Learn More About Music @ RMC
Randolph-Macon College is home to a growing community of creative, collaborative musicians and dynamic ensembles.
RMC’s Wind Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, Concert Choir, and Chamber Singers are all curricular ensembles made up of students from across the college; our student musicians represent nearly every major on campus, in addition to many of RMC’s Division III athletic teams.
RMC’s instrumental ensembles have been recognized nationally for their creativity and musicality, including invitations to perform on prominent stages (the College Band Directors National Association’s 2022 Southern Division Conference) and major awards (the 2020 Vytautas Marijosius Memorial Award for Orchestral Programming).
Many student musicians choose to audition for a Macon Music Scholarship as part of their application process, but an audition is not required to perform in the Wind Ensemble or Symphony Orchestra.
The Music Program, housed within the Department of Arts, offers a Music Major with an emphasis in either Performance & History (B.A., Music) or Pedagogy (“Music Education” – B.A., Music & B.A., Education, w/Virginia K-12 Music Licensure). Though most of RMC’s student musicians are not Music majors, many choose to minor in music and take other classroom music courses, or are majoring in Arts Management with a Music Emphasis.
Our talented Music faculty carefully craft student experiences in major and non-major settings, from ensembles to classroom courses to on-location travel courses in Japan. Many of RMC’s applied studio faculty perform with the Richmond Symphony, and beyond!
RMC’s musical alumni, from majors to minors to singers to instrumentalists, are shaping the future of music throughout the Commonwealth and the country. These alumni Jackets are creating cutting-edge musical experiences for students and audiences that range from the Richmond Folk Festival to K-12 music classrooms, television shows like NBC’s The Voice and Netflix’s Building the Band, even sold-out arena shows… the band Carbon Leaf was founded at RMC, on the very stage where you will perform!
