Music Education: Choral and General
The School of Music at Â鶹´«Ã½ offers a Bachelor of Music in music education with choral and general music emphasis.
This degree program prepares future choir directors and general music teachers for a successful career in teaching. Music education at WMU emphasizes the practicum as a primary component of learning. Students in the program observe and interact with K-12 Â鶹´«Ã½s and teachers in schools around the Kalamazoo area throughout their sophomore, junior and senior years. Their education culminates in a full semester apprenticeship with a mentoring teacher.
Graduates of the choral and general music education program are found leading K-12 music programs all over the United States, and some continue their studies and teach at the collegiate level.