Overview

Most graduates in the Music Performance degree at University of Texas El Paso go on to pursue careers performing with professional orchestras, opera companies, choirs, and bands, freelance work, and developing a private teaching studio. Most graduates will go on to pursue a graduate degree in music performance or related field.

Key Facts

Students will develop the following skills:

Entrepreneurship: Examples of entrepreneurship in the field of music performance include marketing, creating digital portfolios, and interacting with potential clients on social media.

Listening: In the field of music performance, listen is one of the core essential skills. Whether it is listening carefully to a conductor to perform music exactly as instructed or listening across an ensemble to match volume, rhythm, and style, music performance graduates must have excellent listening skills.

Pedagogy: Music performance graduates are well-trained in pedagogy and often will maintain an active studio of students.

Social skills: Music performance graduates must posses excellent social skills to be able to attract new audiences, maintain a good rapport with contractors, and to ensure that they work well with others in chamber music and larger music organizations.

Teamwork: Music performance graduates have to have the ability to work well with others in chamber and large group settings. These situations often have a variety of dynamics requiring graduates to be able to serve as a group leader or be prepared to follow the lead of a section leader on any given performance.

Programme Structure

Courses Include:

Music Theory

Music, Culture, and Society

Chamber Music/Accompanying

Piano Repertory

Music History Survey

Piano Pedagogy

Instrumental Conducting

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

El Paso, United States

Disciplines

Music Performance View 712 other Bachelors in Music Performance in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

$65.00 application fee

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International applicants must complete the Confirmation of Financial Resources form to determine if you meet the required economic resource requirement.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

22000 USD / year

≈ 22000 USD / year
Out-of-State

22000 USD / year

≈ 22000 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

8800 USD / year

≈ 8800 USD / year

Living costs

El Paso

United States

888 - 1646 USD / month

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Scholarships Information

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