Students receive the highest level of individualized instruction from professional musicians and master teachers.
Described as ‘the destination for the academically gifted musician,’ Carnegie Mellon School of Music offers majors in every orchestral instrument, piano, organ, guitar, bagpipes, voice and composition.
Private studio instruction is augmented by choir, opera workshop and diction/ repertoire classes.
Carnegie Mellon offers a strong emphasis on contemporary music and conducting.
All the works are performed and professionally recorded, culminating in an orchestral piece to be written during the senior year.