- Our faculty members are practicing contemporary composers, producers and performers
- Study at the nation’s ONLY comprehensive, professional school of music within a women’s liberal arts college
- Our remarkably low 7:1 student/teacher ratio ensures ongoing personal interaction with faculty.
- Take unique interdisciplinary courses and honors classes
Contemporary Music and Media
Do you dream of becoming a singer-songwriter, producer or composer? Would you like to hear your songs on the radio? Do you want to write music for films and television?
Consider studying Contemporary Music and Media and graduate with the entrepreneurial, musical and technical skills to succeed as a contemporary musician.
Degree Offered
- BMA in Contemporary Music (Media Applications)
About Contemporary Music and Media
The technology to perform, produce and manage your own music career is accessible to anyone with a laptop today. In the age of Spotify, SoundCloud and bands like U2 giving away their albums on iTunes, the traditional record label and music distribution systems are fading away. When you graduate with a degree in Contemporary Music and Media Applications, you’ll possess the training and skills to succeed. Our program will provide you with a solid foundation in musical creation and analysis, practical skills in music business and entrepreneurship, and hands-on experience making music with the equipment you will use in your professional life after college.
Contemporary Music and Media Stories
Converse’s Mighty MUBs Foster Festival
Tossing beach balls to huge crowds, fetching supper for a big-time country star, and booking nearly two dozen bands put Converse’s Music Business & Technology students center stage—and backstage—at Spring …
School of the Arts Season Preview: Bold. Brilliant. Beautiful.
Bold. Brilliant. Beautiful. The School of the Arts at Converse College is creating a powerful new season of works for 2016-2017 that will amaze. “Our students and faculty are expanding …
Rainey Amphitheater Gives New Life to Former Clifton Mill
Breathing new life into historic materials from Spartanburg’s textile mill heritage, the new Rainey Amphitheater at Converse College was dedicated during a celebration held Friday, June 24th. Building materials for the project came from Clifton Manufacturing Company No. 2 Mill, which was built in 1888 by Converse founder Dexter Edgar Converse and dismantled in 2013.
