Cherry St. Combo
The premier professional small jazz group at Knox College
Music
If you love music, then you can make it here. No auditions required—just enthusiasm, curiosity, and effort.
Majors, Minors & Programs
No matter what you want to accomplish, from performing music to composing opera to teaching high school band, there’s a program for you.
Course Spotlight
Explore music from a variety of perspectives. Music theory courses focus on understanding the structural workings of music. Ethnomusicology courses help you better understand the relationship between music and the culture in which it is made. Music technology, composition, and songwriting courses offer the opportunity to create your own works.
- MUS 104 Global Pop Music
- MUS 125 Digital Audio Production
- MUS 170 Conducting and Score Study Workshop
- MUS 307 Instrumental Teaching Techniques I
Bachelor of Arts Degrees
With this degree program, you’ll develop proficiency in music reading, piano skills, and participate in a music ensemble for at least two years of your Knox experience. Beyond that, you can tailor your coursework to focus on the areas most important to you.
You can also double major in Music and Educational Studies (with teacher certification), which requires both proficiency in music reading and performance as well as foundational courses in education and a student teaching component.
Dive into Our 5 Minors
Explore traditional, classical, and popular music from around the world. Focus on contemporary musical genres, from jazz to rock to K-pop. Take a research-oriented approach to theory and composition of music, get an advanced education in musical performance, or to create your own original pieces of vocal and/or instrumental music. Choose a minor you love:
- Ethnomusicology
- Jazz/Popular Music Studies
- Musicology
- Performance
- Theory/Composition
Join a Band. Go on Tour. Release a Record.
We love to perform. Choose from 20+ instrumental and vocal ensembles in every genre, from jazz combos to choir to rock, funk, folk, and punk bands. There are too many to list here, but this should give you the idea.
Knox College Chamber Singers
The flagship vocal ensemble of Knox College.
Knox Rocks
Knox Rocks bands rehearse and perform original music and covers of music including folk, funk, rock, punk, and New Orleans Style Brass Bands
20+ Ensembles, Even More Performances
We love to perform, and we love for Knox and Galesburg community members to enjoy our performances
What Our Music Alumni Are Doing
You’ll find music students in virtually every major at Knox, but there are plenty who make it their primary professional focus. From teaching music to working in arts organizations, your liberal arts degree prepares you for a range of possibilities.
- Sophia Elswick '24 | Music Teacher, Stark County Junior and Senior High
- Tatiana Topoluk ‘19 | Music Teacher, King Elementary School
- Mara Lane ‘18 | Ph.D. Candidate in Musicology, UC-Berkeley
- Samantha Burgess ’19 | Marketing Program Manager, San Francisco Opera
- Steve Jackson ’89 | Jazz Band Director, Monmouth College and double bassist with the Muscatine Symphony Orchestra Association
Music News
Find out what our music students and professors are up to.
Knox Jazz Year Awarded Galesburg Community Foundation “Turnout” Grant
The funds will help support educational outreach programs.
Rootabaga Brings Variety of Jazz Back to Galesburg
The 45th annual Knox-Rootabaga Jazz Festival returned to Galesburg with nearly a week’s worth of performances.
Camille Thurman Brings Vocal and Instrumental Versatility to Mirza Jazz Residency
This year’s residency marked the first to feature a vocalist as the visiting artist.
Want to know more about Knox? We’re jazzed.
Find out about financial aid and scholarships, our ensembles, travel opportunities, or what our current favorite song is.
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