Launch your career as a performer.
Prepare to perform in an opera, musical, recording studio, orchestra, band, chorus, chamber ensemble or as a soloist. Our program will help you refine your abilities in music performance to begin working or pursuing graduate studies after graduation. You will have a multitude of individual and group performance opportunities including solo competitions, workshops, masterclasses, and national and international travel with our ensembles.
Music is our passion. We help each student discover the transformative power of music and develop musical interests, talents, and skills that they will use to change the world. The Department’s goals include:
To help students develop their unique musical potential as performer, composer, scholar, teacher, therapist, listener or advocate
To provide abundant and diverse opportunities for group and individualized music learning
To connect students and faculty with local and global resources
To develop musical partnerships that reflect the University’s motto: Learn, Lead, and Serve
To cultivate a safe, respectful, inter-culturally responsive, and stimulating environment that supports student and faculty development (College of Arts and Sciences Diversity Vision Statement, October 2009)
To prepare students through music with essential 21st century skills to meet the changing needs of a global society
The Department of Music offers a diverse and rigorous undergraduate curriculum for music majors and non-music majors in a liberal arts setting. Bachelor of Music degrees offer intensive, professional training for students who wish to pursue careers in the fields of Composition, Education, Performance, and Music Therapy. These programs emphasize advanced musical skills, theoretical foundations, and experiential learning in the field, supported by close faculty mentorship. The Bachelor of Arts degree offers students the flexibility to pursue their individual interests in music as well as in other fields (sometimes through a second major or minor). All music majors develop creativity, discipline, teamwork, and critical thinking skills that transfer to a wide variety of careers.
