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The Bachelor of Arts in Music (BA) is recommended for you if you are interested in general studies in music and you are planning to pursue graduate studies in music history, literature or composition. As with all EWU music degrees, you are required to pass an entrance audition to be accepted as a music major and pass the piano proficiency exam and upper-level juries to complete your degree.

Curriculum & Requirements

Music Major, Bachelor of Arts (BA)

This is a program designed for the study of music within a creative liberal arts curriculum and allows students to choose a wide variety of music courses to suit their strengths and passion. Students may focus on areas such as Music History, Music Theory, Performance, Pedagogy, Collaborative Performance, Music Composition or Music Industry, or a combination of interests. Students are prepared for careers in studio teaching, accompanying, orchestral and ensemble performance, music business, music technology, and graduate school. Students must perform an audition on their primary instrument/voice to be admitted into the program.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students who earn a BA in Music from EWU should be able to:

perform music in public on the primary instrument in a manner consistent with professional expectations through successful completion of juries, recitals, and ensemble concerts;

demonstrate advanced competency in music theory through score analysis and compositional exercises;

demonstrate advanced music aural skills through dictation and sight singing exercises;

demonstrate advanced historical knowledge of music through writing research reports and exams;

demonstrate fundamental music keyboard skills through successful completion of a piano proficiency exam;

demonstrate basic skills in music conducting through successful completion of practical conducting assignments.