The Bachelor of Music degree at James Madison University?offers six majors:

• Performance - The music performance program offers a broad course of study tailored to meet the needs of the individual musician and prepare the student for further pursuit in the many areas of the music profession.

• Music Education -?The music education program consists of both instrumental and vocal concentrations. Students who choose a vocal concentration participate in applied study in either voice or keyboard and focus on the pedagogical aspects of teaching general and/or vocal music

• Music Industry -?JMU offers both an undergraduate Concentration in Jazz Studies (a "jazz studies major") and a Minor in Jazz Studies. Performing groups include two large jazz ensembles and multiple jazz chamber ensembles.?

• Jazz Studies - The music industry program offers a broad course of study suiting the needs of a diverse profession.

• Composition -?The composition program stresses the technical aspects of form, harmony, counterpoint and orchestration, but also puts strong emphasis on the development of personal creative style.

• Music Theater -?The music theater program is designed to prepare the vocal music student to be competitive in the field of popular Broadway musical theater performance.