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Department ofMusic

Stories

  • Mind Your Music

    Using EEG technology and a musical improviser system to allow users to create music using their own brain activity

  • SCLOrk Students Share their Talent at Numerous Bay Area Concerts

    High profile outside performances at Dolby Labs in San Francisco, Linux Audio Conference at Stanford University, and Garden of Memory in Oakland brought SCLOrk -- the Santa Clara Laptop Orchestra -- to entirely new audiences and raised the visibility of Santa Clara University in the music technology industry and electronic music scenes.

  • Bringing Music to the Community

    SCU’s Ray Furuta combines experiential learning, social justice, and music to connect and engage his students with local marginalized communities.

  • Music in the Community

    Prior to Fall 2020, it rotated its efforts between three target communities: Incarcerated Youth, Homeless Women, and Veteran Women. For Fall 2020, we added Racial Justice to the mix.

  • Breaking Down Barriers and Cultivating Creativity

    As a 2021 Creative Ambassador for the City of San José, SCU’s Ray Furuta is designing a project that will promote creative expression, break down barriers between different art forms, and ultimately bring together the community.

  • Numbers and Notes

    By combining studies in Mathematics and Music, Michael Noonan ’21 found the unique intersections that have allowed him to thrive.

  • Music Above All

    Erin Pearson ‘05 was recruited to play soccer for Santa Clara University but her passion for music pulled her in a different direction.

  • Alumni Spotlight: Nick Benavides ‘10

    Nicolás Lell Benavides ’10 shares how his Santa Clara experience and passion for composition led to the creation of his largest project to date: “Dolores.”