Bachelor of Music with Elective Studies in Business
Inspiring and empowering the next generation of artists in the music business.
Learn About Our Music Business Program
Coordinators: Valerie K. Eichelberger, M.M., and Autumn Dawn McDonald
Faculty: Marcus Johnson
Advising: Genesis Neely
The Bachelor of Music with Elective Studies in Business degree is a Music Major program in either Performance or Jazz Studies, with additional courses in Business Administration. Auditions are for acceptance into the Performance or Jazz Studies major area.
The business courses include subjects such as economics, accounting, principles of marketing and statistics, entrepreneurship, organizational behavior, and law.
The program requires an administrative internship in the arts community during the senior year.
Senior Recital is required.
Alphonso Evans Jr.
Junior, Music Business Major with a Jazz Voice Minor
Alphonso is a Philadelphia native and serves as President of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts Student Council.
The business portion of this program inspires me to not only know my craft, but to understand contracts, management, and marketing—things that directly shape my artistry and my brand.
Programs
• Business in the Arts Summit
• Immersive Business Travel Program
• Careers for Creatives Expo
• Performance Opportunities
Course schemes are designed to help undergraduate students understand graduation requirements, and to assist them in planning their schedules to finish their programs of study in a timely manner.
Business majors minor in an instrument, piano, or voice, or a jazz instrument, jazz piano, or jazz voice. Each minor has a unique course scheme.
Bachelor of Music with Elective Studies in Business - Instrument Minor
Bachelor of Music with Elective Studies in Business - Piano Minor
Bachelor of Music with Elective Studies in Business - Voice Minor
Bachelor of Music with Elective Studies in Business - Jazz Instrument Minor
Bachelor of Music with Elective Studies in Business - Jazz Piano Minor
Bachelor of Music with Elective Studies in Business - Jazz Voice Minor