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Music Technology Overview
Chatham's music technology major prepares students for a range of career paths because music study teaches students readily transferable skills such as focus, perseverance, and entrepreneurial thinking, and specific technology courses add an extra layer to this preparation by providing students that are passionate about music with in-depth work in related areas that can even more directly lead to careers in and around music.
—Michael Boyd, associate professor of music and music program coordinator
Explore the Music Technology Degree:
Students study music theory, ear-training, music history, and performance or composition, as well as basic sound recording audio production, and various computer music applications, including Pro Tools. The major also includes coursework in video production and web design from the film and digital technologies program.

New Music Technology Lab
The new music technology lab boasts 14 robust workstations fully grounded in digital technologies including Pro Tools, notation software, Ableton Live, and Finale. Students will become well-versed in these major computer-based technologies, so that they can transfer those skills onto any platform they’re working on.

Join the Club
Through outlets like the Music Club, students are encouraged to be entrepreneurial, innovative, and self-directive.

Internship Opportunities
Music students have had internships at institutions including: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, Pittsburgh Concert Society, and Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble.

Rounding Out Your Education
Stand out from the crowd further with a minor in media arts.

Music in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh boasts a wide range of performing venues, and a smaller, but still robust, range of recording studios.

Career Opportunities
Graduates might work anywhere there’s sound production and sound editing, as sound engineers or managers, audio technicians, music producers, recording specialists, and also in radio or classroom technology. Graduate study in music technology is also a possibility.