B.A./B.S. Music

Degree Prep

Admission audition required. Private lessons strongly recommended. High school band/choir participation (wind/brass/percussion/voice majors only).

Degree Roadmap

For information about the requirements for an undergraduate degree in music, go to: Music B.A. and B.S.

Contact your advisor: music@uidaho.edu

Scholarships

The College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences provides annual scholarship awards totaling approximately $1,600,000. For information on specific scholarships, please email class@uidaho.edu.

You can find general need- and merit-based scholarships on the Financial Aid Office's scholarships page.

Financial Aid

To learn more about FAFSA deadlines and processes, available scholarships, and financial aid program types and eligibility requirements, please visit the University of Idaho Financial Aid Office.

Hands-On Learning

• Teach as an undergraduate teaching assistant in music theory, aural skills, music history, and applied instruction.
• Teach and develop your pedagogy skills through our Preparatory Division, which offers exceptional pre-college music instruction to the community.
• Perform in master classes with renowned musicians, including artists from the Auditorium Chamber Music Series, a series that presents some of the world's finest chamber ensembles on campus.
• Perform with one of our 20-plus large and small ensembles. We produce over 150 concerts per year!
• Participate as a performer, listener, intern or volunteer in the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, a four-day event which draws hundreds of top jazz artists and spectators from around the world to the University of Idaho each year.

Internships

• Disney All-American College Band
• Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
• Dynamix Academy of Music and Dance (Shanghai)
• Interlochen Center for the Arts
• School of Music Internships include arts management, choral administration, jazz festival audio technician, jazz festival site management and production management.