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Achieve Your Creative and Career Potential

Open to all majors, the Department of Music at UT Martin helps students hone and refine their musical potential. Our goal is to promote the art of music by providing creative opportunities for majors and non-majors alike. We accomplish this goal by cultivating performers, educators, scholars, and advocates who will further the art and profession of music. Whether you plan to major in music or simply want to enhance your musical ability, there is a place for you in our department.

Accreditation

The University of Tennessee at Martin is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM). For more information, please visit: https://nasm.arts-accredit.org.

Teacher certification programs at the University of Tennessee at Martin are accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). For more information, please visit: https://caepnet.org/.

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Program Outcomes

Admissions Requirements

  1. Apply for Admission to UT Martin.
  2. Register to Audition (Majors and minors must audition for full acceptance into the program.)

Department Scholarships

Chancellor's Music Award - $3,000 per year

Eligibility: Minimum ACT score of 22 and a 2.75 GPA; Participation in All-State and/or other exemplary musical experiences such as Interlochen, Governor’s School for the Arts, Top Tier DCI or WGI participation, National Youth Orchestra, Significant Soloist Competition Winner, etc.
Exceptional audition required.
Music Majors Only

Honor Music Award - $1,500 per year

Eligibility: Minimum ACT score of 22 and a 2.75 GPA; Participation in All Region and/or other honors music experiences may be considered.
Excellent audition required.
Music Majors Only

UTM High School Solo Competition Winners - Up to $1,000

Competition winners from UTM Honor Band, Woodwind Day, Brass Day, Piano Competition, and Death by Voice who attend UTM as a music major may be eligible for up to $1,000 scholarship.
Music Majors Only

Chairs Award - $600 per year

Eligibility: Minimum ACT score of 22 and a 2.75 GPA; Participation in All-State and/or other exemplary musical experiences such as Interlochen, Governor’s School for the Arts, Top Tier DCI or WGI participation, National Youth Orchestra, Significant Soloist Competition Winner, etc.
Exceptional audition required.
Music Minors Only

Music Service Scholarship

All members of the Aviators Marching Band receive a service award scholarship.
Eligibility: Acceptance to UT Martin and satisfactory audition required.
Participation in assigned ensembles and/or accompanying for pianists required.

Facilities

The renovated and expanded Fine Arts Building on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Martin serves as the home for the Departments of Music and Visual and Theater Arts. The 112,000 square foot facility was completed at a cost of $14 million and includes 16 classrooms, 24 studio rooms, 35 offices, 23 practice rooms, a music computer lab, choral/recital hall, band rehearsal hall, percussion rehearsal room, labs for graphic arts, ceramics, fabrics, and sculpture, a costume shop, scene shop and a state-of-the-art black-box theater.

We are also one of a select group of music departments designated as an All-Steinway School. Steinway is internationally recognized for its excellence in piano-making. Our school uses only Steinway pianos.