1. Introduction & General Information
The School of Music at Baylor University was established in 1921 and has grown to a current undergraduate and graduate enrollment of approximately 375 students pursuing degrees in music. The School of Music employs approximately 60 full-time faculty members and is housed within five facilities around the 1,000-acre Baylor University campus.
Bachelor of Music Degrees
- Performance
- Church Music
- Composition
- Music History and Literature
- Music Theory
- Piano Pedagogy
Bachelor of Music Education Degree
- Choral Music
- Instrumental Music
The Bachelor of Arts Degree with a major in Music (Applied Studies, Academic Studies, and Church Music) is offered through the College of Arts and Sciences.
Secondary Majors for non-music majors are offered in the areas of Instrumental, Keyboard, and Vocal Performance.
Undergraduate Certificates (available to both majors and non-majors)
- Orchestral Conducting
- Jazz Studies
Master of Music Degrees
- Church Music
- Composition
- Conducting
- Music History and Literature
- Music Theory
- Performance
- Collaborative Piano
- Piano Pedagogy and Performance
Doctor of Philosophy in Church Music
Doctor of Musical Arts in Church Music
Advanced Performers Certificate in Piano or Organ
Waco Hall
This historical facility houses the administrative offices of the School of Music, the Keyboard Division, the Academic Division, the Music Education Division, and the Vocal Division. Within the Waco Hall Complex, the facility is home to the 2,500-seat Waco Hall Auditorium, also home to the Waco Symphony Orchestra, the 500-seat Roxy Grove Hall, and the 120-seat Recital Hall II.
The Roxy Grove Wing houses the administrative offices of the School of Music, the piano faculty studios, the piano technical shop, and storage facilities for the School of Music. The Waco Hall East Wing houses academic, education, voice faculty offices and studios, academic classrooms, as well as the choral division rehearsal hall and choral music library.
The Piano Pedagogy Wing includes space for the Piano Laboratory Program, teaching studios for graduate students, academic classrooms, and is home to the O’Neal Collection of piano pedagogy materials.
McCary Music Building
The Glennis McCrary Music Building is home to the 1,000-seat Mary Gibbs Jones Concert Hall, which houses the McLane Organ, the 200-seat Meadows Lecture & Recital Hall, the Markham Organ Studio & Recital Hall, and the Hearn Recording Studio. The building includes practice and rehearsal spaces of various sizes for individual practice to larger ensemble rehearsals, as well as studio and office spaces for the ensemble faculty, instrumental and organ faculty, as well as music libraries for multiple disciplines.
Opera Black Box Theater
The Black Box is located across from the McCrary Music Building and behind the Lewis Art Building. Home to the Baylor Opera Theatre Program, the Black Box Theater consists of a rehearsal studio, costume and scenic shops, and prop storage.
Harris House
Home to the Dunn Center for Christian Music Studies, the Harris House facility houses faculty and staff offices of the Baylor Church Music Division. The facility includes designated space for Doctoral research and discussions, as well as workspace for students of all levels.
Wiethorn Building
The Wiethorn Building is located adjacent to the McCrary Music Building and Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Building. The facility is a shared space between the School of Music and the Baylor Theater Arts programs, primarily used for classroom and lecture space, masterclasses, and as an additional rehearsal space.
The School of Music follows the Baylor University Academic Calendars:
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Research Development support for grants includes:
- Finding Grant Funding: Baylor-curated funding lists, Baylor subscribed funding search engines (Pivot and GrantForward) with training videos, Internal funding, and a Limited Submission Policy.
- Baylor Grant Toolkits: Planners, Shells, Templates, and Guides.
- Early Career Faculty Resources for Grants: NSF CAREER, NIH K01, and other grants.
- Grant Writing Training: In-person grant workshops (see below), previous grant workshops (PowerPoint or PowerPoint with Video), and two books: Baylor Grant Writing Handbook and New Faculty Guide to Competing for Research Funding.
- Broader Impacts: led by Research Development Broader Impacts Specialist Sherry_DeHay@baylor.edu.
- Large/Collaborative grant support: our newest initiative is helping to support and coordinate grant projects involving several PIs or different departments.