Why Study Music at UB?
Enhance your UB experience.
The University at Buffalo Department of Music is a dynamic, stimulating, and tight knit community of performers, composers and scholars who are dedicated to a broad range of creative and scholarly pursuits. Whether you are a non-major who just wishes to keep playing or singing, or a major who is looking to push their talents, we have something to offer you.
To be a music student at UB is to be part of a uniquely collegial musical community marked by a dynamic exchange of ideas and a shared commitment to artistic and academic excellence.
Pursue your passion.
A wide range of performance opportunities are available to students, including participation in University Chorus, University Choir, UB Concert Band, UB Jazz Ensembles, UB Symphony Orchestra, UB Contemporary Ensemble and numerous smaller ensembles and chamber groups.
Students work closely with faculty and are exposed to a broad range of music through classes and ensembles that cover everything from traditional classical music and its evolution, to jazz, vernacular and electronic music.
Global Impact
The faculty in the Department of Music is comprised of internationally known soloists, ensemble musicians, orchestral players, composers, music theorists and historical musicologists committed to preparing students for careers in music. The department’s low student-teacher ratio ensures that students receive a high degree of individual instruction and supervision.
Graduates of the Department of Music, representing six continents, boast an extensive list of awards, accomplishments and appointments to academic faculties.