Program Recognition
•Bullet: The BM in Instrumental Music Education requires at least 130 credits.
•Bullet: Its published plan combines 40 hours of performance with 25–26 non-SMTD credits.
Training
•Bullet: Students continue private lessons on a principal instrument.
•Bullet: Music education, theory, musicology, ensemble participation, piano, and conducting form the degree sequence.
•Bullet: The Artistic Profile includes a music-education video interview and the current requirements for the selected principal instrument.
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Ensemble participation is integrated with applied instrumental study.
•Bullet: Final audition appointments follow the department schedule for the applicant’s principal instrument.
Professional Development
•Bullet: Student teaching anchors the field-based portion of the curriculum.
•Bullet: The degree page identifies Carlos Xavier Rodriguez among the Music Education faculty alongside the department’s shared education faculty.
Degree Flexibility
•Bullet: Principal-instrument study and the larger non-SMTD credit component distinguish this route from Choral Music Education.
