Areas of Study
The Department of Music offers one general and five professional undergraduate programs leading to baccalaureate degrees in music. The general program (BA) provides a liberal arts education with music as the major subject. The four professional undergraduate programs (BMus) emphasize the development of proficiency in the major area: music education, performance, history & literature and composition.
Information about each degree can be found under Advising.
Music Performance:
Ensemble Opportunities
Included with the above areas of study, the Department of Music offers many diverse performance and educational opportunities for both majors and non-majors.
Large Ensembles
University Symphony Orchestra
Wind Symphony
Symphonic Band
Jazz Ensembles
Viking Band
Concert Choir
Men's and Women's University Choir
Western Voices
Opera & Musical Theater
Chamber Ensembles
These small ensembles ranging from string quartets to wind/brass quintets to flute and brass choirs perform in quarterly concerts and receive weekly coaching from the applied faculty.