Undergraduate Catalog | 2024-2025
Department of Music
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The Department of Music is a community of nationally recognized artists, scholars, and pedagogues who are committed to preparing students of diverse backgrounds and interests for healthy, productive, and successful lives as musical advocates and professionals. The faculty leverage their location within both a major research university and a vibrant cultural metropolis to provide intellectual and artistic leadership through excellence in teaching, scholarly and creative activity, and service.
Located in a state-of-the-art teaching and performance facility, the department offers majors and minors intensive professional programs in all wind, string, and percussion instruments, in addition to world-class studies in piano, voice, opera and musical theatre, choral music, and jazz. The department offers numerous opportunities for UNC Charlotte students from all majors in all colleges to participate in bands, choirs, orchestras, and jazz ensembles.
Music students at UNC Charlotte take full advantage of the incomparable experience of studying music in a vibrant cosmopolitan city. As teachers, they gain real-world experience by working alongside many of the finest music educators in the country. As performers, they frequently appear in churches, jazz clubs, and other venues throughout the Charlotte region.
Partnerships with local arts organizations such as the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and Opera Carolina allow our students to take master classes with world-renowned visiting artists, and participate in professional performances. Students even have opportunities to hold jobs and internships with these organizations and others throughout the Charlotte region.
A major in music offers students comprehensive training in composition, education, jazz studies, performance, or liberal arts. Most music graduates move directly into the profession as teachers or performers, while others opt for advanced training in graduate programs or internships with professional organizations. A number of alums have used their undergraduate training as a foundation for other professions, including medicine and law.
UNC Charlotte is a member of the National Association of Schools of Music. The music education program is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and approved by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
Admission Requirements
All students who wish to major or minor in music must audition and complete a series of placement examinations following acceptance (see the “Admissions” link at music.charlotte.edu for details). Each student majoring in music, regardless of degree plan or concentration, is required to take private lessons (Applied Music), perform in an approved primary ensemble, and take Performance Class every semester enrolled.* For specific degree requirements, including those for the Sophomore Review and the appropriate culminating experience(s), please review the Department of Music Student Handbook.
*These requirements are not applicable for music education majors during the semester they are enrolled in Student Teaching.
ProgramsMajors
- Music, B.A.
- Music, Choral/General Music Education Concentration, B.M.
- Music, Composition Concentration, B.M.
- Music, Elective Study in an Outside Field Concentration, B.M.
- Music, Instrumental Performance Concentration, B.M.
- Music, Instrumental/General Music Education Concentration, B.M.
- Music, Jazz Studies Concentration, B.M.
- Music, Vocal Performance Concentration, B.M.
Minors
Undergraduate Certificates
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