Liberal Arts
Your artistic training at The Boston Conservatory is complemented by a rich liberal arts education.
Course Descriptions
Powerful artists are virtuosos who need strong interpretive skills informed by a thoughtful understanding of the world. The Boston Conservatory’s liberal arts courses are custom crafted to our performing arts environment, using texts, film, museum visits and life experience to develop analytical thinking and cross-cultural, interdisciplinary awareness.
Liberal Arts Faculty
Judson Evans, Director of Liberal Arts Division
- Gaynor Blandford, Writing Workshop & Electives
- Michelina Cassella, Anatomy & Kinesiology
- Judson Evans, Director of Liberal Arts Division, Second Year Core, Poetry Workshop
- Pierre Hurel, French
- Andrea Nye, Second Year Core
- Elisabeth Rettelbach, German
- Walter Valeri, Italian
- Kate White, First Year Core, Into the Wild
- Marian Yee, First and Third Year Core, Culture & Film, The Magical in Global Literature, Art, and Film
- Carlee Travis, Writing Workshop & Electives
- Chris Caggiano, Neuroscience & the Arts, Arts Criticism
- Kathleen Howland, Neuroscience
Pro-Arts Consortium
The Boston Conservatory, in partnership with the Pro-Arts Consortium allows students to cross-register for additional liberal arts courses at other music, art and liberal arts schools in Boston. However, as a student of The Boston Conservatory you cannot earn a dual degree through these institutions.
Pro-Arts Consortium
- Berklee College of Music
- Boston Architectural College
- Emerson College
- Massachusetts College of Art and Design
- The School of the Museum of Fine Arts
