Music
Welcome
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.
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 UD. Sessions are open to all interested students regardless of their intended major.
The University of Dayton has created a new scholarship, the Leadership in Music Scholarship. Students nominated for this award are eligible for a scholarship worth $10,000 over four years. Any student who auditions will also be considered for Music Talent Scholarship awards. Click here for more information.
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 release of the University of Dayton Faculty Jazztet’s first album has special meaning for the group’s members. In addition to fulfilling a longtime group goal, it marks the final recorded performances by guitarist and adjunct instructor James Smith, who died in September at age 68.
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University of Dayton music educator and conductor Patrick Reynolds is taking a leadership role among his professional colleagues as the newly elected Northeast division vice president of the College Orchestra Directors Association.
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The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the University of Dayton nearly $100,000 to develop interdisciplinary courses and create a digital archive to help preserve the legacy of Dayton native Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of the first influential black poets in American literature
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