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Chase Harvey

Class of 2025
Chase Harvey

Bio 

Hello! My name is Chase and I am a '25 from South Carolina. I'm currently considering studying more film scoring and video game composition to learn about writing music for movies and games! But when I'm not hanging out with friends or doing classwork, you can find me composing music. I'm involved in the Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble (DCWE), Dartmouth Chamber Orchestra (DCO), and the fraternity Zeta Psi.

Academic Program 

Music

Favorite Thing Right Now 

Giving music recommendations!

Hometown 

Greenville, South Carolina

Pronouns 

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Chase's D-Plan

What's a D-Plan?

    • FallHanover, NH

      Favorite Class: Marine Policy

      As someone who did not know the ins and outs of marine policy, I loved learning about aspects of the blue economy. This class encourages us to be aware of the human aspect of marine problems regarding coastal erosion, pollution, and climate change. Professor Webster is the coolest!

    • WinterHanover, NH

      Favorite Class: From Beethoven to Now (Modern Classical Music)

      I could not recommend this class enough to anyone who goes to this school! Professor Beaudoin has truly influenced me as both a musician and a student. We learn the music from the 1800's to present day including famous composers like Tchaikovsky, but also music by Beyonce and even the music of Dartmouth's professors. This is much more than a music history class. It is a class about music, our lives, and exploring the concept of sonder through musical lens.

    • SpringHanover, NH

      Favorite Class: Programming for Interactive Audio-Visual Arts

      If you're scared of coding or have a love for music, this is the class for you. This computer science class is cross-listed with music to teach students how to code using a language called processing to learn the basic principles of design through coding. We created several projects throughout the term, but Professor Casey really taught me that there is more to music than I think. For my final, I created an interactive keyboard which created a visual effect for each key that created music which made it a musical instrument! Genuinely such an amazing and fun class that I think people should consider.

    • SummerRome, Italy

      Favorite Class: Reading Rome

      Although this class is only offered during the F.I.R.E. study abroad program, it was such an amazing class. I absolutely adored having Professor Canepa teach us about Italy from its politics, music, food, and much much more. This class taught me hands on what Italian culture is through visits to famous landmarks, food tastings, or tours of Italian regions. If you don't want to study abroad, I suggest taking a class with Professor Canepa because she truly is one of my favorite professors I have had yet.

    • FallHanover, New Hampshire

      I was on an off term, but decided to live on campus to join a fraternity and work in town. I took the time to write music for one of my friend's short films and learned a lot about the film music industry.

    • WinterHanover, New Hampshire

      Favorite Class: Creative Music Theory II

      Dr. Moseley has been one of my most favorite professors by far. I have loved taking this class to divulge into my musical passion through creating music and learning about ways to create music. If you are interested in taking a music class, I highly recommend Dr. Moseley if you find a class with him that interests you!

    • SpringVienna, Austria

      Favorite Class: Special Studies Music Abroad FSP

      I took this class with composer Miguel Kertsman who was incredibly knowledgeable in every type of compositional technique that I wanted. I studied electronic music composition with him to understand music digital signal processing better.

    • SummerHanover, NH

      Favorite Class: Climate Change, Fiction, and the Apocalyptic Imaginary

      Although I'm not a fan of reading literature for the classroom, this class completely changed the way I perceive literature. I adored this class with Prof. Hollister as it engaged with the dissections of film, novels, and short stories regarding how humanity views the end of the world.

    • FallHanover

      Favorite Class: Timbre and Form

      I took an off-term this Fall, but I decided to sit in on a class on how to arrange music for strings and woodwinds! After many hours of long work, I had a piece performed and recorded by professional musicians that I worked on in the class!

    • WinterHanover

      Favorite Class: Sonic Space and Form

      This has to be arguably one of my favorite classes I have taken at Dartmouth with one of the most qualified and talented professors! Throughout the term, I mixed eight different songs of all different genres and learned the ins and outs of sound engineering. This means figuring out the best ways to create and produce music in the industry. Now, I feel confident publishing my own music and have started helping others publish theirs too by working on their projects!

    • SpringHanover

      Favorite Class: History of Visual Music

      Jodie Mack's "History of Visual Music" truly changed my Dartmouth career. In their class, students learn about the ways artists has dealt with the intersection of sound and sight through film, sculpture, and live performance. Throughout the term, students present two films or performances of their own creative works. Now, Professor Mack is one of my advisors for my thesis which is a long-form piece of visual music!

    • SummerGreer, SC

      During this Summer, I spent time at home with my parents while teaching at a high school marching band. I took a lot of time to write music to prepare my composition portfolio for grad school applications and took time to visit friends before we graduate!

    • FallHanover

      Favorite Class: Senior Fellowship: Part One

      Throughout this year, I am working on a film entitled "Queer Idyll." You can read more about the senior fellowship and my project on the blog, or at the link on above. My favorite part of my research and project this term has been visiting farms owned or cared for by queer individuals. I have witness so many amazing stories, beautiful locations, and friendly people!

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Favorites From Rome 22X

In life, there is always so much to see and a lot more to do. Everybody has the chance to see and do as they desire, but will never understand how to view life through the eyes of others. However, we can most certainly try. Over the last summer, I studied abroad in Rome and experienced the summer through storytelling. Whether my Italian professor from Calabria talked about her children or newly made friends explained their favorite things, this summer was told through a lens of storytelling. I did not master my language proficiency or completely learn about the culture because I am an outsider. Yet these new figures in my life told me stories that helped me shape my perspective on what it means to be Italian in many aspects. I could mention those stories which I loved the most since it is incredibly exciting to hear about those who have put their entire life into their passions. Instead, I am going to be my own storyteller and mention some of my favorite moments from living in Rome for those months.

  1. No. 1

    Tuscania

    Tuscania and Felicia

    One of my favorite moments was going to Tuscania for a week to relax and see how only an hour north of Rome changes the culture. It was filled with many exciting things to do, but my favorites were going to a wine farm and a cheese farm. We were taught the process of how their products were made and more importantly why they were important. These people spend their entire years almost at their farms working on their craft with their families and rarely go away for long periods of time. I just loved seeing their energy and love for their businesses. On that early morning at the cheese farm, I remember being struck by how the farmer's knowledge was nothing compared to how much love he had for his herd of animals. 

  2. No. 2

    Opera

    Opera in Rome

    As a music major, I adored going to the opera. It was so beautiful to see how performances were portrayed and directed from an outside perspective. It was so cool to see what my Italian friends thought of the performance, but it was more cool to see them use roman ruins in the background as a part of their set even if it did fit the time and setting.

  3. No. 3

    Italian Dinners

    Roman Dinner

    Before Rome, I never really branched out in my cooking, but this summer I decided to cook a lot more. One of my favorite moments was cooking for my apartment almost every night and sometimes trying new dishes out of Roman cookbooks. I ended up cooking at my professor's apartment a few times and it was just amazing to see how important food is in Italy. Our meals truly united our program together and it was the center of almost every day.

  4. No. 4

    Castel Sant'Angelo

    Castel Sant'Angelo

    One of my most memorable moments was when most our of friends had left Rome to travel for a weekend and my friend and I planned a whole day together. Specifically, it was when we went to Castel Sant'Angelo that truly was memorable. It would be easy to spend almost an hour walking around the entire castle and seeing everything. However, we spent hours there just talking about our time so far in Rome. It was a gorgeous afternoon and we stood on top of the castle to look and point at the various points of Rome we had become familiar with over the many weeks.

  5. No. 5

    Roma Football

    Roma Football

    Although I have watched not a lot of football (or in this case soccer), this was probably one of the best moments of the trip. It was just astonishing to see thousands of people flood into one stadium mostly just to talk with their family and friends. Of course, it was incredible to see people's passion for their team but it was just so cool to see how this aspect of Roman life bonded everyone together so effortlessly. By the end of the game, I felt like I had found a bypass in my struggle with the language and cultural barrier. It was a moment of relaxation and joy within the chaos of our study abroad for me.

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