Majors and Minors

Music majors have an opportunity to study music and liberal arts with an optional minor, available in most academic areas of the university, or as a dual degree program with a major in another field. Students can also select the Kent Campus Jazz Studies concentration or the Stark Campus-only concentration in Contemporary Popular Music. Although not as music intensive as the Bachelor of Music degree programs, this degree includes study on a main instrument and ensemble participation throughout the program.

Explore the B.A. in the University Catalog

This professional degree provides intensive specialization in one of the following areas: music composition, music education, and instrumental, piano or vocal performance. The primary emphasis is on the development of the skills, concepts and sensitivity essential for those wishing to pursue music as a profession.

Instrumental Performance Concentration

This degree is available on the  following instruments:

• Strings: violin, viola, cello, double bass

• Woodwinds: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone

• Brass: trumpet, horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba

• Percussion

The instrumental concentration leads to a professional degree and includes intensive specialization in instrumental performance. Students will be prepared for graduate music study, providing private instruction, and the ability to perform as a soloist, in chamber music and in large ensembles.

Composition Concentration

This degree program leads to a professional degree and includes intensive specialization in music composition. Students will be prepared for graduate music study, providing private instruction, and the ability to compose and use technology in a variety of musical styles

Piano Performance Concentration

This program leads to a professional degree and includes intensive specialization in piano performance. Students who complete this concentration will be prepared for graduate music study, providing private instruction, and the ability to perform as a soloist, as an accompanist, in chamber music and in large ensembles.

Voice Performance Concentration

The program leads to a professional degree and includes intensive specialization in voice performance. Students who complete this concentration will be prepared for graduate music study, providing private instruction, and the ability to perform as a soloist, in opera, in chamber music and in large ensembles.

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AVAILABLE ONLY AT THE KENT STATE UNIVERSITY STARK CAMPUS.

This degree concentrates on courses in music production and audio recording using industry-standard technology. Students take classes and work in five on-campus recording and music production facilities, as well as at Kopperhead recording studio in North Canton. The development of strong musicianship is also an important aspect of the curriculum. Students are required to study instrumental or vocal performance, music theory, and music history, including world music, to provide a well-rounded education in preparation for successful careers in the music industry.

The program is enhanced by educational partnerships with leading music software companies including McDSP, maker of professional grade audio plug-ins, and Rational Acoustics, maker of the industry-standard Smaart® software for real-time sound measurement in acoustic applications.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MUSIC TECHNOLOGY, PLEASE CONTACT:

Cindy Deng
Admissions Counselor
cdeng@kent.edu | 330-244-3238

Explore the B.S. in the University Catalog