To inspire and empower students to become creative leaders who transform society through music.

Values:

-Engaging students with a broad range of musical thought, expression and experiences

-Building upon rich traditional foundations

-Advancing innovative musical practices

-Fostering creative enterprise

-Promoting all forms of creative contributions to the field of music

-Cultivating socially embedded practices

The ASU School of Music is one of the top music schools in the nation, ranked 8th among public institutions in the most recent survey of music programs conducted by U.S. News & World Report.

Tempe, AZ 85281

UNITED STATES

(480) 965-5069

The Office of Student Success in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts is available to assist students with all stages of career planning, including major and career exploration, job search strategies, writing resumes and cover letters, interviewing, creating portfolios, applying to graduate school.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 69 full time, 32 adjunct

Applied Music (Performance) • Brass • Composition (Performance) • Guitar • Harp • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music Education • Orchestral Conducting • Organ • Percussion • Piano • Strings • Theory • Voice/Opera • Woodwinds

Other Areas of Study: Choral Conducting • Music Theatre Direction • Music Therapy • Interdisciplinary Digital Media + Performance • Musicology • Ethnomusicology