Training
•Bullet: Christopher Johnson, Professor of Music Education and Interim Dean of the School of Music, leads a Music Education & Music Therapy division offering degrees at "baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral levels, with graduate licensure and master's equivalency programs also available"
•Bullet: Coursework emphasizes band, strings, choral, and general music education, preparing graduates for "elementary and secondary music classroom instruction, ensemble direction, applied studio instruction, and advanced scholarship"
•Bullet: Bachelor of Music in Education — a professional BM concentration in KU's NASM-accredited School of Music; a live audition is required for admission and for scholarship consideration
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Music education majors study within an applied-area studio (voice, piano, strings, woodwinds, brass/percussion, or jazz) alongside performance-track peers and perform in KU's large ensembles, including the KU Wind Ensemble, KU Symphony Orchestra, and KU Chamber Choir
Facilities
•Bullet: Murphy Hall houses Swarthout Recital Hall, the Gorton Music Library, the Robert Baustian Theatre, and the McCurdy Jazz Studio; large ensembles perform at the 2,020-seat Lied Center of Kansas
