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Audition format
In-Person or Virtual
Program profile
Transfer In FriendlyK-12Teacher Cert
Program Recognition
•Bullet: Centenary lists the BA in Vocal Music Education as a K-12 certification pathway through the Department of Education and Hurley School of Music.
Training
•Bullet: Students combine education coursework, vocal diction, music theory, music history, conducting, voice lessons, and choral ensemble study.
Professional Preparation
•Bullet: The program prepares students to teach in elementary and secondary schools and related education careers.
•Bullet: Centenary lists the BA in Vocal Music Education as a K-12 certification pathway through the Department of Education and Hurley School of Music.
Training
•Bullet: Students combine education coursework, vocal diction, music theory, music history, conducting, voice lessons, and choral ensemble study.
Professional Preparation
•Bullet: The program prepares students to teach in elementary and secondary schools and related education careers.
Program Highlights
Program Recognition
•Bullet: Centenary lists the BA in Vocal Music Education as a K-12 certification pathway through the Department of Education and Hurley School of Music.
Training
•Bullet: Students combine education coursework, vocal diction, music theory, music history, conducting, voice lessons, and choral ensemble study.
Professional Preparation
•Bullet: The program prepares students to teach in elementary and secondary schools and related education careers.
The school's own essays for Fall 2027 entry aren't confirmed yet. Check its application before you write.
Common App personal essay
250–650 words · Choose 1 of 7 prompts · Written once for all your Common App schools
Background, identity, interest, or talent: Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.
Facing adversity: The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?
Challenging an idea: Reflect on a time when you questioned or challenged a belief or idea. What prompted your thinking? What was the outcome?
Gratitude: Reflect on something that someone has done for you that has made you happy or thankful in a surprising way. How has this gratitude affected or motivated you?
Personal growth: Discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization that sparked a period of personal growth and a new understanding of yourself or others.
Intellectual curiosity: Describe a topic, idea, or concept you find so engaging that it makes you lose all track of time. Why does it captivate you? What or who do you turn to when you want to learn more?
Topic of your choice: Share an essay on any topic of your choice. It can be one you've already written, one that responds to a different prompt, or one of your own design.
The Common App enforces the length inside the application.
•Bullet: Apply to Centenary College via Common App or the Centenary application.
•Bullet: Complete the Hurley School of Music audition; both the college application and music audition are required for music major consideration.
•Bullet: No separate audition portal was found; auditions are scheduled directly with the School of Music.
Admission Pathway
•Bullet: Rolling admission decisions are released once the application file and audition are complete.
•Bullet: Applicants who complete the audition before January 15 receive priority scholarship consideration.
Transfer Pathway
BA Vocal Music Education transfer students can use Centenary's published BPCC articulation: an AA in Fine Arts transfers toward the total hours required for graduation, with music and teacher-preparation coursework evaluated against this degree.
•Bullet: Centenary lists the BA in Vocal Music Education as a K-12 certification pathway through the Department of Education and Hurley School of Music.
Training
•Bullet: Students combine education coursework, vocal diction, music theory, music history, conducting, voice lessons, and choral ensemble study.
Professional Preparation
•Bullet: The program prepares students to teach in elementary and secondary schools and related education careers.
