Music Business and Entertainment Industries majors take courses in general academics and music business. Guest speakers from the industry frequently join faculty specialists to provide instruction in current industry developments. Career-oriented projects are incorporated throughout the curriculum, enabling students to gain practical experience in a variety of professional situations. Students continue to study their principal instrument or voice, and perform in ensembles each semester. In the last year of the program, School of Music students may focus on the record industry or arts management.
All students earn a minor in business administration.
Undergraduates may participate in an internship in a music firm during the final semester of their senior year. Cooperating firms include music publishers, record manufacturers and distributors, retail and wholesale music stores, and artist managers. Students not selecting the internship complete an additional semester of coursework to satisfy the requirements for graduation. Graduate students study management, marketing, finance, music, and music industry. The legal aspects between composers, music publishers, record companies, producers, managers, performing rights organizations, and mechanical licensing agencies are explored.