Music

Earn a Bachelor of Music in Music, Music Business, Music Education Leading to PreK-12 Certification, Music Performance, or Music Religion. The Department of Music at Grove City College will equip you for a musical career through diverse performance and leadership opportunities, high-quality rehearsal facilities and performance venues, and faculty mentors who cultivate your holistic growth as a musician and person of influence.

An audition for admission into the music program is required for music majors and minors.

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Opera Workshop

Charles 'Chip' Dugan

Music Lesson Instructor in Voice

Andrew Erb

Professor of Music; Director of Bands

Katie Phelps

Music Lesson Instructor in Piano

Department Overview

Make a resounding impact.

Do you dream of a career in music? Perhaps you hope to play with a symphony orchestra, record original albums, direct a high school band, or teach third graders how to play piano. Regardless of your career destination, you will carry the responsibility of stewarding music — an influential medium that persuades minds and hearts. Here, we will train you to make the most of your talents and use them to inspire and uplift those around you — whether on stage or in the recording studio, sanctuary, or classroom. As a natural component of that training, you will learn how to approach music as an expression of worship and live out your faith as you pursue your calling.

Step into your calling with gusto.

Our program offers you a well-rounded curriculum with exposure to theory, music history, and conducting, as well as freedom to specialize in your greatest area of interest through an applied concentration. You will have abundant opportunities to put theory into practice through participation in our faculty-led ensembles and chamber ensembles — such as touring choir, symphony orchestra, Wolverine Marching Band, jazz ensemble, trumpet ensemble, and flute choir, many of which perform at national and state conferences. In an environment where you’ll be mentored and challenged, you can take advantage of conducting and leadership opportunities — typically reserved for graduate students at most large institutions. Additionally, you will benefit from our high-quality facilities that create space for collaboration and individual growth — including the 700-seat Ketler Auditorium, Parker Organ Studio, and Arnold Recital Hall, as well as ample practice rooms, music education suite, music technology lab, and black box theatre.

Engage with accomplished faculty.

With varying backgrounds as professional artists and educators, our faculty become mentors who care about your personal and professional development. From freshman through senior year, you will have private music lessons with the same faculty instructor every semester in your primary area of voice, piano, or instrument. You will also build relationships with your professors through everyday interactions in the classroom, performance experiences, and casual conversations in the Pew Fine Arts Center — the hub of musical life at Grove City College.

Build community, grow professionally.

Our music department naturally fosters community and will no doubt become a place where some of your richest friendships are forged. As you cultivate relationships with peers and faculty, you will also network with professional musicians and music educators through workshops. In addition, you will be able to grow professionally through internships and research with faculty in the areas of music history and music theory. Unique opportunities like these — typically available to graduate-level students — are sure to help you stand out and hit the ground running when you graduate.

Enjoy amazing career outcomes.

For the class of 2022, 100% of our music graduates were employed or in graduate school six months after graduation. You will be prepared to compete for rewarding full-time positions or entry into top graduate programs at institutions such as Yale, Notre Dame, and Peabody Conservatory. Our graduates come out ready to lead and go on to become influencers in the field — as nationally recognized composers, symphony orchestra executive directors, music industry executives, impactful music educators, and professional musicians. No matter where you end up, you will come out of Grove City College with the fundamentals, leadership experience, and inspiration to make a lasting impact through music.

Department Fact Sheet

Caleb Hixon, '21

B.M. in Music Education - Piano

Brian Toney, '00

B.M. in Music Education

Colton Henry, '16

Music

Amy Beresik, '02

B.M. in Music Education

Ensembles

Grove City College offers a variety of faculty- and student-led ensembles, private lessons on every instrument, and several music degrees and minors. Our faculty believes in academic excellence and in mentoring students to achieve the highest level of musicianship, scholarship, and understanding of faith.

Ensembles

Performance Schedule

Grove City College's music ensembles perform throughout the year. See when the Symphonic Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble & Stage Band, Chamber & Symphonic Orchestras, Concert Choir, and Grove City College Singers are performing next.

Performance Schedule