Music Education

Welcome to music education in the ASU Herberger College School of Music! Learning to teach, as well as create music, is a priority here. About 30 percent of students who receive their Bachelor of Music degree at ASU are music education majors. Of graduate students in the School of Music, one-fifth receive their Master of Music or Doctor of Musical Arts in music education. Graduates of ASU’s music education program have gone on to successful careers in elementary, secondary, and collegiate music, and have distinguished themselves as educational leaders.

As a student of music education, you develop your teaching skills in a supportive and challenging program. You have opportunities to prove yourself as a teacher before going into the profession through internships, student teaching and observation, and mentoring arrangements. Working with the faculty on co-writing and editing articles for international, national, or state journals, ethnomusicology research or composition projects offers you practical experience in your field while pursuing your degree. You learn through experience that research in music is a natural and important part of teaching music.

The music education program fosters outstanding educators who are prepared to make a difference in the lives of their students.