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The Music Department’s Bachelor of Arts Program, recently accredited with the National Association of Schools of Music, presents the study of music as an integral part of a liberal arts education. Working closely with other departments in the University’s nationally acclaimed Fulton School of Liberal Arts, the Music Department provides a wealth of musical opportunities for students of any major.

Along with our special commitment to interdisciplinary studies, we strive to broaden musical offerings to include opportunities to study and perform music, not only within the European Classical tradition, but also distinctively in American genres such as Jazz, rock and pop, as well as “World Music” and international folk styles.

The diversity of our course offerings is reflected in a wide range of performance opportunities open to all students regardless of competence. Membership in an ensemble is determined by audition, and ensemble scholarships are available. Ensembles regularly maintained include the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra, Concert Band, University Chorale, Chamber Choir, Jazz Ensemble, Musical Theatre, or the community’s Salisbury Chorale.

In addition to a core of full-time faculty, the Department maintains an extensive affiliate staff of teacher/performers who provide beginning-to-advanced instruction in voice and every instrument. Scholarships are available

The music industry program is designed to deliver relevant educational programs in music business and music technology, recognizing the traditions of our liberal arts context. Saint Mary’s University offers a B.A. degree with a music industry major in either a technology track or a business track. Both of these programs share a common core of required music courses that have been updated to reflect the needs of today’s musician in an ever changing high tech world. By completing a four-year B.A. degree, students have the advantage of a liberal arts education from Saint Mary’s University and technical training in music.

Music industry/business track majors take courses from the business department at Saint Mary’s as well as gaining invaluable job experience by completing an internship in the professional world of music business off campus. The university has been offering music business degrees for over 25 years. Off campus music industry internships are available for credit using a wide range of professional venues. Examples of internship sites include The Universal Music Group, in Minneapolis, MN; Warner, Elekra Asylum Records in Barrington, IL; KNXR Studios in Rochester, MN, Schmitt Music in Rochester, MN; Soundstations Studio in LaCrosse, WI, Leithold’s Music in LaCrosse, WI, and the Wenger Music Corp..

Music industry/technology track majors will gain an understanding and working knowledge of basic recording techniques as well as learning how to do live sound. Students in this program will take six music technology courses and labs as well as courses in other areas such as The Physics of Music and computer science. Students also complete a field exploration project utilizing the knowledge and experience gained from their course work or complete an off campus internship. Our music technology program now includes a professional partnership with Soundstation Studios in LaCrosse, WI, owned and operated by Grammy winner Brett Huus.

At St. Ambrose, you will receive high-quality experiences in music within the context of a broad-based liberal arts education. Class sizes are small, which means you will receive personal instruction customized to your particular needs and interests.

All students are encouraged to participate in SAU performance ensembles. All bands, choirs and orchestras are comprised of students from a wide variety of majors from across campus in addition to music majors.

A number of ensembles are active at St. Ambrose, and they are open to all students regardless of major. These groups perform at formal and informal events on campus and throughout the community, giving students performance experience before large, diverse audiences.

Lewis & Clark’s Department of Music provides an exceptional program with a wealth of opportunities for students interested in music. Our faculty of active performers, composers, and musicologists offer their expertise to prepare professionally oriented students for careers in music. They also have the breadth of perspective to help majors and nonmajors integrate music studies into a liberal arts education. With courses and activities designed to deepen understanding and appreciation of music, Lewis & Clark’s music faculty strive to establish music as an integral and perpetually enriching element in the lives of their students.

All Music majors study literature, theory, and musicianship, and take weekly lessons in their performance area. Lewis & Clark’s outstanding ensembles further develop skills in group music-making, and deepen students’ knowledge of repertoire and performance styles. Lewis & Clark is unique in its integration of Western and non-Western musics at the undergraduate level, and has a long history of exceptional programs in musicology, ethnomusicology, composition, performance, and music education.

Bachelor of Science in Music
Conceived within the tradition of a liberal arts education, the Bachelor of Science in Music degree combines a strong music component with a broad menu of elective courses, allowing the student to tailor the program to individual needs and career goals. The program is divided into three components: 1) general education requirements, 2) core music requirements, and 3) electives. Students may choose electives from any combination of music and non-music courses. Elective hours may be used to satisfy requirements for a minor in a non-music field.

A college education — especially a strong liberal arts education — is an important investment in your future. A liberal arts education will prepare you for more than just a job; it will prepare you for the changes and challenges you are likely to encounter throughout your lifetime.

The College is committed to providing generous financial assistance to students whose families are unable to pay the full cost of a college education. This assistance is available to all who qualify and submit all admission, financial aid, and scholarship applications by the deadlines.

In looking at the current freshman class, the average financial aid award totals $27,500, with $22,000 in the form or scholarships and grants from college, federal and state sources.

And not only will we help you secure the financial aid you qualify to receive for your first year of enrollment, but we will also make a significant effort to maintain your financial aid over the four years you are enrolled here. If you submit the renewal applications on time and they show no significant changes, you can expect to receive comparable levels of financial aid each year.

As a testament to our approach to financial aid, the 2009 edition of The Princeton Review’s Best 368 Colleges lists us #12 in the nation in the category “Students Happy With Financial Aid.

Unlike a more specialized conservatory, Lafayette’s Department of Music is flexible and allows all students, regardless of experience or major, to develop their musical interests. Studying music builds technical and analytical skills as well as an appreciation of the historic and creative aspects of the artistic process.

The study and performance of music:
fosters powers of discrimination and critical awareness;
sharpens the faculties of perception, feeling, and understanding; and
develops sensitivity to the depth and subtlety of human expression.

The department is committed to the study of music as an important element of a liberal arts education and offers students-regardless of their major-the opportunity and means to experience music emotionally and intellectually. The department meets this goal by offering a variety of courses in four principal areas: music history and literature, music theory and analysis, performance, and composition.