The School of Music is a unit in the College of Fine and Performing Arts of Western Carolina University, a comprehensive State university. The School complements the general objectives of the university by providing quality curricula in music with professional and liberal arts emphases. An atmosphere of scholarly and creative activity in music pedagogy, research, composition and performance prepares students for the professional world and community service. The School of Music primarily serves North Carolina but students are recruited nationally and internationally. The Bachelor of Arts (music, or music industry), Bachelor of Science in Education (choral/general or instrumental), Bachelor of Music (performance, musical theatre, or commercial and electronic music,) Master of Arts, Master of Arts in Teaching, and the Master of Education in Music are conferred. The School of Music serves as a primary advocate for the arts in the area, and as source of musical culture and education for the region through performances, clinics, workshops, festivals, and consultant work.

Will Peebles 
Director, School of Music