Program Overview

Bachelor of Music in Music Education

The Bachelor of Music in Music Education prepares students at the University of Illinois Chicago for rewarding careers as culturally responsive music teachers in large urban school districts.

Highlights

• Highly accessible and flexible curriculum.
• Learn how to teach banda, mariachi, and salsa; brass; jazz; percussion; popular music; strings; voice; and woodwinds.
• Take courses in Urban Education; Black Cultural Studies, Latin American Music, Teaching Music to Children; Participatory and Digital Music Practices; and Music Teaching in Ensemble Settings.
• Learn about child development in contemporary society, how to develop multiple language and music literacies, and how to accommodate and evaluate all types of learners.
• Gain practical skills through internships with area music programs and partnerships with teachers in Chicago Public Schools.
• Become an Illinois State licensed music teacher.

Program Details

Music Degrees

• BMUS in Music Education
• BMUS in Performance
• BMUS in Jazz Studies
• BA in Music
• BA in Music Business
• Degree Auditions
• Minor in Music

Music Program Components

• Degree Auditions
• Ensembles
• Ensemble Auditions
• Music Events
• Music Faculty
• Student Handbook
• Youth Programs
  • About
  • Mariachi Festival
  • Honors Band Festival
  • Honors Orchestra Festival
  • Choral Festival
  • Jazz Festival
  • Band & Orchestra Festival
  • Symphonic Band Camp