Bachelor’s degree · BM / BMus
Bachelor of Music in Performance
Florida State University · College of Music · Tallahassee, Florida, United States
- Official award
- Bachelor of Music in PerformanceBM
- Subject
- Music PerformanceJazz Studies (concentration)Instrument pathways: Classical Guitar, Harp, Organ, Piano, Percussion, Cello, Double Bass, Viola, Violin, Classical Voice
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
A performance degree with principal-study areas including brass, guitar, harp, jazz, music theatre, organ, percussion, piano, strings, voice and woodwinds.
- Department
- College 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. | |
| Jazz Studies | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | Jazz (performance area)Applicants apply to this pathway“Bachelor of Music in Performance Brass Guitar (classical) Harp Jazz Music Theatre Organ Percussion Piano”Source |
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 | Named majorThe instrument is a named major of the program, confirmed on an official page. | “Guitar (classical)”Source |
| Harp, Organ, Piano, Percussion | Named majorThe instrument is a named major of the program, confirmed on an official page. | “Harp Jazz Music Theatre Organ Percussion Piano”Source |
| Cello, Double Bass, Viola, Violin | Named majorThe instrument is a named major of the program, confirmed on an official page. | “Strings (cello, double bass, viola, violin)”Source |
| Classical Voice | Named majorThe instrument is a named major of the program, confirmed on an official page. | “Piano Strings (cello, double bass, viola, violin) Voice Woodwinds”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.
Stated by the schoolNational Association of Schools of MusicProgram accreditationFull statusUS
Scope: College of Music degree programs (school statement; NASM directory not fetched)
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Tallahassee campus
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
- Prescreening: Prescreenings are required for BM or BFA in Music Theatre and BM in Piano Performance; submissions are due by December 1.
- Prescreening deadline: December 1 (prescreening submissions due; results released by December 15)
- Accompaniment: An accompanist is provided, free of charge, for all voice and music theatre auditions on campus.
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
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.
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)