Summer programs in the Department of Music offer many opportunities for undergraduate music majors and graduate students as well as for students seeking to study music for general education requirements.  

Classes in music theory and music history include basic required courses for Bachelor of Arts students as well as introductory classes such as "Music and the Catholic Tradition".  The departments offer a number of special events such as the Ward Method Institute for teaching Gregorian Chant, a Musical theatre workshop as well as a program for high school instrumentalists. Each summer, the departments host the Washington International Piano Festival, which is not a credit class, but offers piano master classes and workshops with some of the world's great pianists.