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Bethany Lutheran College

Mankato, MN

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Church Music

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Coursework builds on Bethany's own Lutheran musical heritage through Hymnody and Liturgics, Survey of Organ History and Literature, Service Playing and Repertoire, and Choral Conducting, preparing students for parish music leadership

Students complete two credits of applied music in a secondary medium alongside their primary instrument or voice study, broadening the skill set church musicians need

Facilities

Service-playing and organ study use Trinity Chapel's Dobson 20-stop pipe organ — installed in 1979, featured on Minnesota Public Radio, and used for professional recordings — plus the smaller 4-stop Dobson portative organ for choral accompaniment and additional Casavant and Moller organs in the Ylvisaker Fine Arts Center

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Snapshot

Avg GPA (W)

3.45

Admit rate

39%

school-wide

Grad rate

57%

Enrollment

669

Earnings

$46K

10yr after

Costs & aid

Tuition & fees

$34,090

Before aid

Cost of attendance

$46,890

Before aid

Average net price

$20,148

After aid

Tuition Fees · blc.edu College Scorecard

Program info updated Aug 30, 10:27 PM

Program Highlights

Training

Students complete two credits of applied music in a secondary medium alongside their primary instrument or voice study, broadening the skill set church musicians need

Facilities

Program Highlights

Training

Students complete two credits of applied music in a secondary medium alongside their primary instrument or voice study, broadening the skill set church musicians need

Facilities

Key Info

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Deadline

Premier Decision DeadlineNov 25, 2026

Standard Application DeadlineJul 31, 2027

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Admission Pathway

No separate Music-major admission audition or interview is published

Students enter the Music major after the third semester by earning at least a 2.8 GPA in first- and second-year music coursework and completing three semesters of ensemble and applied-music study

Transfer Pathway

An Associate of Arts degree satisfies Bethany's general-education requirements except religion; the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum may satisfy up to 90% of general education. BA Music transfer students can then focus on remaining major requirements.

Transfer Students · blc.edu

Scholarship Info

Music Talent Scholarships

Bethany offers three music talent scholarships — Music, Jenson Memorial, and Private Lesson — open to music majors and non-majors across the college's eight ensembles

Jenson Memorial is for advanced music students, with priority given to those interested in church music; Private Lesson covers the majority of lesson fees for piano, organ, voice, string, woodwind, brass, and percussion

The talent scholarship priority application deadline is November 25, with the application closing January 31

The current scholarship page does not publish dollar amounts or an audition requirement for these music awards

School info

Snapshot

Avg GPA (W)

3.45

Admit rate

39%

school-wide

Grad rate

57%

Enrollment

669

Earnings

$46K

10yr after

Costs & aid

Tuition & fees

$34,090

Before aid

Cost of attendance

$46,890

Before aid

Average net price

$20,148

After aid

Tuition Fees · blc.edu College Scorecard

Training

Students complete two credits of applied music in a secondary medium alongside their primary instrument or voice study, broadening the skill set church musicians need

Facilities

Updated Aug 30, 10:27 PM

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