Music

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The Department of Music welcomes students who seek careers in music and also provides music instruction and experience for the general university student. Four degrees with a total of eight options are offered for students who wish to become teachers, performers, composers, conductors, theorists, or scholars. A music minor is also available.

Opportunities also exist for private instruction in voice and instruments, as well as participation in musical ensembles-chorus, band, orchestra, opera workshop, chamber groups and music theater.

Numerous public concerts and recitals are presented throughout the school year by faculty and students of the Department of Music.

The goal of the department is to provide students with musical instruction and experience of the highest possible quality. Our belief is that the study of music significantly enables students to become informed, responsible and appreciative members of a democratic society-which is a professed goal of Eastern. We recognize differing needs of those for whom music is to become a profession and those for whom it will be an avocation or a listener's art.

What are the degree options?

Undergraduate Degrees:
The Bachelor of Arts in Music Education (BAE) is recommended for students planning for careers in music education.

The Bachelor of Arts in Music (BA) is recommended for students interested in general studies in music or
graduate studies in music history and literature.

The Bachelor of Music (BM) degree is intended for students planning professional careers as performers or composers. Students entering this major are required to have a high level of competence in their chosen performance area.

Music Minor is intended for students who need or would like to earn a music minor in addition to an undergraduate degree outside of music. For example, students could major with an undergraduate degree in Psychology with minor in music.

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Graduate Degree:

Master of Arts in Music (MA)

Areas of Concentration:

Composition
General (Non-Specific)
Music Education
Performance (Instrumental/Vocal)
Jazz Pedagogy

• Bachelor of Music
• Bachelor of Arts in Music: Liberal Arts
• Bachelor of Arts in Music Education: Instrumental, Choral, General:Elementary or Secondary

Minors:

• Music Minor

Graduate Degrees:

• Master of Arts in Music

What can I do with my degree?