Music Performance
Bachelor of Music
Professional-level performance training and performance experiences guide you to become a professional musician.
You'll perform constantly — in concerts, recitals, and collaboratively with fellow students — including sophomore and senior solo recitals. Benefit from a wealth of extracurricular performance experiences, including master class and recital performances and concerts. Unique to this School of Music performance degree is the study of the art of teaching. Under faculty supervision, you'll practice giving students music instruction, which helps you learn more about your art and prepares you for graduate school assistantship opportunities or music teaching.
Course curriculum: Instrumental; Piano; Voice • Student outcomes • Cost of attendance
Highlights
Develop expertise through weekly, private performance lessons and studio classes
Perform in the state-of-the-art Glazer Music Performance Center
Study abroad in Athens, Florence, Ghana, and more
Become ready to lead as an independent professional musician
Career Paths
- Orchestral musician
- Private music teacher
- Community orchestra performer
- Band musician
- Church music director
- Conductor
- College faculty
- Professional accompanist
Internships
- Annual recitals in the Rochester community
- Performances at George Eastman House
- Attendance at annual NYS Music Teachers National Association State Conference
- Berlin-Brandenburgisches Symphony Orchestra
- Student conductors for the Hochstein Youth Orchestra
Employers & Graduate Schools
- Santa Fe Opera
- Northwestern University
- Ithaca College
- Eastman School of Music
- DePaul University
- New England Conservatory
- Boston University
550-seat
Glazer Music Performance Center — designed to provide excellent acoustics for large instrumental and vocal ensembles, multimedia collaborations, and live recording
99%
of new Nazareth grads are employed or in grad school within six months of graduation
$1,500
Our SPARK Grant provides $1,500 for you to pursue an internship, research, or study abroad. SPARK details »
Music @ Naz
How to Audition
Auditions are required for this major. View audition details and register »
Program Director
Alumni Spotlight
“I believe that Nazareth has some of the finest teachers in New York. I am so grateful to my singing teacher, Joshua Bouillon, and my piano teacher, Dr. Gary Fisher, for all they did to help develop my musical skills. I loved the music theory and musicology faculty, and find that a lot of that foundational work is directly applicable to my studies now in graduate school.”
— Jonathon Sengupta, a December 2024 graduate, went on for a master’s in vocal performance with an emphasis on vocal pedagogy from The Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. Long-term goal: professional operatic performance and teaching.