The Bachelor of Music (B.M.) in Applied Music is for students intent on a career as a professional musician or music professor within higher education. This degree track is designed to develop the highest level of musicianship on a primary instrument and to promote both scholarship and professionalism in the field.

The B.M. in Applied Music is available to those students accepted to the appropriate studio by audition on a primary instrument (woodwind, brass, strings, percussion, piano, classical guitar, harp or voice).