Program Recognition
•The BM in Choral Music Education requires at least 130 credits.
•The published plan includes 40 hours of performance and at least 18 non-SMTD credits.
Training
•Private study is specifically in voice or piano.
•Music education, theory, musicology, ensemble participation, piano, and conducting support the choral teaching sequence.
•Applicants submit the required music-education video interview in addition to their applied-area materials.
Performance & Productions
•Choral applicants follow the current voice or piano principal requirements for prescreening and faculty review.
•Applied study and ensemble participation continue alongside pedagogy coursework.
Professional Development
•Student teaching is an explicit degree requirement.
•Music Education faculty listed by SMTD include Colleen M. Conway, Kate Fitzpatrick, Michael Hopkins, and Marie McCarthy.
Degree Flexibility
•The combination of voice-or-piano study and choral pedagogy distinguishes this route from Instrumental Music Education.
