Bachelor’s degree · BA / BA (Hons)
Bachelor of Arts in Music
Catawba College · Department of Music, School of Performing Arts · Salisbury, North Carolina, United States
- Official award
- Bachelor of Arts in MusicB.A.
- Subject
- General Music StudiesMusic Business and Industry (concentration)Music Education (concentration)
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
A B.A. in Music with six concentrations: music business, music education, music performance, popular music, sacred music, and worship music and production.
- Department
- Department of Music, School of Performing Arts
- 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 Arts in MusicB.A.
- Award family
- BA / BA (Hons)A Bachelor of Arts, including BA (Hons). It is not relabelled as a Bachelor of Music.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| General Music Studies | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. | |
| Music Business and Industry | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | Music BusinessHow students choose it is not published“The Department of Music offers a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Music with concentrations in Music Business, Music Education, Music Performance, Popular Music, Sacred Music, and Worship Music and Production.”Source |
| Music Education | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | Music EducationHow students choose it is not published“The Department of Music offers a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Music with concentrations in Music Business, Music Education, Music Performance, Popular Music, Sacred Music, and Worship Music and Production.”Source |
| Music Performance | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | Music PerformanceHow students choose it is not published“The Department of Music offers a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Music with concentrations in Music Business, Music Education, Music Performance, Popular Music, Sacred Music, and Worship Music and Production.”Source |
| Popular and Contemporary Music | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | Popular MusicHow students choose it is not published“The Department of Music offers a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Music with concentrations in Music Business, Music Education, Music Performance, Popular Music, Sacred Music, and Worship Music and Production.”Source |
| Sacred and Church Music | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | Sacred MusicHow students choose it is not published“The Department of Music offers a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Music with concentrations in Music Business, Music Education, Music Performance, Popular Music, Sacred Music, and Worship Music and Production.”Source |
Professional pathway
Academic study and professional licensure or clinical registration are different things. This is recorded exactly as the program states it.
- Type
- Teacher licensure or qualification route
- What the page says
- The music education concentration is described as approved for licensure by the NC State Board of Education.Source
- Jurisdiction
- NC
Qualifications and professional recognition vary by country and program. Confirm requirements with the relevant professional body before enrolling.
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
- Catawba College2300 W Innes St
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
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Interview required
Fees and costs
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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)