For over 100 years, Wittenberg's music programs have provided training and educational opportunities to prepare students for fulfilling careers in performance, education, church music, and related fields. The development of thorough musicianship is continually strengthened through regular applied study, solo and ensemble performance, and intensive work in music history, literature, and theory.

Wittenberg has been a member of the National Association of Schools of Music since 1931, and our graduates have achieved both national and international recognition as professional musicians. Wittenberg students benefit from undertaking their specialized studies in music within the context of the liberal arts and sciences programs of the University.

Degrees offered
Bachelor of Arts with a major in music, which allows students to elect two of three specialized options from music history, music theory, or applied music. This degree integrates well with a major or minor in another discipline.

Bachelor of Music, which provides concentrated study in performance, church music, or composition for students who wish to prepare for professional careers.

Bachelor of Music Education, which focuses on teacher training in choral or instrumental music and provides licensure for public school instruction.

Music minor, which coordinates the student's major studies in another discipline with appropriate music courses to enhance a wide variety of professional goals.

Requirements
Please refer to the Academic Catalog, available from the Office of Admission, for specific information regarding requirements for each of these programs.

Facilities
The Department of Music is housed in Krieg Hall, a spacious structure specially designed to provide state-of-the-art instruction in music. Facilities include:

-five pipe organs;
-23 grand pianos;
-34 upright pianos;
-two harpsichords;
-three-and- one-half octaves of White Chapel Handbells;
-nearly 150 historic and modern instruments;
-a 16-unit Kurzweil electronic piano laboratory; and
-a Macintosh CAI lab.

The music computer lab, named The John M. Chowning Laboratory of Music and Technology in honor of our internationally acclaimed alumnus and special donor John Chowning, was established in the fall of 1995. Recent sizable gifts have made possible an increase in the number of stations as well as the purchase of technologically sophisticated software and equipment, bringing the department to a highly competitive edge by being able to offer state-of-the-art instruction in computer composition.

Thomas Library maintains an extensive collection of musical scores, periodicals, LPs and CDs, which may be referenced from any campus terminal by EZRA, the University's online card catalogue. In addition, the Library's Media Services section provides a complete selection of audio-visual equipment, and a fully assisted computer lab with direct web access.

Music is made in many venues on the Wittenberg campus, and music students frequently perform both on the 51-rank, 3000-pipe Reuter organ and on the 9-foot Bösendorfer concert grand piano located in Weaver Chapel.