The Bachelor of Music in Performance is a pre-professional program for the student whose intent is to pursue a career as a music performer. Admission to the performance program is by audition, either by tape or in person, for the appropriate faculty. Students enrolled in this program are expected to reach the highest possible standard of performance on their chosen instrument or voice. Preparation emphasis is geared toward enabling the student to pursue further study at the graduate level, if that is his or her desire.

The Jazz Studies Concentration is a pre-professional program for those whose intent is to pursue a career as a music performer in jazz and commercial styles of music.  Students enrolled in this program are expected to attain a high standard of performance on their instrument, including the development of skills in jazz improvisation.  This degree also prepares the student for success at the graduate level of study in the area of jazz.

 

The goal of the Theory & Composition Concentration is to prepare students for graduate work in composition or music theory at the research one university level. The program’s preparation emphasis features class and individual instruction in compositional topics and an extensive list of both required and elective courses in music theory. The theory courses prepare students to write, hear, analyze, theorize, and receive critiques on their work about music from the sixteenth century to the present.