Program Recognition
•Offered through the Bower School of Music & the Arts, an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)
Training
•Bachelor of Arts in Music coordinated by Assoc. Prof. Christopher Endrinal; applied study on the student's primary instrument or voice
•Theory, aural skills, piano, and music history core, with a scholarly project culminating in the Senior Capstone in Music (MUS 4920)
•Limited Access Program — selective admission by prescreen and live audition
Performance & Productions
•Ensemble requirement met through Bower School groups including the Symphony Orchestra, Wind Orchestra, and four choirs; large works include Mozart's Requiem and Handel's Messiah
Professional Development
•Liberal-arts structure builds toward music business, arts management, independent teaching, freelance performance, and graduate study in musicology, theory, or composition
Facilities
•196-seat U. Tobe Recital Hall and Marilyn Bower Korest Rehearsal Hall in a 23,000 sq-ft LEED Gold music building
Degree Flexibility
•Lighter major load than the BM leaves room for a double major or minor across FGCU
Value
•Audition-based music scholarships can include tuition, housing, and meal stipends
