BM in Music
Coe College — Cedar Rapids, IA
About this program
Coe College's BM in Music is the professional degree for students seeking to pursue graduate study, teach music in the public schools (with Secondary Education minor), or build careers in performance and/or composition. The department provides conservatory-level instruction — private lessons, major ensemble participation, and rigorous coursework in theory, history, and performance — within the breadth of a nationally recognized liberal arts college. Department Chair **William S. Carson**, D.M.A. (Arizona State University), is Director of Bands and conducts the Concert Band and Senior Honor Band. Carson has performed with professional orchestras and jazz bands throughout Iowa, Illinois, Arizona, and New Hampshire (including the band of Frank Sinatra Jr.) and serves as Associate Band Conductor of the **Iowa Ambassadors of Music**, which performs throughout Europe every other summer. He organizes Coe's annual **Jazz Summit** and **Festival of Bands**. Additional faculty include **Luke Lovegood** (Coordinator of Choral Music Education, llovegood@coe.edu, 319.399.8521; Director of Choral Ensembles) and **Steve Shanley** (Coordinator of Music Education, sshanley@coe.edu, 319.399.8639; Director of Jazz Studies; compositions published by Barnhouse). The department presents **40+ concerts and events** per academic year covering a wide variety of genres, historical periods, and ensembles. Scholarship options include the **Williston Jones Marshall Music Scholarship** (up to full tuition), **Basler Scholarship** ($4,500 first year + $500 stipend, each increasing $500/year to $6,000/$2,000 senior year), **VPA Scholarship** (up to $4,000, open to all students regardless of major), and **Schauwecker Scholarship** ($4,000 for ensemble participants). All-State musicians are automatically awarded $5,000 with no audition required (February 1 deadline).
Audition & application overview
- Requires a live or recorded audition
- Requires a dance audition
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