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Music Forms and Student Resources

Valpo’s music program provides essential forms and academic tools to support student success. From handbooks and piano proficiency guidelines to advising resources and concert attendance tracking, students have access to everything needed to stay organized and on track throughout their studies.

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Career Paths

Possible Careers

With that preparation, alumni of the music department pursue careers of varied kinds:

Teaching music in elementary and secondary schools, universities, and in private studios
Leading music in churches
Serving as a licensed music therapist
Performing in bands, orchestras, and professional choral ensembles
Producing concerts and performances
Managing performers or musical organizations
Composing and arranging music

In all of these professions, students benefit from Valpo’s emphasis on musical preparation, critical thinking skills, and a broad foundation in the liberal arts.

Potential Hiring Institutions

Valpo’s music alumni find work in school districts (public and private), churches, art organizations, arts-related businesses and retail operations, clinical settings, and institutions of higher education.

Graduate Study

The music curriculum is also especially well-designed to prepare students for graduate study in music, leading to professions in higher education and performance.

In the last five years, the department’s alumni have attended some of the nation’s top graduate institutions and even studied internationally.

Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg

Notre Dame University

Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

The Ohio State University

University of Iowa

Case Western University

East Carolina University

Boston University

Houghton College

Bowling Green State University

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