Program Recognition
•Popular Music Performance and Enterprise BA is offered by AU's Department of Performing Arts
•New performance-centered degree for students interested in popular music and today's music industry
•Designed to combine music performance with audio technology, business, recording, marketing, and project leadership
Training
•Core of the degree is music performance, either vocal or instrumental
•Required private instrumental or vocal study plus six semesters of approved performance ensembles
•Curriculum includes music theory, music history, audio production and technology, entertainment industry coursework, and popular music enterprise
Professional Development
•Culminates with a final project, recording, or performance
•Students can tailor upper-level concentration electives to their interests
•Degree supports paths such as performing artist, audio engineer, music industry professional, and creative leader
Degree Flexibility
•Designed to pair with a double major such as the BS in Business and Entertainment
•AU describes only a handful of US universities as offering performance-centered degrees like this
