If music is a must for you, Meadows is a place to do what you love and garner tools to build a life. Be it a music-intensive B.M. or a more flexible B.A., adapt your education to meet your needs and fulfill your dreams. Read more about the Division of Music.
The Division of Music at the SMU Meadows School of the Arts is comprised of departments that offer instruction from internationally recognized faculty on a wide variety of musical pursuits. Students may choose from several undergraduate and graduate degree programs that most fit their interests.
Learn more about each of the departments within the Division of Music.
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Students who pursue a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Music are considered for artistic scholarship form the Meadows School of the Arts in conjunction with other scholarships or aid they receive from SMU.
25 April, 1:00 PM Taubman Atrium | Owen Arts Center With this concert, we say good-bye to the graduating members of the Meadows Lyric Theatre.
25 April, 7:30 PM Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Ravel
26 April, 7:30 PM Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center This annual concert features Meadows’ most distinguished, jury-selected chamber music ensembles in dynamic and passionate performance.
27 April, 2:30 PM Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center Celebrate the end of a year of beautiful music-making with this energetic and hopeful program from the Meadows Choirs!
28 April, 7:00 PM The 32nd annual benefit concert for SMU Meadows will feature the critically acclaimed Meadows Symphony Orchestra.
29 April, 7:30 PM Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center The SMU Organ Studio will present its second spring recital with works of de Grigny, Bach, Vierne, Durufle and Karg-Elert.
30 April, 7:30 PM Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center Violinist Aaron Boyd, Director of Chamber Music at the Meadows School of the Arts, is joined by Meadows students for concert of masterworks by the Romanian genius, George Enescu, including his famous Octet and Sonata #3 for violin and piano "in Romanian F
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Senior vocal performance major Will Emmert discusses studying voice, student-working and SMU in South Africa.
April 01, 2025
Voice performance alum Paul Kroeger's (B.M. '13) unique Meadows education allowed him to pursue a career as a professional opera singer, while also setting him up for his current job in international affairs.
March 31, 2025
Max Whittaker, a senior Meadows student pursuing a B.M. in Music Composition, has been selected as this year’s SMU–Irving Symphony Orchestra Student Composer-in-Residence.
February 28, 2025
Music alum David Sibley (B.M. '89) combined his music education and interest in film and television to excel as a music supervisor in the entertainment industry.
February 10, 2025
Meadows offers a number of performance ensembles open to all students.
