Program Recognition
•School of Music accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM member since 1938)
•Florida's first collegiate music school, founded 1936
•6:1 student-faculty ratio; roughly 200 music majors and minors
Training
•Mirrors the performance-degree music core but adds 20 credits in a single outside field — e.g. Psychology, Religious Studies, Finance, or Communication & Media Studies
•Applied lessons taught by faculty artist-teachers, not graduate students
•A faculty advisor and the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs help structure the outside-field plan
Performance & Productions
•Perform in the symphony orchestra, band, choirs, opera, jazz, and chamber ensembles
•75+ public concerts each year, plus required solo recitals and juries
Facilities
•Lee Chapel, a 787-seat venue in historic Elizabeth Hall, serves as the principal concert space
•Feasel Rehearsal Hall in McMahan Hall, acoustically treated and home to a Bösendorfer Imperial Grand piano
Degree Flexibility
•Built for students who want conservatory-level music study alongside a second academic discipline without a full double major
