The Music Ministry curriculum is designed as an interdisciplinary program for the student planning a career in ministry in congregations in which they must use skills in ministry and music. Candidates are trained in voice or an orchestral instrument, piano, conducting, and building graded choir programs for all ages. Opportunities for field work in local churches broaden the student's musical and spiritual education while helping local congregations build their music programs.
Graduates are prepared to fulfill responsibilities of a full-time ministry in a church.
Completion of a foreign language through the intermediate level is required. Applied music study for the Music Ministry major and minor may be in voice, piano, organ, guitar, brass, or an orchestral instrument. Level II for the minor. Participation in Milligan Singers or Concert Choir fulfills the ensemble requirement for students whose principal applied area is voice or keyboard. Participation in Johnson City Civic Band, East Tennessee State University Band, or Johnson City Symphony Orchestra fulfills the ensemble requirement for students whose principal applied area is a percussion, brass, or woodwind instrument.