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Do you love making music and want to make a positive impact on the world? With Goshen College’s unique music for social change minor or concentration (it is the first undergraduate program of its kind), you’ll hone your musical gifts in our world-class Music Center and discover the tools to bring social change and empower individuals and communities.
Our graduates have been remarkably skillful at merging their gifts with their passion to make the world a better place, from elementary music classrooms in Goshen to urban public schools in Chicago to directing a youth orchestra in Bolivia. Designed to intersect with music for social change initiatives happening in Elkhart County, this new major concentration and minor will enable students to practice what they learn and gain valuable experience via a rigorous internship component.
A world of opportunities awaits you when you study music at Goshen College. Watch this video to see for yourself!
Last summer, singer-songwriter Sadie Gustafson-Zook '17 released I’m Not Here, her first album of original material. The 23-year-old wrote a handful of the album’s eight songs during Study-Service Term to Peru as part of her undergraduate studies at Goshen College. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in jazz voice at Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Mass.
Emily Rodgers '03 talks about music, depression, sensitivity and suicide.
The Goshen College Symphony Orchestra, conducted by José Rocha, will present their spring concert in Sauder Concert Hall on April 22, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 adults, $6 seniors/students. GC faculty/staff/students free with ID.
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Hillary Harder, a music and Spanish double major from Wichita, Kansas, is a musician, peacemaker, ministry leader and lover of teatime and one-on-one talks. She graduated in 2015.
Hillary's storyGaled Krisjayanta is a 2017 music graduate who found that music has the power to heal after his hometown of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, was devastated by an earthquake.
Galed's storyIn her work with both music and the college's Core program, Beverly Lapp works to help students make connections between their areas of study.
Beverly's storyMikhail Fernandes, a 2016 graduate from India, was an interdisciplinary major with concentrations in music, broadcasting and sustainability.
Mikhail's storyKaren Zorn has been President of Longy School of Music of Bard College since 2007.
Karen's story
