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The School of Music is the artistic hub of all things music at Lipscomb University. A cornerstone of the College of Entertainment & the Arts, the school represents the intersection of robust musical tradition and current innovation.

Join students coming from around the world to find their place in Music City. You will experience the rich culture that is Nashville: concerts at the Ryman Auditorium and the Schemerhorn Symphony Center, big names headlining at the Gaylord Arena and Nashville’s top songwriters at the Bluebird Cafe, world-class opera and a stellar Broadway series.

You will join a community of creative learners who will guide and support you as you develop your own unique talents. Our welcoming, gifted faculty will mentor and challenge you with a forward-thinking musical education that is Nashville-centric and globally informed. We can prepare you to succeed as a concert pianist, session musician, choral director, recording artist, conductor, composer, teacher, producer—and we can help you find the place where you will be prepared to faithfully impact community, nation, and world for the cultural good of all.

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Contemporary

Contemporary Music Studies

Join students coming from all across America and overseas for our newest program, an only-in-Nashville opportunity to study contemporary, popular music with Grammy-award-winning producer Charlie Peacock. You will join Professor Peacock for courses in business, production, songwriting, performance and improvisation, and he will guide you as you develop your own entrepreneurial strengths. You will make music actively and study music intensively, with opportunities for private study that range from classical technique to commercial styles on drum kit, guitar, electric bass and keyboards. You will gain a solid grasp of music fundamentals, which you may then apply to charting songs using the Nashville number system, reading jazz standards from lead sheets, or studying background instrumental parts from an orchestral score.

Education

Music Education Degrees: Choral, Instrumental, or Elementary

Our music education degrees are Bachelor of Music programs that include a rigorous professional music core as well as training in professional education from our top-ranked College of Education. Our program directors are committed to providing you with observation and practicum opportunities throughout the program, and as a developing educator you will have hands-on experience teaching and conducting major ensembles. The Bachelor of Music in Music Education prepares and certifies students to teach in elementary, middle, or high schools. Perhaps you have been inspired by great school music experiences; this degree will prepare you to become part of the next generation of inspirational choral conductors, band directors, orchestra leaders, and classroom teachers.

Professional

Professional Degrees: Music Performance and Composition

You may choose to pursue a professional performance degree (the Bachelor of Music) in classical voice, piano, guitar or any orchestral instrument. You may also study formal composition as a professional track. You may choose, like many performance majors, to enter a competitive graduate program as an approach to parallel careers in college teaching and performing. You might instead prefer to play as a freelance performer in a large city, or to manage your own teaching studio. Like others, you may find a niche in a related field, such as instrument building, arts marketing or management, technology consulting, or writing and publishing. Intensive preparation in your performance area will prepare you for a deep and comprehensive understanding not only of music performance, but of the many important issues and fields related to it.

Liberal Arts Degrees: Music for Integrated Study

You may want to continue to study and perform music and advance your instrumental or vocal skills. However, you may choose a career path where music will be an enrichment component, or only one important area of expertise. The Bachelor of Arts degree in music can have the emphasis of your choice (performance, composition, contemporary music), but includes significant hours for elective study. These electives may or may not be concentrated into an area with a specific career focus. You might, for example, combine a bachelor of arts in contemporary music with a secondary area in English as preparation for copyright law. Or, you might pair a composition degree with work in the film studies program to pursue an interest in film scoring. The Bachelor of Arts degree welcomes your talent and your spirit of entrepreneurship!

Our alternate liberal arts degree is the Bachelor of Science in music. You may be aware of Lipscomb University’s strong reputation in the sciences and the long history of preparing students for graduate programs in the health professions. Our Bachelor of Science degree invites you to enter the rigorous study you will find in the Natural and Applied Sciences while continuing a pursuit of excellence in vocal, instrumental, or composition studies.

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