Music Degrees
Music enriches lives at Nebraska Wesleyan University. We delight in our students’ unique talents, and we invite you to join us in the study and performance of music on our campus.
NWU is a welcoming place where we encourage all students to audition for music scholarships, which support music majors and non-majors alike. Courses like “Rock Band,” “Composition for Film and Video Games,” and “World Drumming” offer a compelling counterpoint to our array of conservatory-style offerings in conducting, theory, music history, music education and opera.
Your performance experiences at NWU may include private study in vocal and instrumental music, chamber music, and large ensembles such as symphonic band and University Choir, as well as jazz choir, jazz band, and pep band. NWU’s choir and band tour domestically each year and internationally every few years.
Nebraska Wesleyan’s students and faculty are active musicians engaged in performance opportunities across our community. They also flourish in other NWU departments, like our thriving theatre and musical theatre programs.
Whether you want to sing, play, compose, study, or teach—NWU is the place where your music matters.
Get amazing results.
NWU’s music graduates lead thriving public and private school music programs throughout the Midwest. Our alumni have made their mark at many of our nation’s top music graduate programs, including those at Harvard, the Manhattan School of Music, the University of Texas–Austin, Northwestern, the University of Kansas, University of Connecticut, University of Houston–Moores School of Music, the Maryland Opera Studio and Florida State University. Our students have also achieved success in the practices of music therapy, law, ministry and business.
Music faculty
NWU’s music faculty includes accomplished professionals who commit to delivering the highest quality teaching to students. Our faculty scholars, performers, and composers have garnered teaching awards as well as extensive professional experience. They have developed national reputations in their areas of expertise, while nurturing rich relationships with students and the surrounding musical communities.
