- Get hands-on training through teaching experiences with adults and children in the community in both traditional and contemporary music education settings.
- Experience Modern Band and other contemporary music education settings that are shaping our classrooms. Converse is one of only two schools in South Carolina to offer the Modern Band teacher preparation.
- Our music education faculty have considerable experience in the K-12 classroom and are active as researchers, clinicians, and leaders in the field of education.
- Our low student/teacher ratio ensures ongoing personal interaction with faculty.
- Take unique, interdisciplinary courses and honors classes.
- Continue to grow as a musician with a myriad of performance opportunities.
Music Education
If you are truly passionate about the power of music, a Music Education degree and teacher certification will allow you to share that passion in any educational setting – public school, private school, or studio practice. You’ll develop the knowledge and skills needed to adapt readily to constant changes in the field. You will explore all aspects of music, including performance, theory, history, and teaching techniques. You will get hands-on experience as a student teacher, and receive mentoring from our professors, all veteran educators and practitioners.
Consider studying Music Education to become a classroom music teacher.
Degree Offered
- Bachelor of Music in Music Education
- Choral
- Instrumental
“I came to Converse because of its music program and inviting community. I have grown in my singing abilities and learned so much about who I really am. I have met people that I know are going to be my lifelong friends. “
Sommerset Sewell ’22
About Music Education
If you are considering a degree in music, chances are you’ve had an inspiring music teacher in your life. Think about your favorite teachers and how they encouraged you and made you feel important. Music teachers play a huge role in connecting and guiding students through music-making.
At Converse, we will prepare you to teach for the traditional experiences of band, choir, orchestra, and elementary music. Our rigorous coursework will have you prepared to enter the field with confidence and hands-on teaching experience.
We will prepare you for the non-traditional music classroom through our modern band experience. Modern band is where you’ll learn to teach culturally relevant and popular music through whatever instruments and technology you may have. Whether traditional or contemporary, we will prepare you to be the next inspiring music teacher.
