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Mission Statement

The Townsend School of Music fosters excellence in musical learning within the context of a comprehensive university environment. Undergraduate and graduate studies prepare musicians for careers in performance, music education, church music, and musical scholarship.

Goals

• To offer undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs in music based
  upon a strong liberal arts foundation.
• To equip student musicians with the necessary artistic skills for excellence in
  performance, scholarship, and teaching.
• To promote lifelong learning and musical development.
• To develop an understanding of the role of the arts and artists in society.
• To collaborate with other units within the University to develop in all students an
  awareness of the artistic, creative, and aesthetic dimensions of the whole
  person.
• To join in partnership with community, regional and national music and artistic
  organizations to assist with helping students make a contribution to their
  respective fields of study.
• To foster the acquisition of critical thinking, writing, and communication skills.
• To support an engaged and highly qualified music faculty