• One of three West Coast music schools offering comprehensive programs through the doctoral level
• The only full-range professional school of music and dance in the Oregon University System
• One of about 50 public and private music schools offering doctorates
• Founded as a music department in 1886, formally designated a School of Music in 1900, admitted to the National Association of Schools of Music in 1928
• First in the Northwest to offer a master's degree in dance
• The only dance program in Oregon offering both undergraduate and graduate degrees

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• 100 percent job placement for music education graduates
• One of the nation's finest chamber music settings; Beall Concert Hall
• More than 30 student ensembles, from jazz to gamelan
• The award-winning Oregon Jazz Ensemble
• Birthplace of the internationally acclaimed, Grammy-winning Oregon Bach Festival