Music Education

Major

Why This Program & What You'll Learn

Become a music teacher and a skilled performer by pursuing a major in music education. You'll take courses in music performance, theory, history and teaching and have the opportunity to pursue Choral, General Music or Instrumental program tracks. Plus, you’ll gain certification to teach K-12 students — preparing you to share your love for music as soon as you graduate.

Our program has a long history of preparing music educators and a 100 percent placement rate for students seeking teaching positions.

As a student here at CMU, you can share your love of music with other students in the School of Music Residential College, where you'll live with other passionate student musicians and form lasting friendships and professional networks.

Located in a modern 119,000-square-foot facility, you'll also enjoy state-of-the-art resources like our 500-seat concert hall with a 61-rank Casavant organ, 100-seat recital hall, digital audio technology labs, recording facilities and a music resource center.

Our alumni have gone on to teach in elementary and secondary schools, universities and community arts education programs all over the country. Others have pursued competitive graduate programs at places like Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music, the University of Michigan and Arizona State University. From university band directors and professors to administrators in arts management and development, our alumni are leading the way.

Program Highlights

As a music education student here, you'll:

• Join a group of alumni who are frequently recognized by MSBOA as outstanding music educators.
• Our graduates are teaching in K-12 schools across the country as well as working at places like the University of Oklahoma, the Chicago Public Schools Department, the Civic Youth Ensembles with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Towson University and Northwestern University.