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What degrees do we offer?

Instruction in performance leading to the Bachelor of Music in Music with a concentration in Performance is provided for the following areas: Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba, and Euphonium (Brass Instruments); Piano, Harpsichord, and Organ (Keyboard Instruments); Percussion; Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Bass, Guitar, and Harp (String Instruments), Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Saxophone, and Bassoon (Woodwind Instruments); Voice.

For required courses and recommended timeline for degree completion, visit the academic catalog for Bachelor of Music in Performance.

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For degree plans and required courses, view the Master of Music in Performance sample degree plan. 

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For degree plans and required courses, view the Accelerated MM-to-DMA in Performance sample degree plan. 

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For degree plans and required courses, view the Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance sample degree plan. 

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For degree plans and required courses, view the Artist Diploma in Performance sample degree plan. 

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Current Student & Alumni Success 

  • Shannon Jongema (MM/DMA in progress)  played Madame Silberklang in “Die Schauspieldirektor” and Sour Dolcina in “Sour Angelica” Varna International, and was awarded First Place Voice at Beethoven Club Young Artist Competition 2023.
  • Cayce Murphy (MM '24) Young Artist Accademia Vocale Lorenzo Malfatti in Lucca Italy.
  • Judy Morehouse Shelton (DMA '23) Named Director of the Musical Theater Department and Vocal Coordinator at East Texas Baptist University
  • Brianna Reilly (MM '20/DMA- ABD '23) Apprentice Artist with Opera San Antonio, The Abbess in “Sour Angelica” SAS Performing Arts New York.
  • Isabel Celata (MM ‘21) received first place at the Beethoven Club Young Artist Competition in 2021.
  • Shannon Lowe Redburn (DMA ‘21) performed with Opera Memphis for “30 Days of Opera” in 2019 and 2021.
  • Alyce Tarver (DMA ‘21) Galatea in Donizetti’s “Pigmalione” with Opera Memphis.
  • Sarah Brickeen (MM '21) National Semi-Finalist Student Division Camille Coloratura Awards.
  • Makenna Amundson (BM Choral Music Ed '21)  Appointed Choir Director at White Station Middle School Memphis TN. 
  • Emma Halpin (BME ‘20) Founder of the Music Garden Music Academy. A studio for private music lessons in voice, violin, and piano serving the Memphis area.
  • Nancy Carey (DMA ‘19)  is currently an Assistant Professor of Voice and Theory at University of Louisiana Monroe.
  • Kathleen Elbert Clyborne (MM '19)  Young Artist at International Baroque Academy Germany.
  • Marissa Howard (MM ‘19) received 1st place in the Beethoven Club Young Artist Competition.
  • TJ Turner (DMA In progress) was appointed to an adjunct teaching position at Coahoma Community College in Clarksdale, MS.
  • Bradley Sowell (DMA In progress) was appointed to an adjunct teaching job at Rhodes University in Memphis, TN.
  • Desiree Howe (MM '20, DMA In progress) received the Encouragement Award Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
  • Judith Morehouse (DMA In progress) is now an Instructor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at Columbia State Community College in Columbia, Tennessee.

 

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