The Bachelor of Music Degree in Performance is offered in percussion, piano, string instruments (including guitar and harp), wind instruments and voice.

Students in the program will study with a faculty of nationally and internationally respected musicians, all of whom are active professional performers.

In addition to our outstanding bands, choirs, and orchestras, Crane also offers an enticing array of smaller Performance Ensembles. Our performance standards are high. 

Upon graduation, Crane students are routinely accepted for graduate study in performance at top-tier conservatories and universities around the country. A number of our alumni have won major competitions, and others are employed by important symphony orchestras and opera houses.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

Music Performance B.M. students will be able to:

   • notate a newly encountered melody accurately and efficiently.
   • demonstrate competency in musical performance.
   • demonstrate knowledge of pivotal historical events, societal attitudes, aesthetic and artistic trends, and to identify their interrelationship with music.
   • synthesize technical and musical knowledge via musical performance.