School of Music at Boston University

Music is large here.

The School of Music is a community of academically and artistically extraordinary musicians within a major research university located in one of the smashing music capitals of America. Nosotros are committed to the highest artistic and professional standards in functioning, composition, music education, and musicology. The faculty is drawn from the ranks of some of the world'south most distinguished musicians and institutions and includes 25 members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Join a vibrant customs in a metropolis where music matters, and be transformed not merely as an artist but every bit a leader, entrepreneur, advocate, and thinker. Studying under internationally recognized faculty-artists, BU students button the limits of their musical abilities and intellectual marvel.

School of Music by the Numbers

  • 25 members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra are on faculty at the BU School of Music
  • 400+ concerts and performances per academic yr
  • 119 state-of-the-art music practice rooms in the College of Fine Arts
  • 500 students enrolled in the BU Schoolhouse of Music
  • 3:ane Student to Kinesthesia ratio
  • 160 pianos in the BU School of Music
  • 1872 the yr the BU School of Music was founded, making it the oldest degree-granting music school in the United States
  • $0 admission for BU School of Music students to nigh all Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts

BU bass players at Symphony Hall concert.

Choose to Be Yous.

Nurture your individual talents at the BU Schoolhouse of Music through an educational activity that requires artistic and bookish intensity, demands creative and critical thinking, and encourages exploration leadership, advocacy, and growth.

You'll be in GREAT company.

Our alumni are as diverse and dynamic as the College of Fine Arts itself. More than 50 BU Schoolhouse of Music graduates currently play with major symphonies beyond the land, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Los Angeles Combo. Higher of Fine Arts alumni include nominees and winners of Tonys, Grammys, Golden Globes, Oscars, Emmys, and Screen Player Order Awards. They are teachers, community leaders, scholars, lawyers, designers, and business executives. In short, our graduates are represented in all of walks of life. What they all share is the BU feel: a foundation of tangible and meaningful professional skills.

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Legendary trumpet player Doc Severinsen works with the BU Trumpet Studio.

Be inspired.

As a tight-knit, passionately committed customs, the College of Fine Arts forms the "Artistic Heart" of Boston University within ane of the most artistic cities in the world. The School of Music lone produces over 400 concerts per academic yr. BU Higher of Fine Arts students study under Broadway producers, noted artists, award-winning choreographers, and world-renowned musicians and scholars. Run into the faculty.

And with free admission to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and discounts at myriad other artistic and functioning spaces, inspiration is never more than than a few steps away.


Don't just prepare for the hereafter: lead it.

Boston is revolutionary. It is where big, assuming ideas are born, and BU has a legacy of groundbreaking "firsts." BU was the start university in the state to take a college of music with all divisions open to female students and the beginning to pioneer the Md of Musical Arts.

At BU College of Fine Arts, we're educating artists, but nosotros are as well preparing leaders, entrepreneurs, advocates, and thinkers. The Schoolhouse of Music provides a range of practical skills to infuse entrepreneurial potential, enabling students to pb and succeed in the increasingly competitive and multi-faceted arts landscape of the 21st century.

Get in.

Spend a semester with the Royal College of Music in London, England. The programme blends the resources of ane of the globe's leading conservatories with the collaborative resources of Boston University Study Away.
This opportunity is bachelor to undergraduate students entering their junior year of study.

Small Community, Large University, HUGE Ideas.

BU College of Fine Arts offers the best of both worlds: a wide liberal arts education with a focused, conservatory-way program. We'll give you artistic excellence and bookish depth in a highly personalized surroundings where you'll know classmates and professors and have access to a world of opportunities that only a large, inquiry academy tin provide.

BU College of Fine Arts encourages students and kinesthesia to reach beyond their areas of written report to explore and collaborate with other disciplines. With a range of opportunities to explore beyond the University, including dual degrees, Kilachand Honors Higher, our 5-year BM/MM program, and a wide range of minors, y'all can experience a small, intense arts education while expanding and enhancing your undergraduate coursework.

Button the Limits.

Innovation. Enquiry. Invention. BU School of Music believes in excellence and advancement. The Centre for New Music and Center for Early Music bring focus and opportunity for interdisciplinary collaboration and student interest. BU School of Music has hosted in-residency programs with the Arneis Quartet, VOICES 21C, American composer Tobias Picker, the upwardly-and-coming JACK Quartet, and the Muir String Quartet.