Music

Glee Club Sister Spotligt

Quinyae Sturdivant, C'2012, is a sophomore music major from Atlanta, Georgia. She is a member of the Sisters Chapel Praise Team and the NAACP. She enjoys singing Jazz and has a passion for Musical Theatre. This summer, Quinyae auditioned for the National Tour of The Color Purple. As a freshman, she was chosen to perform the Spelman College theme “A Choice to Change the World”, written by Kevin Johnson and Sarah Stephens (C‘2007). She is in the first alto section and serves on the Glee Club Executive Board as the treasurer. “The Glee Club has made me a better musician while opening my eyes to true sisterhood.”

Spelman College Receives
All-Steinway Status
Spelman College is only the third college in Georgia, and the first historically Black college or university, to join a prestigious group of institutions designated as All-Steinway Schools.

All-Steinway Schools are institutions that have made an agreement with Steinway & Sons, the oldest piano company in America, that 90 percent or more of the school’s collection of pianos will be Steinways. Learn more.


The Music Department

The Spelman College music department is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music, the accrediting body for music programs in higher education. The department has active chapters of Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society, and Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity for Women.

Since the early days of Spelman College, music has played an integral part in the lives of the students. Provisions have always been made for students to cultivate their interests and talents in vocal and instrumental music. More importantly, an academic music program has existed at Spelman since the turn of the century.

Today, the Spelman College music department offers a strong, diverse, academic program maintained around the principles of excellence and relevance, and leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree in music. The program is designed to provide students with the basic skills common to all musicians. It is also designed to give students a strong foundation for graduate study leading to a career in music.

The music department offers students the opportunity to pursue a double major including music, or the option of a minor in music.

Through its performing ensembles, its general music courses open to all students, and its series of concerts for the whole community, the music department plays an integral role in the life of the College.

Minor & Major Requirements (PDF)

Scholarship and Audition Requirements

Music Organizations