Program Recognition
•Bullet: The General Music Studies profile sits within ESU’s BA Music degree, a broad-based liberal-arts major for students combining music with another field.
Training
•Bullet: Students complete 38 hours of core and applied music study while working one-on-one with music faculty through free private lessons.
•Bullet: Applied study remains open to vocal and instrumental areas, and the department offers small classes plus access to band, choir, orchestra, jazz, and chamber music.
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Solo recitals, chamber ensembles, and large ensembles let BA students perform alongside music majors and non-majors across the School of Visual + Performing Arts.
•Bullet: Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, Chamber Choir, and other ensembles create recurring performance communities beyond the classroom.
Degree Flexibility
•Bullet: The degree adds a 12-hour Second Field that may be in music or another academic area, making the profile well suited to double majors and individualized combinations.
•Bullet: The program supports continued study in performance, studio instruction, community music, or related graduate work.
