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Bachelor of Arts

Overview

Become a skillful, well-versed musician with a Bachelor of Arts in Music at CSP. You’ll build the necessary musical skills, both composition and performance, to have a career as a professional musician in any number of settings.

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Program Length

48 Credits

Location

On Campus

The Music BA at CSP empowers musicians to strive toward concentrated degrees depending on their instrumental and musical interests. Degree tracks include performance, music theory and composition, and music history.

Students who complete the program will be prepared for graduate work in music and employment in musical roles as performers, composers, and private teachers.

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Career Paths

Music Director/Composer $ 62,940
Music College Professor $ 77,280
Musician/Singer $ 81,411

Program Details

Hone your craft and dive deep into your desired musical concentration at CSP. With specialized tracks available, the program enables you to focus on your preferred career path and be supported the whole way.

Students in the Music program find new inspiration and amplify their creativity, analytical, research, and writing skills while studying music performance, programming, analysis, composition, history, literature, education, and worship music. This all-encompassing approach helps create significant expressions through music.

Your senior presentation engages all of the skills you’ve mastered in the program as you’ll plan, promote, and present a recital of your work. That experience, paired with a relevant internship, ensures that you’re well-equipped for the real world.

The major prepares students for graduate work in music or other fields and employment as entry-level music performers, composers, and private teachers.

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Our world-class faculty use their decades of experience to nurture your success from the first day of class all the way to graduation— and beyond.