• Bachelor of Arts in Music at Princeton University is offered as a 4-year teaching program.
  • This program has a co-op work option.
  • In order to be eligible to participate in a full-time Co-op Work Term, students must meet the GPA requirements.
  • The student to faculty ratio is 16:1 which bridges the gap between faculty and students.
  • Some of the main courses that students will study in this program are:
    • Liturgical Organ Playing 
    • Advanced Continuo
    • Jazz Composition & Arranging
    • Advanced Continuo
    • Piano Seminar
  • Majoring in music may also mean preparing for a career in composition. The department has been among the leaders of the field in graduate education in this area for the past 40 years, and more recently expanded our offerings in the undergraduate arena.
  • Here we have a variety of resources, including music theory courses that stress compositional work, electronic and computer synthesis facilities, beginning and advanced compositional workshops, independent projects, and senior theses in composition.
  • Some of our former majors have gone on to graduate study in composition and careers as professional composers of concert music, while others have made careers in arranging and commercial music.
  • Career positions may include:
    • Recording engineers
    • Music directors/conductors
    • Music teacher
    • DJ
    • Musical therapist
    • Music journalist
    • Music agent, etc., with an average salary of 47,250 USD.