BA in Musica

The Bachelor of Arts in Music degree is a non-professional degree designed for talented musicians who wish to pursue a broad liberal arts education. Curriculum flexibility affords students the opportunity for a variety of pre-professional studies, including premedical and pre-legal. A minor outside the Frost School of Music is required. Students in the BA in Music program must earn a minimum of 2.5 GPA each semester to remain in the program.

Students will acquire a thorough knowledge of music theory and music history and develop advanced musical performance competence. They will develop the ability to think, speak, and write clearly with the capacity to explain and defend their views effectively and rationally based on substantive knowledge of the liberal arts. The student will acquire competency in a selected non-music academic area that includes a broad understanding of the area and contemporary thought within the area.

The Frost School of Music is one of the most highly acclaimed innovative music schools in the United States. Housed at the University of Miami, Frost is a progressive school where you can BUILD YOURSELF into self-assured music professional.

The Frost School of Music seeks to transform lives through the study and performance of music and enhance music's future due to the most innovative and relevant curricula in higher education. The Frost School of Music is devoted to excellence and a collegiality culture, in which a diversity of people, musical styles, and careers are valued. The Frost School of Music is a community of musicians committed to advanced musicianship for all Frost students across various majors and programs. The Frost School of Music seeks to elevate the community through intensive, sustained outreach to underserved populations. The Frost School of music strives to enhance the cultural richness of the University of Miami, South Florida, and throughout the world as the result of world-class performance, scholarship, and research.