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Thanks for Your Interest in the Department of Music at Seton Hill!
Music was one of the first programs offered at Seton Hill in 1918. Seton Hill’s passion for music extends from its founding to an unlimited future. As a fully accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music, the Music Department will unlock your full potential and help you develop the skills for a life, and a career, in music.
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Why Study Music at Seton Hill?
Seton Hill’s expansive Performing Arts Center will provide you with multiple performance venues, including the Carol Reichgut Concert Hall (renowned for its fine acoustics). You’ll also enjoy learning, rehearsing and using new technology at the Center, which is perfectly suited for music making at the highest levels. Seton Hill produces a complete season of concerts and workshops every year.
At Seton Hill, you’ll also enjoy the benefits of:
• An Apple Distinguished School.
• An All-Steinway School.
• A National Association of Schools of Music Accredited School.
• Experienced faculty who are accomplished musicians, music educators and music therapists.
• Small classes and personalized instruction.
• An affordable private school with special scholarships just for music majors.
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Seton Hill
Music Clubs & Organizations
• National Association for Music
Education - Seton Hill Chapter
• Pennsylvania Music Teachers
Association - Seton Hill Chapter
• Winterguard
Primary Music Ensembles
• Choral Ensembles
• Una Voce (Chamber Choir)
• Seton Hill University Glee Club (tenors and basses)
• Setonia (sopranos and altos)
• Griffin Marching and Concert Band
• Sinfonia at Seton Hill
• Westmoreland Symphonic Winds
Specialized/Chamber Ensembles
• Brass Ensemble
• Commercial Music Ensemble
• Guitar Ensemble
• Jazz Combo
• Jazz Ensemble
• Opera Workshop
• Piano Ensemble
• Percussion Ensemble
Music Ensembles
• St. Cecilia Ringers (Handbell Ensemble)
• String Chamber Music
• Seton Hill University Pipe Band
• Woodwind Ensembles
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Music Majors
Music (B.A.)
Music - Commercial Music (B.M.)
Music - Sacred Music (B.M.)
• Organ
• Voice
Music Education (B.M.)
Music Performance (B.M.)
Music Therapy (B.M.)
Minors Popular with Music Majors
Art
Business Management
Communication
Dance
French
Modern Languages
Theatre Arts
You can personalize your degree by choosing a second major (or minor) from the School of Visual & Performing Arts or another School - discover what each school has to offer at setonhill.edu/schools.
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Career Services for Life
Seton Hill’s award-winning Center for Career and Professional Development will work with your professors so that you do career planning right along with your academic courses. The Center will help you to decide on a career, find the best internships and land that first great job. Even better: the Center’s services are always available to you after you graduate - for life!
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Internships, Research Opportunities, Student Teaching & Other Experiential Learning
It’s important to get a feel for your future career while you’re still in college. Many Seton Hill students also want the opportunity to study abroad, help others, and expand their horizons as part of earning a degree. Depending on your goals, experiential learning at Seton Hill can take many forms, including:
• Internships, on and off campus.
• Performance opportunities, on and off campus.
• Service learning: use your talents to help others.
• Student teaching (for future music teachers).
• Research opportunities, both on and off campus.
• Study abroad - in short trips with faculty and fellow students, or longer-term with our university partners in other countries.
• Student professional, educational and service clubs, organizations and honors societies.
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Afford & Apply: It’s Easy
Applying for admission and financial aid at Seton Hill is simple.
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APPLY TO SETON HILL
You can find our FREE online application at setonhill. edu/apply. Start your application any time. You don’t have to complete it all at once.
APPLY FOR FINANCIAL AID
Seton Hill University gives out more than $34 million in scholarships and aid every year. All you have to do to get the process started is fill out the online Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and list Seton Hill as a school you’re interested in (our code is 003362.)
MUSIC AUDITION & SCHOLARSHIPS
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SCAN HERE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS & AID.
$34 MILLION IN AID
PROVIDED BY SETON HILL Every Year
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DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC STUDENT & ALUMNI SP TLIGHTS
SEE MORE AT setonhill.edu/music
RECORDING ARTIST & MUSIC GRAD LYN STARR RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD
MUSIC STUDENTS PERFORM AT CARNEGIE HALL
MUSIC PERFORMANCE ALUMNA PURSUES LOVE OF MUSIC HISTORY AS MUSIC CATALOGING AND METADATA LIBRARIAN
MUSIC THERAPIST LEARNED TO “MAKE IT MEANINGFUL” WHILE AT SETON HILL
Seton Hill is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution. Learn more at setonhill.edu/nondiscrimination.
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