Program Recognition
•Bullet: Bradley University is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)
•Bullet: Leads to a K-12 special license to teach all aspects of music in grades K-12
Training
•Bullet: Applied lessons on the principal instrument or voice each semester
•Bullet: Conducting, methods, and ensemble-technique coursework across the curriculum
•Bullet: Full semester of student teaching in K-12 music classrooms
•Bullet: Instrumental educators take MUS 323 Marching Band Techniques and MUS 401 Orchestration.
•Bullet: Their methods sequence separately covers brass, strings, percussion, and woodwinds before K–12 student teaching.
Facilities
•Bullet: 15 student ensembles including bands, choirs, and orchestra for teaching experience
•Bullet: Advisors in both the Department of Music and the Department of Education