Music Education

Great music teachers transform the lives of their students. We create greatness at BGSU. As a music education major you’ll be training and teaching from the moment you walk through our doors. Our rigorous curriculum - based in scholarship, musicianship and teaching - creates transformative music educators who bring the joy of music into the lives of students, often for the very first time.

MM EDUCATION: TEACHING ARTISTRY SPECIALIZATION

A new online degree designed to meet the growing demand of currently employed teachers desiring the means to continue development of current skills, gain new skills and insight into the profession, and to deepen knowledge of pedagogy.

Music Education Area News


  • Gruenhagen and McClure Publish Article on Fostering Well-Being in General Music Oct 24, 2024 11:28 AM Lisa Gruenhagen (Ph.D., ESM), Associate Professor of Music Education, and Anna McClure (MM, BGSU), Music Teacher at David Hill CLC, Akron Public Schools, co-authored the article “Fostering Well-Being in Elementary General Music” which was recently published in TRIAD, the cornerstone publication for the Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA).

  • Wheaton Municipal Band to perform at Midwest Clinic December 20, 2023 Dec 11, 2023 11:43 AM Performance at Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic:  Wheaton Municipal Band, Bruce Moss, conductor, Lt. Col Ryan Nowlin, guest conductor, Esteban Batallan and John Hagstrom from Chicago Symphony Orchestra, guest soloists.

  • Tim Butler has Original Manuscript Accepted to Music Educators Journal Dec 14, 2021 11:59 AM MUED Masters student Tim Butler recently had his manuscript entitled "Autonomy-Supported Teaching in the Large Ensemble: Positive Outcomes for Student Motivation and Teacher Satisfaction" accepted for publication in the Music Educators Journal. This peer-reviewed publication is one of the most widely read in the field, and only 18% of submitted manuscripts are accepted for publication. This is a tremendous accomplishment! On behalf of the entire music education department, congratulations, Tim!

  • Summer Conducting Activity for Bruce Moss Aug 12, 2019 4:00 PM Wheaton Municipal Band celebrates 90th season, 40th year with conductor.

  • Choral Professor Sings at Oxford University Jul 2, 2019 10:15 AM Emily Pence Brown Sings at Oxford University.

  • Choral Alumni take charge in 2019 Mar 4, 2019 12:36 PM Two alumni, Megan Wicks-Rudolph and Daniel Parsley, take the ACDA by storm this year with their talents.

  • BG Philharmonia and Choirs present the Brahms Requiem Apr 11, 2018 10:40 AM The BG Philharmonia, University Choral Society, A Cappella Choir, and Collegiate Chorale present "A German Requiem" by Johannes Brahms on Sunday, April 22.

  • Mark Munson Presides at ACDA Conference in Chicago Feb 22, 2018 11:42 AM Director of Choral Activities and Professor of Music Education Mark Munson co-chaired and presided at "Unite in Song," a conference of the American Choral Directors Association shared by the Central and North Central Regions of ACDA, held in Chicago from February 14 through 17.

Updated: 12/06/2023 01:24PM