Bachelor of Music (B.M.) in Music Education/Vocal-Choral

In the Bachelor of Music with a concentration in music educationvocal-choral program you will develop your personal musicality while you gain practical classroom teaching experience through student-teaching internships and work in the field. You will study lyric diction and the music education curriculum, which includes choral methods and rehearsal techniques. Graduates qualify for the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Collegiate Professional Certificate to teach music in public schools. The concentration in music educationvocal-choral requires completing the degree with voice as the primary instrument.

Admission to a VCU undergraduate degree program requires graduation from a secondary school or the equivalent (lyceum, senior middle school, university preparatory school, completion of GCSE exams, Standard 12 graduation, etc.), which typically consists of at least 12 years beyond kindergarten.Your secondary education should be the type that would prepare you for entrance to a recognized university in your home country.VCU also requires you to have completed the following academic units by the final year of your high school curriculum:MathematicsNatural scienceHistory or social scienceEnglish or foreign languageYou must complete any special departmental requirements in advance, including standardized tests, and the appropriate testing agency must send your official test results to international admissions.