The Music unit offers a professional baccalaureate degree – the Bachelor of Science in Education, Music Education – which leads to licensure in Pennsylvania for teaching K-12 instrumental and vocal music.

This degree program offers one of the nation’s most comprehensive and integrated Music Education programs of study. With the field of music education changing so rapidly, our world-class faculty, creative environment, future-forward curriculum, and state-of-the-art facilities allow for a truly unique education. Students are given the opportunity to gain real-world experience through professional venues, field experiences, and internship opportunities, including Music for Everyone and Lancaster International Piano Festival. With two Visual & Performing Arts Centers, three performance halls, a professional recording studio, and a one-of-a-kind Yamaha Digital Piano Lab that hosts the latest music technology software, including ProTools and Logic, the options are truly endless. Graduates receive a Bachelor of Science in Music Education.  

Students in the Music Education program are expected to complete a range of courses, including musical analysis, class piano, music history, conducting, and a range of strings, voice, woodwinds, percussion, and brass music classes. These project-based classes blend standard learning with hands-on experiences in and out of the classroom and focus on commercial music and arts administration studies. Students are given the opportunity to pass out of classes coinciding with their vocal/instrumental major, decreasing the required number of program credits. In addition, individuals are also expected to complete seven semesters of ensembles of their choice.