Music
Make music your life.
At the University of Dayton, we will prepare you with essential 21st-century skills, so that you can use music to live our motto: Learn, Lead, and Serve.
The University of Dayton is a fully accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music. The music therapy degree is also approved by the American Music Therapy Association. Our music education degree is licensed by the State of Ohio.
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2022 Audition Dates
- Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022 (Virtual)
- Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022
- Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022
Virtual Information Sessions
Join us for a virtual information session about the Department of Music. Our faculty members will be available to answer any questions you may have about music at the University of Dayton. Sessions are open to all interested students regardless of their intended major.
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Join the warm and inclusive community that shares your passion for music.
Our department offers programs including a Bachelor of Music in music composition, music education, music performance and music therapy. We offer a Bachelor of Arts in Music with concentrations in ethnomusicology, jazz studies and music studies. Minors are offered in music and music technology. Auditions are required for admission to our B.M. programs.
Events and community engagement
Summer Performance Institutes
The department opens their doors to the community each summer with music performance programs for local high school students.
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Events
Audiences from the campus community and throughout the Dayton area can enjoy a variety of musical performances throughout the academic year.
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The University of Dayton Chorale is a highly motivated group of students who strive for excellence through the art of choral music. If you want to grow as a musician, learn new and challenging music, and travel within the US and abroad, audition for this phenomenal group.
Our students are involved, inside and outside of the classroom. Be a part of it.
Our goal is to showcase and preserve Dunbar's literary career by giving public access to the myriad of ways his work has been presented, particularly in the musical arena.
The Dayton Opera Apprentice program is an innovative opportunity for students to expand horizons and gain experience in the field of vocal performance.
The Dayton Funk Symposium returns to the University of Dayton Nov. 3-6 with a lineup of academic, cultural and community events celebrating the rhythmic groove-based genre that put Dayton on the musical map in the 1970s and early 1980s.
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Despite less than two weeks to prepare for a performance at Levitt Pavilion in the heart of downtown Dayton, the invitation was too good of an opportunity to pass up for University of Dayton Department of Music faculty and students. Nearly 200 students and 15 faculty performed for several hundred concert-goers, who listened and danced on the lawn during the two-hour musical showcase.
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After a pandemic-related hiatus during 2020 that featured three virtual events, the ArtsLIVE Performance Series resumes with six live concerts scheduled for the 2021-22 academic year.
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