<p>I just wanted to know if you guys would have any info about music at CMC- are there clubs I can join just for fun (no auditions and stuff...) or tutoring lessons so that I wont forget my cello skills?</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>Music lessons are taken through the Pomona Music dept. One signs up at the beginning of the semester. If you're in a 5C ensemble they are subsidized - otherwise you pay the community fee. They are available for partial credit. Also, Pomona loans instruments for free to all students of the 5C's. You can find out information about this through the Pomona music website.</p>
<p>Ensembles are open to students from all the colleges. Informal musical groups definitely exist. My S's best friend is in a band that plays alot.</p>
<p>Pitzer also has some music programs that some people at CMC participate in, although I don't know very much about them...</p>
<p>CMC doesn't really have it's own music program. I'm a CMC student and I play in Pomona's jazz band (which was a laid back audition experience). It's fun and forces you to interact with students from the other colleges. Plus it's low-commitment level--we only meet twice a week. Pomona has more for-fun student musicians and I believe they're the only 5-C school offering a music major.</p>
<p>There are also a lot of ensembles and lessons also available at Scripps.</p>
<p>There are two music programs in Claremont...the Pomona program and the "4C" program, which is housed on Scripps. But as other posters have suggested, there's plenty of flexibility, cross-over, and cooperation.</p>
<p>There are for-credit ensembles and classes (CMC is the only campus for which I can't think of on-campus music offerings, but that's part of why the consortium and cross-registration are wonderful), but also some club options. It depends on what you're looking for. Student-run a cappella groups, for example (which does require auditions), are pretty numerous and popular.</p>
<p>sorry if this is a stupid question, but... can you Major in Music at CMC? I know you can at Pomona and Scripps, and you definitely CAN'T at Harvey Mudd... but what about CMC?</p>
<p>"sorry if this is a stupid question, but... can you Major in Music at CMC? I know you can at Pomona and Scripps, and you definitely CAN'T at Harvey Mudd... but what about CMC?"</p>
<p>umm. you can off-campus major in music at any college...at hmc, you'll have an "off-campus major". that's all.</p>
<p>thanks for the reply... I was just confused because I couldn't find the "Music" major on the CMC website. </p>
<p>I read that CMC, Scripps, Harvey Mudd music students can't take Music courses from Pomona, but only from the Scripps faculty, is this true?</p>
<p>"I read that CMC, Scripps, Harvey Mudd music students can't take Music courses from Pomona, but only from the Scripps faculty, is this true?"</p>
<p>no, this is absolutely not true. you can take courses where ever you want as a 5-C student. i have a friend (at mudd) who is taking a music class at pomona... i am taking classes at pomona next fall as well. i've taken them at scripps this last semester and i have yet to take em at pitzer or cmc.</p>
<p>everything is open...granted mudd would rather you take mudd math/science classes than, say, joint science.</p>
<p>cool, thanks for your reply. :)</p>
<p>Hi there. Someone above just mentioned how the auditions for the "4C" orchestra are pretty "laid-back". Could anyone please (try to.. if possible) elaborate on how laid-back it is? </p>
<p>And how can one borrow instruments from Pomona? Do we have to pay and reserve instruments in advance?</p>
<p>Thank you</p>
<p>"I read that CMC, Scripps, Harvey Mudd music students can't take Music courses from Pomona, but only from the Scripps faculty, is this true?"</p>
<p>no, this is absolutely not true. you can take courses where ever you want as a 5-C student. i have a friend (at mudd) who is taking a music class at pomona... i am taking classes at pomona next fall as well. i've taken them at scripps this last semester and i have yet to take em at pitzer or cmc.</p>
<p>everything is open...granted mudd would rather you take mudd math/science classes than, say, joint science."</p>
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<p>There's some grey area to the above. Not everything is open *in theory<a href="in%20my%20own%20experience,%20%22in%20practice%22%20is,%20within%20reason,%20a%20different%20matter">/i</a>. For example, Mudd and Pomona students would have to receive written permission from an instructor to take a class at Joint Science. And I believe there needs to be some sort of reason (i.e. schedule conflicts) for a Mudd/CMC/Scripps/Pitzer student to participate in Pomona's orchestra/choir (and vice versa). I'm not positive, but you can't/don't generally enroll for an off-campus course that's offered on-campus unless you have a decent reason for doing so (again...not sure of the details). Similarly, each campus tends to have a few classes that are closed to all off-campus students (i.e. core on Scripps, introductory writing courses, mandatory GE courses). More than just a few courses are "non-XYZ school students must receive written permission of instructor."</p>
<p>Now, there are definitely ways around all of the above. I do know non-Pomona students in the Pomona music program (by which I mean choir/orchestra...regular music classes are a different matter), Pomona/Mudd students in JSD courses, and all kinds of other exceptions. In practice, written permission is not usually difficult to come by, particularly if you have some sort of reason. Rules limiting the number of off-campus courses that Claremont students can take tend to be similarly flexible.</p>
<p>So while the info that the OP read was definitely misleading (in a number of ways, including the implication that Scripps/Pomona are the only campuses that offer any music courses), it wasn't necessarily completely and totally false (hard to say for sure w/o seeing the exact claims). Just clarifying :)</p>