Music
Music Department Programs
BA in Music
The Bachelor of Arts in Music degree is a liberal arts degree designed for students who wish to major in music as part of a broad general education, rather than primarily for specialization at the undergraduate level. This program also is appropriate for students who seek a music degree as the foundation for additional study in more specialized areas such as church music, pedagogy, accompanying, music theory, and music history. The limited number of hours in music required in this program provides more flexibility than do the professional degree programs in music.
Majors
- Keyboard
- Instrumental
- Voice
BM in Music Education
The Music Education degree program is designed to prepare students to teach general music, choral music or instrumental music in the public schools. The program is broad, requiring professional music education courses as well as vocal and instrumental technique courses of all majors. Successful completion of the program qualifies the student for Music K-12 teacher licensure (“A”) in North Carolina. The program also seeks to provide preparation for graduate study in Music Education. Performance majors are encouraged to complete this certification program as preparation for the teaching profession.
Majors
- Keyboard
- Instrumental
- Voice
Concentrations
- Choral
- Instrumental
- Elementary
BM in Music Performance
The performance degree program is designed for those students who possess exceptional performing ability and who wish to pursue a career as a performer or performer/teacher at the college level. Entrance into the degree program is highly selective and dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination that occurs at the end of a student’s freshman year.
Majors
- Keyboard
- Instrumental
- Voice