Texas Tech University School of Music

If you’re looking for a supportive and ambitious music education, the School of Music can help you turn your passion and raw talent into a lifetime career as a performer, educator, scholar, and innovator. Broaden your horizons across 26 major ensembles and countless chamber ensembles. Receive one-to-one mentorship on every instrument, voice type, and musical field of study. Research the intersection of culture, art, technology, and musical expression. There’s no limit to where your creativity and commitment will take you.

Texas Tech music alumni are Fulbright Fellowship winners. They’re outstanding teachers in public schools, colleges, and universities. They’re symphony conductors, Metropolitan Opera stars, and headliners on Broadway. Most importantly, our alumni lead rewarding lives marked by unceasing creativity, hard work, and honest expression—habits they learned right here at the School of Music.

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS

The School of Music at Texas Tech University offers three undergraduate degrees:

Bachelor of Applied Arts in Commercial Music (BAACM)
The BAA in Commercial Music is a partnership between the Texas Tech University School of Music and the South Plains College Creative Arts Department. To be eligible for this degree applicants must have completed the AAA in Commercial Music at South Plains College.

Bachelor of Arts in Music (BA)
The BA in Music is for students who choose music as a major within a general liberal arts curriculum.

Bachelor of Music in Music (BM)
The BM in Music offers four concentrations: Music Education, Performance, Composition, and Theory. The concentration in music education prepares students to teach choral, instrumental, and general classroom music in kindergarten, elementary, middle, junior high, and senior high schools. This program leads toward an all-level teaching certificate in the state of Texas. The performance concentration offers specializations in piano, organ, voice, brass, woodwind, percussion, and stringed instruments. Concentrations are also offered in composition and theory.
 

Application Procedures
For undergraduate applicants to the School of Music, applying is a two-step procedure. First, you must apply via Acceptd. The School of Music ensures that your application will be prioritized and pays the $35 Acceptd fee for all undergraduate applicants at no cost to you. Second, you must apply to Texas Tech University through the Application link on the Texas Tech University Undergraduate Admissions website.

For questions about the School of Music Undergraduate Admissions, please contact:

The Admissions Team 
music.admissions@ttu.edu
806.742.2270

 
Audition Information

Fall 2025 On-campus audition days are: Saturday, February 8, 2025, Saturday, February 22, 2025, & Saturday, March 1, 2025.
On-Campus Audition dates will be this coming spring. You may request an on-campus, or recorded audition while completing the application. Some studios will require an in-person audition regardless of preference. If you request a recorded or virtual audition but your program requires an in-person audition you will be notified. Recorded auditions are possible and should be submitted through your application. Private auditions can be scheduled through our Admissions Team.

Spring 2026 applicants should select the private or recorded audition options on the application. A member of our music faculty or staff will reach out with more details after your application is submitted. Recorded auditions are possible and should be submitted through your application. Private auditions can be scheduled through our Admissions Team.

Further Information, Application and Audition Requirements
For further information on the programs above and their application/audition requirements, please visit the School of Music website.


GRADUATE PROGRAMS

The School of Music offers graduate degrees in the following areas:

Choral, Orchestral, and Wind Conducting: MM and DMA
Composition: MM and DMA
Instrumental Performance: MM and DMA
Jazz Performance: MM
Music Education: MME (Face-to-Face and Distance options) and PhD-Fine Arts
Music Theory: MM and PhD-Fine Arts
Musicology: MM and PhD-Fine Arts
Piano Pedagogy: MM and DMA
Piano Performance: MM and DMA
String Pedagogy: MM
Vocal Performance: MM and DMA

For further information on these Graduate programs and their application/audition requirements, please visit the School of Music website.