Music is a passion. Whether you have a passion for sharing it, creating it, or teaching it, you’ll find support and guidance within Heidelberg’s School of Music and Theatre. Whether you want to teach, perform, create, or inspire, Heidelberg is the place for music. All music majors receive free private lessons, recital opportunities, and the ability to interact with visiting professional musicians. You’ll be mentored by an experienced faculty musician and gain experience by participating in a wide variety of ensembles.
- Demonstrate key concepts of musical styles and performance skills through applied and ensemble study as well as related classes in music skills.
- Identify key concepts of music in an analytical context: melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre/texture, form.
- Discuss the relationship between music history and literature in a variety of performing mediums, styles, and cultures.
- Construct, through exposure to a range of artistic concepts and experiences, an interdisciplinary framework embedding music within a liberal arts curriculum.
Heidelberg offers three degree options in music - a Bachelor of Arts degree (you select an emphasis in either traditional music or popular music), a Bachelor of Music degree (you select either music education or music performance) and a Bachelor of Music in Music Performance degree (train to become a professional performer).
In a world where artists rarely have one passion or career goal, you’ll have the opportunity and flexibility to follow your creative pursuits. Whether pairing with a complimentary major outside of the arts (Computer Science, Psychology, Business) or your interests in many outlets within the arts (Composition, Arts Administration, Entrepreneurship), you’ll be guided – as a student artist – by faculty advisors into the multifaceted career paths that are commonplace in the 21st century.
