Bachelor’s degree · BM / BMus
Bachelor of Music
Furman University · Department of Music · Greenville, South Carolina, United States
- Official award
- Bachelor of MusicBM
- Subject
- Music PerformanceCompositionMusic EducationInstrument pathways: Organ, Piano
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
The Bachelor of Music is listed in the official degree catalog of the institution.
- Department
- Department 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 MusicBM
- 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. | |
| Composition | Named majorThe official major or program title inside a broader award. | “Bachelor of Music: Composition Bachelor of Music: Music Education, Instrumental Bachelor of Music: Music Education, Choral Music Emphasis Bachelor of Music: Music Theory”Source |
| Music Education | Named majorThe official major or program title inside a broader award. | “Bachelor of Music: Composition Bachelor of Music: Music Education, Instrumental Bachelor of Music: Music Education, Choral Music Emphasis Bachelor of Music: Music Theory”Source |
| Music Theory | Named majorThe official major or program title inside a broader award. | “Bachelor of Music: Composition Bachelor of Music: Music Education, Instrumental Bachelor of Music: Music Education, Choral Music Emphasis Bachelor of Music: Music Theory”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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Performance, Organ Emphasis“Bachelor of Music: Performance, Organ Emphasis Bachelor of Music: Performance, Piano Emphasis”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. | Performance, Piano Emphasis“Bachelor of Music: Performance, Organ Emphasis Bachelor of Music: Performance, Piano Emphasis”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 MusicAssociation membershipFull statusUS
Scope: Furman University (school statement; NASM directory not consulted)
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Department of Music (Greenville)3300 Poinsett Highway
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 requirement not published
- 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, audition requirement, 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)