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Music
You hardly see anyone on the street or the bus without an iPod or some other way of taking their music with them these days. The need to express ourselves through music means it has been a basic, essential part of virtually all human cultures and civilizations throughout history. |
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Music Programs
Specialization areas include composition, songwriting, performance, theory, conducting, arranging, church music/ worship arts, music education, vocal arts, choir, jazz studies, early music, orchestra, opera, music technology, recording, production, audio engineering, instrument repair, music business. |
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Music School Facts
Some of the recording artists graduates of Pinnacle College (formerly Sound Master Recording Engineer School) have worked with include Elton John, Sting, Britney Spears, Dr. Dre, Celine Dion, Korn, Gwen Stefani, Eminem, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, Aerosmith and many more. |
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Music Majors
Associate degrees have designations that effectively act as "majors", such as the Associate of Applied Science (AAS). Certificate programs do not have majors as such; they carry a designation (for instance a certificate in Audio Engineering) which is much more specific than a general degree title. |
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Music Accreditation
When assessing quality, you can also look at whether a school or program has any memberships in, or endorsements by, discipline-specific professional associations which reflect certain standards of quality, but this is not the same as official accreditation. |
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Music School Rankings
In the US, a whole industry has arisen focused on the ranking of universities and colleges. While there is no specific ranking of undergraduate music schools, national and international organizations such as US News & World Report, The Princeton Review, The Washington Monthly and the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) based in Shanghai, China, regularly publish general rankings designed to identify the "best" graduate and undergraduate schools and programs according to quality and value. |
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Preparing for Music School
Undertake to read and study independently. Studying music is about more than just playing an instrument intuitively: reading up is therefore a good way to develop interests, expand your knowledge and improve your vocabulary and comprehension skills needed for school. |
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Choosing a Music School
Visit the school. Many music schools also have "open days" where high school students are invited to tour the campus for a day. Campus visits allow you to learn things about the institution that might not be obvious from its marketing materials, such as facilities, campus lay-out, transportation and how it feels to be on campus. |
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Applying to Music Schools
Pursuing a degree in music means being willing to expose your talents--even during the application process. In addition to general institute application and document requirements, most direct-entry bachelor's programs request a live or recorded audition. |
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There are many kinds of music and many kinds of academic music programs at the wide array of music schools across the United States. A good way to get started on your quest for information is to use Music Schools in the USA to search and compare university and college programs across the United States--all from one source! Here you can search by program or institution type, and you can use our submission form to 