Bachelor of Music in Performance, Strings
Application Deadline for Fall 2025 - December 1, 2024
Designed for students who wish to pursue a career in performance (including orchestral playing) or teaching. Those who wish to teach in elementary or secondary schools should pursue a curriculum within the Department of Music Education. Applicants should have several years of study on their primary instrument. Experience in orchestral and chamber music is recommended.
Curriculum
The Bachelor of Music in Performance: Strings requires a minimum of 120 credits: coursework is 75% within SMTD and 25% within the liberal arts. SMTD coursework to include:
- Private lessons
- Music Theory
- Musicology
- Ensemble participation
- Piano
Silent Advisor
Degree requirements and term-by-term layout for current students.
Faculty
Richard Aaron
Danielle Belen
Aaron Berofsky
Eric Chin
Caroline Coade
Christian Colberg
Amir Eldan
David Halen
Joan Holland
Fabiola Kim
Pei-Ling Lin
Joseph Maile
Jeremiah Shaw
Nicholas Walker
Performance Opportunities
From large ensembles in celebrated concert halls to chamber groups in intimate recital spaces, performance opportunities across all disciplines abound, with nearly 900 student performances each academic year. Whether your focus is on early, classical, or contemporary music, whether your passion is for jazz, electronic, or world music, there is an ensemble—or in many cases, multiple ensembles—to suit your interests.
Orchestras
SMTD orchestras offer numerous concerts each season, performing notable works in the symphonic repertoire as well as abundant newly commissioned works.
Chamber Music
The thriving chamber music scene at SMTD offers students nearly limitless options to perform, innovate, and collaborate in small, self-driven, and diverse ensembles.
Early Music Ensembles
Students interested in historically oriented performance have opportunities to explore music from across the centuries, performed on authentic period instruments and high-quality replicas.
Solo & Studio Recitals
Across all disciplines, students perform and study with their peers in studio classes and perform for the public in solo student recitals and studio recitals.
Jazz Ensembles
With large and small jazz ensembles exploring a range of styles, SMTD offers abundant opportunities for students – music majors and non-majors alike – to perform.