Bachelor’s degree · BA / BA (Hons)
Bachelor of Arts in Music (BA)
The University of Alabama in Huntsville · Department of Music · Huntsville, Alabama, United States
- Official award
- Bachelor of Arts in MusicBA
- Subject
- General Music StudiesMusic Performance (concentration)Jazz Studies (concentration)Instrument pathways: Piano
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Bachelor of Arts in Music with emphases in Liberal Arts, Music Performance, Jazz, Music Technology, Music Business, Church Music, Piano Pedagogy and Music Education.
- 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 Arts in MusicBA
- 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 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 emphasis in Music Performance offers additional in-depth music instruction focused on traditional performance skills.”Source |
| Jazz Studies | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | JazzHow students choose it is not published“The Jazz emphasis offers additional instruction in jazz theory, jazz history, and jazz performance.”Source |
| Music Technology | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | Music TechnologyHow students choose it is not published“The emphasis in Music Technology incorporates computer technology into the curriculum”Source |
| 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 Music Business emphasis is designed for students who want to work in either the for-profit or non-profit sectors of the music industry.”Source |
| Sacred and Church Music | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | Church MusicHow students choose it is not published“The emphasis in Church Music offers courses in church music and administration”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 Music Education emphasis (choral or instrumental) integrates a strong base of liberal arts, music, and professional education courses”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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Pedagogy“The emphasis in Piano Pedagogy is designed for pianists who want to prepare themselves to open their own piano teaching studios.”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 emphasis leads to certification to teach at all levels, P-12, per the program page.Source
- Jurisdiction
- Alabama
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.
Stated by the schoolNational Association of Schools of Music (NASM)Association membershipUS
Scope: School statement; not verified against NASM's list
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- UAH campus, Huntsville
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)