Program Overview

The School of Music is one of three schools within the College of Communication, Fine Arts, and Media. It is located in the newly renovated Janet A. and Willis S. Strauss Performing Arts Center, which is nestled near the focal point of the campus, a campanile that houses a carillon of forty-seven bells. The complex itself boasts a tunable 420 seat concert hall and 100 seat recital hall, impressive acoustic isolation, recording studio, and well-equipped classrooms and rehearsal spaces. The center serves as a nexus of musical activity not only for the university, but for the city of Omaha as well.

The School of Music has a faculty of 45 full and part time members and is a fully accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM). Degrees offered include the Bachelor of Music degree in performance, the Bachelor of Music with K-12 certification and the Bachelor of Arts in Music degree with concentrations in music studies, jazz studies, music technology, and entrepreneurial studies in music.