Opportunities for Music Majors

What's in it for you? What's the payoff for all the extra work it takes to major in music? (At least music education majors typically have a job to look forward to on graduation, should they wish to teach music on the elementary or secondary level; placement levels are very high.)

First of all, if you do in fact grow in the areas listed as "outcomes," you will be better prepared for practically anything you choose to do after graduation. Statistics tell us that more than ninety percent of graduates of bachelor's degree programs in music (whether BA or BMUS) never work full-time in the field of music. But a BA in music will get you anywhere a BA of any sort will (law school, anyone?), should you want to go on to graduate study. If you end up in business, or architecture, or missions as a profession (some large banks and insurance companies actively recruit music majors), you will have gained many of the life skills you'll employ each day on the job; in addition, you'll have music itself as a valuable avocation, whether you play or sing, write or arrange music, teach, or minister in you church.

For those students who desire to pursue graduate education in music after a BA at Trinity, we will make sure that you're prepared to excel in this next phase, and we'll help you find and gain admission to a graduate program which fits your goals and abilities.

We don't reserve solo spots or lead roles for majors; auditions are open. On the other hand, our majors are the students we know the best, and for whom we feel the most responsibility. Hence they often end up in our most prominent performance positions, even though they receive no special consideration in the audition process. These opportunities, if taken seriously, are rewarding in and of themselves.

We do give special attention to the financial needs of our majors, and whatever scholarship and/or bursary monies are available to us will be directed toward majors first. In addition the Musician of the Year prize will be awarded in any year in which we feel we have an outstanding major to recognize.