At MIT, the arts are widely practiced, performed, and celebrated -  in corridors and classrooms, on stage and in the studio.
    
Hundreds of  exhibitions, performances, and readings enliven MIT's campus annually,  enhancing and enriching campus life while drawing tens of thousands of  visitors from throughout the region.
    
Between 60 and 70 percent of incoming freshmen come to MIT with  strong interests and involvement in the arts. Many pursue their  artistic interests through participation in MIT's Music and Theater  Arts Section, which provides numerous opportunities for students to  develop artistically and intellectually.
    
Music
    
MIT's Music Program provides a challenging, rewarding undergraduate  musical education for students at every level of preparation and  talent. The music faculty includes internationally known composers and  performers, and students may choose from a wide variety of offerings in  performance, theory/analysis/composition, and music history/literature.
    
MIT students can major, double major, minor or concentrate in music.  In addition to individual and class study in traditional and  experimental music, students may participate in many performance groups  directed by members of the faculty. These include the MIT Symphony and  String Chamber Orchestras, Wind Ensemble, Festival Jazz Ensemble,  Chamber Music Society, Concert Choir, Chamber Chorus, Gamelan  Galak-Tika and the Senegalese performing ensemble, RAMBAX MIT.
    
Theater Arts
    
Through MIT's Theater Arts Program, students explore diverse theatrical  forms and practices, from the scripted play to actor-created theater,  from musical theater to the theater of identity politics. Courses range  from playwriting to directing to set design, always reflecting a  commitment to diverse aesthetics. Students participate in numerous  curricular and extracurricular ensembles ranging from the curricular  Dramashop to the extracurricular improv comedy troupe, Roadkill Buffet.
    
The Program welcomes students' unique cultural and individual  perspectives in a collaborative environment that encourages inquiry as  the cornerstone of both personal and artistic growth. Together, MIT  Theater's faculty and students work together in search of expression,  depth and mastery in the art of theater.
      
Department of Music and Theater Arts links
    
Visit the MIT Music home page at:
http://web.mit.edu/mta/www/music/
    
Visit the MIT Theater Arts home page at:
http://web.mit.edu/mta/www/theater
    
Review the MIT Department of History curriculum at:
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/resources/curriculum/index.htm#21m