Bachelor’s degree · BM / BMus
Bachelor of Music in Contemporary & Popular Music
University of Maine at Augusta · Music Program · Augusta, Maine, United States
- Official award
- Bachelor of Music in Contemporary & Popular MusicBM
- Subject
- Popular and Contemporary MusicComposition (concentration)Music Technology (concentration)
- Format
- Hybrid
- Tuition
- Not published
Hybrid program
About this program
Music-intensive Bachelor of Music in contemporary and popular music, studied live or online, with performance/composition, music technology and music education concentrations.
- Department
- Music Program
- 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 Contemporary & Popular 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Popular and Contemporary Music | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. | |
| Composition | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | Performance/CompositionHow students choose it is not published“Concentrations – Performance/Composition, Music Technology, Music Education”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“Concentrations – Performance/Composition, Music Technology, Music Education”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“Concentrations – Performance/Composition, Music Technology, Music Education”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 centered around the Maine State Teaching Certification.Source
- Jurisdiction
- Maine
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
- HybridA mix of online and in-person study without a fixed residency model. A hybrid degree is never described as fully online.
- Online instruction
- Blended with required campus elements
- Mandatory campus attendance
- Not published
- Local placement
- Student teaching cannot be accommodated for students living outside of Maine (Music Education concentration)
- Live attendance
- Live attendance not published
- International enrolment
- Not published
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- University of Maine at Augusta campus, Augusta
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: Recorded submission
- Video or audio format: Video submitted through a secure form
- Portfolio contents: Music Technology Concentration: audio tracks or beats you have created
- Composition: Performance/Composition Concentration: Video of you playing 2 pieces of music, no longer than 8 minutes in length each. They can be of different genres.
- Music Technology: Music Technology Concentration: Submit audio tracks or “beats” that you have created. Any software is acceptable.
- 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, 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)