 2013 recepient of the Alumni Achievement Award, is a self-motivated hard worker. However, if you ask him, who gave him his drive, he won’t hestitate to tell you that the secret to his success was his parents.
Read More »Lifeline for Out-of-School Girls: Alumna Brings Education to Vulnerable Nigerians
December 10, 2013 1:00 am Alumni, Alumni Relations, School of Education, Study Abroad, Women's Studies ProgramBy SAM OTTI The Sun (Lagos, Nigeria) In Africa, there is a common saying that ‘Women’s Education Ends in Kitchen’ (WEEK). But Nkechi Ogbodo, the founder of a New York-based group, Kechie’s Project, would shout from the rooftop that depriving the girl-child the opportunity of formal education is a rape of womanhood. Her vigorous advocacy [...]
Read More »Remembering Kisook Ahn: Memorial Service and Scholarship Fund Honor Lehman Alumna and Metro North Victim
December 7, 2013 2:00 am Alumni, Alumni Relations, Nursing DeptA memorial service has been scheduled for Kisook Ahn, the Lehman College alumna who died in the December 1 crash of a Metro North train in the Bronx. It will be held on Tuesday, December 10 at 5 p.m. in the Faculty Dining Room of the Music Building.
Read More »“Stunned and Saddened”: Remembering Kisook Ahn, Lehman Alumna and Metro North Victim
December 2, 2013 2:15 pm Alumni, Nursing Dept, President FernándezLehman College is saddened to announce the death of alumna Kisook Ahn (BS ’09, MS ’12) in the December 1 crash of a Metro North train in the Bronx. She was one of four people killed when the train jumped the tracks near the Spuyten Duyvil station, just southwest of the Lehman College campus. Ms. Ahn, 35, was a native of South Korea, arriving in the United States in 2008 as part of Lehman’s exchange program with Sungshin Women’s University. She completed an accelerated bachelor’s degree in nursing in 2009 and a master’s degree in the family nurse practitioner program in 2012.
Read More »Former Verizon Chairman Ivan Seidenberg (’72) Receives the AASCU Distinguished Alumnus Award
November 10, 2013 7:39 pm Alumni, Information Technology, Multimedia, President Fernández, VideoIvan Seidenberg grew up in the Bronx and attended New York City public schools. By his own admission, he rarely ventured past the few blocks surrounding his home – physically or intellectually. After attending and graduating from Lehman College in 1972, he rose through the ranks of Verizon Communications and its predecessors to become Chairman [...]
Read More »Alumna Letitia James Elected NYC Public Advocate, First African-American Woman to Hold Citywide Office
November 6, 2013 6:59 am Alumni, Alumni Relations, Psychology DeptLehman College alumna and New York City Councilwoman Letitia James has been elected Public Advocate for the City of New York, the first African-American woman to hold citywide office. She succeeds Bill De Blasio, who was elected Mayor in the 2013 municipal election.
James, who graduated in 1982 with a degree in psychology, ran unopposed in the general election after defeating Daniel Squadron in a Democratic primary runoff.
Lehman College Wins Outstanding Achievement in Alumni Outreach
May 17, 2013 9:35 am Alumni, Alumni RelationsMaria-Cristina Necula, Director of Alumni Affairs at Lehman College, was awarded the 2013 Outstanding Achievement in Alumni Outreach Award at the CUNY Philanthropy Forum held at the Graduate Center last month.
Read More »Lehman Alumnus Produces New Off-Broadway Comedy
May 8, 2013 11:28 am Alumni, Alumni Relations, School of Natural and Social Sciences, Students, Theatre Program, Urban Male Leadership Program“If someone had told me three years ago that I would be producing plays, operating my own accounting office, and giving talks about healthy life habits, I would have thought they were crazy,” says Ureña.
Read More »Lehman Library Exhibits Bronx Scenes 1955-65
December 2, 2012 12:00 pm Alumni, LibraryWhen William O. Folchi and his wife, Corazon, moved back to his childhood home in the Morris Park section of the Bronx in 2008, they knew they would have a lot of cleaning to do. But what they didn’t know is what they would find as they emptied out the basement and garage of the house. Buried beneath debris and garbage bags, and completely forgotten by time, he unearthed a virtual museum of artwork.
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