Music Degree

Program Overview

The Music program provides unique and comprehensive courses and degree plans for students who wish to develop expertise in music.  

Highlights of the Music Major

• The Music Department offers high-quality programs in music leading to the degrees Bachelor of Arts in Music, Bachelor of Science in Music. 
• Our Music Majors provide instruction in in vocal performance, instrumental performance, music education, composition, conducting, jazz studies, piano pedagogy, and musical theater. 
• Our highly qualified Music Department faculty provide expert instruction in the areas of voice, brass, woodwinds, percussion, strings, guitar, piano, organ, jazz studies, and composition. 
• The Music Department is a fully accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM).
• Numerous scholarship are available to students in the Music program.
• Outstanding facilities include William Abbott Concert Hall, the Digital Creativity Media Lab, and high-quality instructional rehearsal rooms, classrooms, laboratories and studios.
• Performance opportunities abound for music majors, minors, non-majors, and community members, including concerts, workshops, masterclasses, student recitals, and other events. 
• Numerous on-campus concerts throughout the year, many ensembles tour locally or internationally.

Skills and Learning Outcomes

As a student in this program, you will learn to:

• Contribute to the culture of the university and the region by actively performing music.
• Demonstrate an understanding of styles and structures of music and apply this knowledge through performance.
• Develop and demonstrate the ability to compose musical ideas.

Career Opportunities

Students who graduate from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls with a Music degree have a great variety of professional fields open to them. 

Music

• Composer (arranger, copyist, orchestrator)
• Conductor
• Music Director (religious institution)
• Music Educator (elementary, secondary, and post-secondary)
• Music Librarian 
• Music Researcher
• Performer-Professional Musician
• Studio-Individual Teacher

Music Industry

• Arts Administrator
• Instrument Repair
• Manager-Booking Agent
• Manufacturer-Importer-Wholesaler (instruments, accessories, electronics, recordings, software)
• Promotions-Marketing
• Music Dealer (management, sales)
• Music Software Programmer
• Newspaper Critic-Reporter
• Publisher-Editor
• Tuner-Technician

Television and Radio Industry

• Copyright-Clearance Administrator
• Disc Jockey-Video Jockey
• Music License Administrator
• Music Editor-Producer-Composer
• Post-Production Scoring
• Program Director
• Promotions-Marketing
• Sound Mixer

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