Bachelor of Music in Music & Technology
Application Deadline for Fall 2025 - December 1, 2024
This degree program is designed for students with experience and interest in producing music with technology who also wish to continue studying traditional music performance (classical or jazz) on an acoustic instrument or voice at the college level. The Bachelor of Music in Music & Technology prepares students for careers involving the creative use of music technology—performance, production, recording, composition, studio and live sound engineering, and music and sound for film, television or video games. Applicants must participate in a live or recorded audition on their instrument or voice in addition to submitting the PAT Portfolio.
Curriculum
The Bachelor of Music in Music & Technology requires a minimum of 120 credits: coursework is 75% within SMTD and 25% within the liberal arts.
SMTD coursework to include:
- Computer Music Composition and Arranging
- Sound Recording and Production
- Electronic Music History and Theory
- Performance: Digital Music Ensemble or Electronic Chamber Music
- Creative Coding
- SMTD Music Theory and Musicology Core
- PAT Senior Thesis
- Private lessons on principal instrument or voice
- Participation in large ensembles
- Five upper level PAT Electives chosen from:
- Advanced Studio Production I and II Immersive Media Image, Sound, and Story Practicum in Music and Sound for Film Interactive Media Design I and II Performance Systems Digital Sound Synthesis Advanced Psychoacoustics Technical Ear Training and Critical Listening Digital Fabrication for Acoustics Contemporary Practices in Research and Scholarship Business of Music
Silent Advisor
Degree requirements and term-by-term layout for current students.
Faculty
Anıl Çamcı
Jason Corey
Hao-Wen (Herman) Dong
Paul Dooley
Jeremy Edwards
Jonathan Edwards
John Granzow
Michael Gurevich
Sile O’Modhrain
Zeynep Özcan
Stephen Rush
Chris Vrenna
Julie Zhu
Brehm Technology Suite
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, including specific opportunities for percussion, piano, and organ & carillon. For students in theatre & drama, musical theatre, dance, and opera, opportunities abound in both professionally produced and student-run presentations.
Organ Performance
Students perform and study with their peers in studio classes and perform for the public in solo student recitals and studio recitals. In addition, the Organ Department organizes several recitals each term in local churches in the communities surrounding Ann Arbor and Detroit.
Carillon Performance
The University of Michigan has two world-class carillons. Half-hour recitals are given on weekdays throughout the academic year and are open to the public to view. Intermediate and advanced carillon students may perform for the campus regularly on these recitals.
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.
Ensembles
Organ students have opportunities to perform with the University of Michigan orchestras, bands, and choral ensembles, and can gain extensive experience in continuo playing on organ and harpsichord with the Baroque Chamber Orchestra.