University of North Texas

Admission procedures for all programs - http://music.unt.edu/admissions 

The College of Music at the University of North Texas is the largest public university music program in the United States and one of the most globally respected. We offer fully accredited degrees from bachelor to doctoral levels. Faculty and staff include internationally acclaimed artists and scholars in composition, conducting, ethnomusicology, jazz studies, music education, music business, music history, music theory, commercial music and performance. The college presents nearly 1,000 music events annually. Students perform in more than 70 ensembles in eight campus venues and can be viewed worldwide via free superior quality live streaming. UNT music alumni can be found around the world in impressive, award-winning careers across a wide range of music professions. Our current faculty members include Guggenheim Fellows, Fulbright Fellows, an Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient, a Charles Ives Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Gold Medalist, Emmy, Grammy and Oscar nominees and Grammy Award winners. Our students come from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and more than 40 countries. The College of Music serves our diverse musical culture with excellence, integrity and imagination.

UNT College of Music offers:

• An enduring focus on innovation. We offer the nation’s first degree in Jazz Studies, live streaming of our performances, and a Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia that’s one of the most recognized centers of its kind.

• A legacy of success, with accomplished alumni all over the world and educators at every level, including many Grammy nominees and winners.

• A thriving community of gifted musicians, with more music majors than any other comprehensive university in the country. Our students also are academically talented; we have more Honors College students and National Merit Scholars than any other college or school at UNT.

• The opportunity to learn through collaborations with other outstanding musicians in more than 70 student ensembles.

• Over 300 practice rooms, 7 performance halls and one of the nation’s largest music libraries.

• Select 'Undergraduate or Second Bachelor Degrees' as your Level in the Start an Application box beneath the UNT logo
• Select the Area for which you apply and audition or interview (Brass, Commercial Music, Critical Studies, Electronics, Jazz, Keyboard, Percussion, Strings, Voice, Woodwinds)
• Select your Program (this is the primary instrument or voice on which you will audition or area for which you will submit a portfolio)
• After you begin the application, you will indicate your desired degree(s) – composition, jazz studies, music education, performance, and/or the bachelor of arts. 

• Select 'Graduate Degrees' as your Level in the Start an Application box beneath the UNT logo
• Select your Area (Brass, Composition, Conducting, Ethnomusicology, Jazz, Keyboard, Music Education, Musicology, Percussion, Strings, Theory, Voice, Woodwinds)
• Select your Program (this is the primary instrument/area to which you will apply) 
• After you begin the application, you will indicate your desired degree – master’s, doctoral, or graduate artist certificate (if applicable).