Music Degree

Program Overview

The Music program provides unique and comprehensive courses and degree plans for students who wish to develop expertise in music, including: education, history, theory and performance.

Highlights of the Music Major

• Music areas of emphasis include: composition, conducting, jazz studies, music business, performance (instrumental and vocal) and piano pedagogy.
  
  
• Music auditions are required for new students.
  
  
• Scholarship are available to students in the Music program.
  
  
• Outstanding facilities include high-quality performance spaces.
  
  
• 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.

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