Music Education - Lee University

Music Education from Lee University is a Campus Master Teaching degree that prepares you for a Education career. Statement of Purpose The School of Music provides discipline related experiences in worship, musical artistry, and aesthetics which will help prepare Lee University graduate students for responsible living in the modern world. It addresses its efforts both to the general university student and to those who choose to pursue music as graduate students. For the student who wishes to pursue music as a profession, course offerings will assist in preparing graduate students for careers in the ministry of music in either church leadership or performance roles, music education in either public or private schools or private studio teaching, and the public performance arena as soloist or collaborative artist. The School of Music supports the belief that in order to be truly educated, each student must be familiar with the monumental artistic achievements of western civilization. Each student is offered the opportunity to become acquainted with selected examples of music literature and to develop the listening and analytic skills necessary to understand and appreciate that literature. The faculty of the School of Music advocates that music is not only an academic discipline, but it is also a performance art. Working with university administration and the Fine Arts Committee, the School of Music endeavors to provide a well-rounded series of events that allow the university community to participate in music from an artistic and aesthetic perspective. The School also maintains a variety of music ensembles that provide interested, talented, and qualified students the opportunity to become acquainted with the performer???s art. Since Lee University is a Christian university, the School of Music is intimately involved in the spiritual life of the campus. Through its faculty and students, the School takes a leading role in providing musical worship experiences in the university-wide chapel services. Courses are provided which are specifically designed to aid pastors, Christian Education students, and others preparing for full-time Christian service. In addition, the School of Music offers workshops, seminars, and clinics for ministers of music , pastors, and church leaders in order to promote the ministry of music in the Church of God, the sponsoring denomination of Lee University and other faith traditions. The students, faculty and administration of the School of Music accept the responsibility to provide the opportunity to bring a sense of celebration to our university community through the re-creative art of music ??? a celebration of the creative gifts with which our Creator God has endowed man and a celebration of the God of our salvation through music that is both artistic and spiritual. View more details on Lee University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Teaching courses.