Hartt's music history program guides students through the evolution of music. From broad interest survey courses, to in-depth special topic courses on the symphony, the history of musical instruments, and Bach and Handel, both majors and nonmajors gain a comprehensive understanding of all periods of music. At the undergraduate and master levels, students may choose either an emphasis in research or performance practices. Hartt's wide collection of early instruments such as recorders, Renaissance lutes and flutes, harpsichords, clavichord, baroque bows, shawms, and sackbuts provide students with an active and creative learning environment.