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With dynamic faculty, top-notch research and performance opportunities, and the chance to advance your musical study in a flexible liberal arts setting paired with world-class conservatory training, discover just what you're looking for on our urban campus in the heart of University Circle, an exciting place to study, explore, and engage!

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Undergraduate Study

Maximize your potential! The Music (BA) degree provides students the flexibility and academic freedom to combine disciplines with a double major, dual degree, or secondary major. The Music Education (BS) degree is tailored to the needs of outstanding musicians preparing for a professional career as a school music educator, leading to an initial teaching license.

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Graduate Study

Our graduate programs encompass degrees in historical performance practice (MA/DMA), music education (MA/MAL/PhD), and musicology (PhD) for those who wish to expand their abilities in performance, teaching, and scholarship. Beyond meaningful graduate programs, the campus offers a holistic learning experience in a diverse and supportive environment.
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Find yourself on a vibrant campus in University Circle, a culturally robust and energetic neighborhood surrounded by performing arts, world-renowned museums, top universities, nationally recognized hospitals, and a variety of cultural institutions, restaurants, parks, and cozy spaces, all less than 5 miles from downtown Cleveland.
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Meaningful educational and artistic experiences are provided to all students in a variety of traditional and contemporary music ensemble opportunities. Pursue your interests, develop new passions, and build networks in a wide range of student organizations affiliated with music.
Juniper Duncan
CWRU student Juniper Duncan received 3rd place in the America Prize in Choral Composition, University Division
The American Prize is a national non-profit competition in the performing arts. Juniper’s 3rd place work “and the universe said” was premiered by the Case Concert Choir in February 2022.
Theodore Schwamm
Theodore Schwamm
CWRU Department of Music Announces Choral Composition Contest Winner
Theodore Schwamm, a 4th-year undergraduate student at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, has been announced as winner of the 2023 Choral Composition Contest.
Greg Banaszak, Saxophone Faculty, Joint Music Program
Greg Banaszak, Saxophone Faculty, Joint Music Program
On campus and abroad: A Q&A with a saxophone professor enriching musical education
The Daily sat down with Banaszak to learn more about his journey and how he’s evolved throughout his career in the Joint Music Program.
Erin Hopkins, Music Education, PhD
Erin Hopkins
Music Education PhD candidate Erin Hopkins earns award for 2023 SMTE Symposium presentation, "Enacting the Neurodiversity Paradigm in Music Teacher Education"
In her presentation, Hopkins synthesized her research findings and teaching practices relating to teaching students with autism, ADHD, and other neurodevelopmental conditions.
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Samuel T. Nemeth
Music PhD candidate Samuel T. Nemeth gives talk at Penn State, “Battle of the Bands: Adolphe Sax’s Sonic Fusillades and the Military Politics of Timbral Homogeneity”
Nemeth's presentation examined the Belgian inventor Adolphe Sax’s brass instrument inventions and their connection to French artillery and long-barreled firearms of the 1840s and 1850s. 
The Haven Music Lounge (Haydn Hall, Rm. 100)
A “Haven” in Haydn: Historical room reopens as student lounge
Within Haydn Hall, The Haven offers a new study space for students on Mather Quad, equipped with couches, a microwave and study tables.
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Events
Dec 07
Klezmer Music Ensemble: The American Klezmer Experience—A Concert of American Klezmer Music from 1920-1960
Dec 09
Solstice A Cappella
Dec 14
Digital Music and Composition Concert
Dec 16
Senior Recital: Anthony Zogaib, baritone
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