The School of Music and Dance is one of the larger music institutions in the western United States. Offering a comprehensive music curriculum, it is dedicated to providing a high quality music program for its students. The undergraduate curriculum leads to Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, and Bachelor of Music degrees, and the graduate curriculum leads to Master of Arts, Master of Music, Doctor of Musical Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy.

With more than 80 faculty members, the school provides opportunities for more than 4,500 University students yearly--undergraduate and graduate, music majors and nonmajors--to study the intricacies of composition, music theory, musicology, music education, conducting, ethnomusicology, jazz studies, music technology, and performance. Students can study all of the band and orchestral instruments, piano, organ, voice, harpsichord, harp, tabla, and guitar. More than 20 major vocal and instrumental ensembles give public performances throughout the year.

These ensembles are part of a School of Music and Dance program that offers some 200 musical events annually, including performances by faculty artists, faculty ensembles, numerous guest artists, students, and university ensembles. Invitational and competitive high school music festivals also are part of the school's program.

Our faculty of teaching artists, performers, composers, musicologists, music theorists, conductors and music educators are highly sought after professionals in their respective fields. School of Music and Dance graduates are well represented in the performing arts, as well as in the fields of recording, writing, teaching, composing and research throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Chartered in 1872 and opened in 1876, the University of Oregon covers a 250-acre campus along the Willamette River in Eugene. When coupled with the famous natural surroundings of Oregon, it provides a stimulating environment for its students. The University incorporates six professional schools and colleges as well as the College of Arts and Sciences. It also maintains 15 research bureaus, institutes, and centers. As one of just 62 universities in the United States chosen for membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities, its preeminence in graduate and professional education and basic research is widely known. University alumni number more than 120,000, many of whom have distinguished themselves at the highest levels nationally and internationally. The University is the state's center of education in the arts and sciences and in other professional fields. It is one of the nation's best teaching and research institutions, with faculty, research programs, library, and museum resources that are among the finest in the country.

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