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What degrees do we offer?

Bachelor of Music in Performance

Instruction in performance leading to the Bachelor of Music in Music with a concentration in Performance is provided for the following areas: Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba, and Euphonium (Brass Instruments); Piano, Harpsichord, and Organ (Keyboard Instruments); Percussion; Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Bass, Guitar, and Harp (String Instruments), Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Saxophone, and Bassoon (Woodwind Instruments); Voice.

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Master of Music in Performance

For degree plans and required courses, view the Master of Music in Performance sample degree plan.

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For degree plans and required courses, view the Accelerated MM-to-DMA in Performance sample degree plan.

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For degree plans and required courses, view the Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance sample degree plan.

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For degree plans and required courses, view the Artist Diploma in Performance sample degree plan.

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Student + Alumni Success

James Land (DMA 鈥�19) was appointed Assistant Professor of Tuba at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois.
In 2021, Geoff Durbin (DMA 鈥�16) joined the U.S. Navy Fleet Band for trombone and euphonium.
Matt Visconti (DMA 鈥�15) was named Athletic Band Director at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island in 2021.
In 2020, Nairam Sim玫es (BM 鈥�12) was appointed Assistant Professor of Trumpet at Arkansas State University.
Travis Roberson (MM '19, AD '20) was a semifinalist for the International Tuba Euphonium Conference Jazz Artist Competition in March 2019.
Adam Byars (MM 鈥�17) became a US Navy trombonist in 2017.
In 2018, Kevin McKenzie (BM 鈥�15) won the U.S. Army Band鈥檚 Tuba-Euphonium Composition Competition with his piece 鈥淲hirlwind,鈥� that he wrote as a student at the University of 蜜桃导航.
Jim Albrecht (DMA 鈥�12) is an Assistant Professor of the University of Nevada, Reno and is principal trombonist of the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra.
Adam Byars (MM 鈥�17) became a US Navy trombonist in 2017.
Marty Bishop (BM 鈥�07) is a Staff Sergeant in the U.S Army Ceremonial Band for trumpet.