Music at Hamline

Build professional skills with digital audio workstations (DAWs), master mixing and recording, and gain essential knowledge of the music business. Hamline's music production major will prepare you for a real-world career in music.

Open to students of all majors, the music performance minor helps you grow as a performer in classical, jazz, and contemporary styles. You'll gain valuable experience through solo and ensemble work, performing in bands, combos, and orchestras, and participating in theater productions.

Hamline's minor in music production balances hands-on skills development in audio technology and music performance with in-depth analysis of contemporary music culture, enhancing any number of majors.

Not ready for a degree? In this six-course certificate program, you'll explore and develop hands-on technical skills in audio production while building your knowledge of live sound and the music business. 

Whether your tastes run to orchestra, jazz, or A Cappella, join us in experiencing musical performances at Hamline.

Throughout the year, arts organizations from the Twin Cities and beyond perform in Hamline's Sundin Music Hall, recognized for its intimate, warm ambiance and recording-quality acoustics.