Bachelor of Music - Instrumental Performance

Middle Tennessee State University

The Instrumental Performance Concentration in the Bachelor of Music degree is offered by the College of Liberal Arts at MTSU. There are four specializations available in this program. Brass, Harp, Orchestral Strings, Woodwinds and Percussion, Guitar, Jazz Studies, Piano. Instrumental Performance majors at MTSU receive top-shelf teaching from high-performing faculty. Students focus on guitar piano jazz studies or brass, orchestral strings, woodwinds, and percussion. Numerous student ensembles perform in styles from concert and marching band to orchestral and chamber music, to jazz, salsa, and steel drum band. Groups have performed concert tours in China, Korea, Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico, and Italy. Instrumentalists are close to Music City recording studios, Nashville Symphony, and a thriving live music market. To be admitted into the Bachelor of Music degree program, all entering students must pass an audition before the faculty on their major instrument or voice.