Music and Music Education What is this major? Music is a
profound and integral part of all human societies. Regardless of
age, culture, education, economics, or politics, all people
create lasting connections to this form of art. The impact of
music is transformational, instigating social and political
change and allowing spaces for play and creativity. The self-
discipline involved in mastering an instrument cultivates a
heightened sense of self-expression and develops the concept of
self. Ensemble experience, ideally, requires us to release some
measure of our own ego; we combine, support, and blend with
others to respond to the nuances and character of their
expression. An engagement with art--an aesthetic encounter--is
sometimes conceptualized as the sublime, the spiritual, even
compared to an understanding of the soul. Musical materials are
close to that indefinable domain, embracing areas of emotional,
psychological, and spiritual energy while simultaneously
requiring detailed organization. Bachelor of A