Overview

The 4-year Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Music is an undergraduate degree with flexible requirements that gives students the opportunity to pursue a second major, minor, or certificate through significant elective credits, in addition to applied training, ensemble participation, and comprehensive instruction in music theory and music history. Bachelor of Arts majors also complete the university’s core curriculum. 

A strong sense of community is built through weekly studio classes, which provide solo performance opportunities and a forum to discuss topics such as orchestral and operatic excerpts, performance anxiety, teaching strategies, effective practicing, and audience engagement.

Students also benefit from an active artist-in-residence program, with recent master classes by Chicago Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Robert Chen, Grammy-nominated flutist Brandon Patrick George, and tenor Rafael Davila, a Butler School alumnus and regular performer with the Metropolitan Opera.

The UT Symphony Orchestra holds an annual Concerto Competition: brass, wind and percussion; string; and piano students can compete to play as a concerto soloist with the orchestra in one of the season’s concerts.

Visit our studio sites to learn more about pursuing the BA in Music at the Butler School, along with application requirements.

Studio Sites