Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Robert Oppenheim and Thomas Wallace ff 'aff' Robert E. Gronquist Fazal A. Chowd ry -.. Dana C. Chandler l 5 ART 81 MUSIC Thomas J. Wallace, chairperson A.B. Brown University M.A. Brown University B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design The department of art and music of- fers a concentration in art history and also provides courses in drawing and graphics which help fulfill require- ments of graphics majors in com- munications. The department also has a number of joint majors who com- bine work in art history and studio with work in other fields. In addition many students take art courses on an elective basis. Two concentrations in music are of- fered, applied music and music his- tory and arrangement between Sim- mons and The New England Conser- vatory of Music. ln music also joint concentrations are welcomed. As in art, music offers the experience of contemporary society. The department feels that its impor- tance on the institutional level lies in the unique power of music and art to develop aural and visual intelligence and articulateness. ln the practical sense of becoming as fully human as one can, a highly developed visual and aural intelligence is crucial. This in not simply a matter of aesthetics, rather it is a matter of bringing a stu- dent into a more highly conscious sense of the world of her perceptions and thereby making it possible for thought to proceed from a richer and more coherent sense of experience.