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The School of Music and Dance stands as the leading music higher education institution in the Pacific Northwest. Boasting the most extensive full-time, resident music faculty on the West Coast north of Los Angeles, our distinguished professors regularly perform and conduct research across local, national, and international platforms, offering students direct insight into professional artistic and academic careers.
Our curriculum encompasses music education, performance, pedagogy, composition, conducting, jazz studies, music theory, musicology, ethnomusicology, music history and literature, music technology, and liberal arts music studies.
Aspiring musicians seeking conservatory-style training can pursue the bachelor of music (BMus) degree or a music major with concentrations in music history and literature, music theory, or music technology. For those desiring a wider liberal arts foundation with a music focus, the bachelor of arts (BA) and bachelor of science (BS) degrees offer general music or popular music studies concentrations. The general music concentration requires about two years of music coursework without audition or portfolio prerequisites.