BMA in Performance: Strings University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

The department’s esteemed faculty champions an individualized approach to help each student fulfill their highest artistic and intellectual potential. A variety of graduate and undergraduate degree programs allow string players to choose a path best suited for their unique individual academic and musical goals, through private instruction, ensemble coaching, musicianship classes, and entrepreneurial training.

Designed for students who want the flexibility to pursue more coursework within the liberal arts in addition to an education in music. This is an interdisciplinary degree with a larger commitment to liberal arts.

Curriculum

The Bachelor of Musical Arts in Performance: Strings requires a minimum of 120 credits: coursework is approximately 50% within SMTD and 50% within the liberal arts. The liberal arts coursework can be tailored to a student’s specific interests.

Students will elect either a performance or multidisciplinary track. SMTD coursework to include:

PERFORMANCE TRACK

Private lessons
Music Theory
Musicology
Ensemble participation: at least two terms of band, orchestra, or choir; two additional terms of any ensemble
Piano

MULTIDISCIPLINARY TRACK

Private lessons
Music Theory
Musicology
Ensemble participation: four terms of at least two different ensembles
Piano
Performing Arts Technology