We offer three undergraduate minors, and offer the opportunity for you to double major in music and another field. There is no reason to give up serious study of music because you have decided to concentrate more in another area. You can continue private lessons, join an ensemble, and contribute to the musical life of the campus. In music, there are many careers and even a larger number of jobs. Each job requires a variety of special abilities.
Some abilities occupy the careers of thousands of people.
Other abilities may involve only one or two people in the entire nation. Advancement in music implies staying in one career area and working toward greater recognition, higher quality work, heightened esteem, and quite possibly, increased income. It also includes the possibility of widening the scope of your work, gathering related skills, and moving to larger, more comprehensive responsibilities. The possibilities for advancement are vast, and depending on your giftedness, initiative, and capabilities, you may start at entry level and rise to the heights of the profession through knowledge, skills, initiative, hard work, creative flexibility, and the ability to make wise decisions based on comprehensive understanding. In the field of music an undergraduate degree in performance might easily lead to graduate work in musicology and doctoral studies in ethnomusicology.