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.
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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 »Pump “Down” the Volume: Professor Sandra Levey and NYC to Address Noise and Hearing Loss
December 9, 2013 1:00 am CUNY Institute for Health Equity, School of Arts and Humanities, Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences Dept, Student Affairs, Students, Urban Male Leadership Program, Women's Studies ProgramA total of 196 individuals from a variety of ethnic backgrounds participated. The final analysis showed that young iPod users and African-Americans listening to rap or hip hop did indeed listen the loudest and were more likely to exceed recommended listening times.
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 »CNN’s Rose Arce: The One Story Journalist and Teacher Elaine Rivera Never Told Was Her Own
December 7, 2013 1:00 am Faculty, Journalism, Communication, and Theatre Dept, School of Arts and HumanitiesWhen my friend Elaine Rivera died, it felt almost like the end of a fireworks show, when the smoke hangs in the air and crowds walk slowly home. The fun was over in a flash. Elaine was the life of the party, the girl who urged you to stay for just one more drink, a journalist who could splash life into a good story. She was also, as it turned out, an alcoholic whose drinking was so severe it corroded her liver until it just stopped working.
Read More »“I Will Not Compromise with My Conscience”: The Legacy of Herbert H. Lehman
December 3, 2013 12:33 pm History Dept, School of Arts and Humanities, UncategorizedFifty years ago, on December 5, 1963, Herbert H. Lehman passed away unexpectedly as he was preparing to travel to Washington, D.C., to receive the new Presidential Medal of Freedom the next day. The 50th anniversary of Lehman’s death is an occasion to look back at the life and legacy of this great statesman and humanitarian for whom Lehman College is named.
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 »CUNY TV Debuts New ‘Irish Writers in America’ Series
November 26, 2013 12:40 pm CUNY Institute for Irish American Studies, Languages and Literatures Dept, School of Arts and HumanitiesThere’s a new CUNY TV series that explores the works of twenty-three leading contemporary Irish and Irish-American authors of fiction, memoir, journalism, poetry, humor, and drama.
Read More »The City That Never Sleeps… Or Wears a Helmet: Professor Danna Ethan on the Helmet Habits of CitiBike Riders
November 25, 2013 3:46 pm Health Sciences Dept, School of Natural and Social SciencesA new article co-authored by a Lehman College professor finds that more than eighty-five percent of Citi Bike riders in New York City do not wear a helmet as they navigate city streets.
Read More »Best of the Bronx: Lehman College/NYC Partnership Inspires Student Filmmakers and Shares Bronx Culture Citywide
November 25, 2013 1:58 pm Art Dept, Journalism, Communication, and Theatre Dept, Multimedia, Multimedia Center, Music Dept, VideoA series of video vignettes promoting the “Best of the Bronx” – produced by Lehman College students and supported by Lehman faculty and industry professionals – is now appearing across New York City.
Read More »$500 Goes a Long Way in Graduate School. Just Ask a Graduate Student
November 20, 2013 2:00 pm Graduate Studies, Mathematics and Computer Science Dept, Scholarship Students, School of Education, Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences DeptWhat does $500 mean to a hard-working graduate student? It means buying supplies to work with children in Lehman’s speech-language pathology clinic, says Jessica Ra. It means buying textbooks and replacing a worn-out computer, says Diorvic Gonzalez.
Read More »Lehman College Kicks Off Three-Day Jazz Festival Nov. 20-22
November 11, 2013 9:39 am Music Dept, School of Arts and Humanities, Student Affairs, StudentsThe Festival brings together middle and high school jazz bands, vocal jazz groups, and Latin jazz ensembles from the area for an impressive three-day jam session.
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