Bachelor’s degree · BM / BMus
Bachelor of Music in Performance
Ball State University · School of Music · Muncie, Indiana, United States
- Official award
- Bachelor of Music in PerformanceBM
- Subject
- Music PerformanceInstrument pathways: Classical Guitar, Organ, Piano, Classical Voice
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Undergraduate performance degree with specialized coursework in guitar, piano, organ, symphonic instruments or voice.
- Department
- School of Music
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
The award is shown exactly as the institution titles it. A program belongs to a subject only through the link below: a dedicated degree, a named major, a formal concentration or a documented pathway.
- Official award
- Bachelor of Music in PerformanceBM
- Award family
- BM / BMusA Bachelor of Music or BMus, exactly as titled by the awarding institution.
- Qualification level
- Bachelor’s degree
- Qualification standing
- Academic qualificationA degree, or a certificate or diploma awarded by a degree-awarding institution within a national qualifications framework.
- Orientation
- Orientation not published
- Previous degree required
- Not published
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Music Performance | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. |
Instrument and voice pathways
This is ONE program with the verified pathways below, not a separate degree per instrument. A pathway is listed only where an official page names the instrument in the title, as a major or as a formal principal-study option.
| Instrument | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Guitar | Formal principal-study pathwayThe instrument is a formal principal-study option of the program, confirmed on an official page. Private lessons alone do not make a degree pathway. | Guitar Concentration“Guitar Concentration Organ Concentration Piano Concentration Symphonic Instruments Strings Concentration”Source |
| Organ | Formal principal-study pathwayThe instrument is a formal principal-study option of the program, confirmed on an official page. Private lessons alone do not make a degree pathway. | Organ Concentration“Guitar Concentration Organ Concentration Piano Concentration Symphonic Instruments Strings Concentration”Source |
| Piano | Formal principal-study pathwayThe instrument is a formal principal-study option of the program, confirmed on an official page. Private lessons alone do not make a degree pathway. | Piano Concentration“Guitar Concentration Organ Concentration Piano Concentration Symphonic Instruments Strings Concentration”Source |
| Classical Voice | Formal principal-study pathwayThe instrument is a formal principal-study option of the program, confirmed on an official page. Private lessons alone do not make a degree pathway. | Voice Concentration“Voice Concentration”Source |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional accreditation, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and national qualification registers are different things.
No program-level accreditation or validation record has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Muncie campusHargreaves Music Building (MU) 203, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Audition
- Audition required
- Audition details
- Format: Live or recorded
- Audition application deadline: To be considered for a School of Music scholarship the audition must be completed by March 1; results by April 1 for auditions completed by March 1 (the page does not print a year). Published on-campus audition days are Sunday February 7, Monday February 15, Saturday February 20 and Sunday February 21 (year not printed).
- Accompaniment: Piano accompaniment is required only for voice auditions.
- Theory or aural tests: Placement tests in music theory and piano are required; the outcomes have no bearing on admission.
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
Source could not be re-checked automatically.
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether lessons, accompanists, practice rooms, instrument hire, software, recording, recitals, travel and residency costs are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, duration, full-time or part-time options, intakes, whether a previous degree is required, accreditation or validation record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 25 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 25 October 2026)