Programs
If you want to be a music teacher, Ashland University’s Music Education program is a great place to start.
This program combines courses in music with courses from our College of Education, which is nationally recognized as one of the best programs in the state. You’ll...
The music minor programs are designed for students majoring in another field that want significant music study as a part of their education. The required courses for the music minor can be distributed over several years, to ease scheduling. Students select either an Applied performance track (the applied Music Minor)...
Do you want to explore the world of music? The Bachelor of Arts in Music provides a thorough musical education within the context of a liberal arts education.
Curriculum
| Music Performance | |
| BM in Music Performance - Instrumental | Four-Year Guide |
| BM in Music Performance - Vocal | Four-Year Guide |
Faculty
209, Center for the Arts
419.289.5114 / rblackle@ashland.edu
Department of Music
Department News
19.20 Music Department Awards
Department Academic Awards
Sophomore: Bethany Leggett
Junior: Kailyn Buyok
Senior: Rebecca Young
OCMEA leadership award: Kendra Garver
Outstanding Student Teacher: Kendra Garver
Zach Spier Award for Outstanding Contribution by a Non-Music Major
Nathan Roblin
Kyle Ackert
Branden Barber
Most Improved Music Major: Jenna Niedermier
Outstanding Performer: Jedidiah McFadden
Outstanding Music Major: Eric Watts
And Congratulations to the Graduating Seniors (Dec. 2019 & May 2020)
Sami Eron Kendra Garver Moriah Goldsmith Alli Lange Alex Trotter Rebecca Young...Read more
Cleveland Jazz Orchestra Headlines Maplerock
The Jazz Festival's evening concert will open with the Ashland University Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Scott Garlock fresh off of their tour to Spain. Dr. Garlock will then switch roles and take the stage as lead trombonist in The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra (CJO).
For 35 years, The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra has been Northeast Ohio’s premier jazz voice. Led by Paul Ferguson as the artistic director, the CJO promotes jazz in its historical and contemporary forms, through concerts with gifted jazz musicians, arrangers, composers and educators in northeast Ohio. The CJO aims for worldwide recognition in cooperation with guest artists, and looks to shepherd young musicians toward the future of jazz. Their 2019-2020 season exemplifies this mission and vision through a variety of new music, new compositions and arrangements, and a stellar line-up of well-known guest artists and young up-and-coming talent.
Paul has played with the CJO since 1988 and was named the artistic director in CJO's 31st season. Before joining CJO, Paul traveled with and arranged for the Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller Orchestras. Recognized as one of the leading jazz composer/arrangers of his generation, he was recipient of the Gil Evans fellowship in Jazz Composition in 1995 and was the sole American finalist at the ART-EZ Jazz composition contest in Enschede, Holland in 2012. His works have been recorded by various radio orchestras in Europe and his arrangements for Pops...Read more
AU Jazz Returns to Spain
Pre-Spain Jazz Concert
Events & Tickets
Auditions & Admissions
Audition Process
- Review audition procedures
- Complete the music forms
- Choose your audition pieces
- Schedule or upload your audition
- Schedule a Skype interview at music@ashland.edu (Only required for music education majors auditioning via upload)
Admission to the Department of Music requires an entrance audition which also determines a variety of talent-based scholarships for majors, minors and participants. For strong scholarship consideration, all scholarship auditions must be completed by March 18 prior to the proposed academic year of enrollment. All department majors, minors and ensemble participants are eligible, but a limited number of awards are available.
Prospective students must complete the formal Ashland University application process and be accepted to the University before they can be awarded a scholarship. It is highly recommended that students complete the Ashland University Application for Admission prior to an audition. Please refer to the checklist page for details about applying to the Department of Music and for auditioning information which includes:
Ensemble auditions for students not completing a scholarship audition are held in summer and fall; contact the ensemble director or email music@ashland.edu for more information. No audition is required for Marching Band.
Music placement testing takes place after admission to the music program, but before the start of classes. Placement testing is typically completed during summer. The placement tests do not affect admissions decisions.
