<p>I want to major in Music Business... does anyone know any good universities for that major? I really don't want to go to a music school unless it's more than just a music school, like librel arts school, business school. So, Berklee is out of the question. The only other places I've found is Roosevelt University, San Francisco State University, and Southern Oregon University. HELP MEHHHHh!!!</p>
<p>My son has a friend study music business in Florida....don't know if it's U of F, maybe?</p>
<p>I was looking at a music business major "back in the day". The strongest program was at University of Miami. I briefly checked their website just now and it looks like they still have a lot of options for combining music with various business disciplines. K.</p>
<p>jackiebelle, NYU has an excellent and well-respected Music Business program. It's housed in Steinhardt and students get a Bachelor of Music. The curriculum is composed of music business, liberal arts, music theory, technology, history, business and performance. The business classes are taken at Stern, NYU's business school which is one of the top business schools in the country. Applicants must audition on instrument or voice, and should have a music and music theory background.</p>
<p>NYU's School of Recorded Music is similar in some ways and is housed in Tisch. It's a program which educates in all areas of recorded music with an emphasis on identifying musical talent. You get a BFA from this program. Most students have a music background, although it's not a requirement for this program. </p>
<p>Both schools have excellent connections in the city for internships.</p>
<p>Any one knows if the U of Washington has a strong "music business" program?</p>
<p>Belmont University in Nashville or Loyola New Orleans</p>
<p>Drexel has a music industry program</p>
<p>nyu, northeastern. i think syracuse too</p>
<p>FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY has music industry management in the College of Business.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ferris.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.ferris.edu/</a></p>
<p>I'm sure there are others as well.</p>
<p>see:</p>
<p>USC Music Industry.... you could also do a minor in addition at Marshall School of Business</p>
<p>I have a friend in the program right now that loves it. She's interested in A&R and has already hooked up with Universal I believe (one of the major companies). </p>
<p>Here's a little info about the program and one of the classes offered: </p>
<p>I'm actually in the same boat as you. I was looking at uMiami's program, but definitely check out:</p>
<p>NYU- Steinhardt has an awesome Music Business program.
1) The courses look awesome
2) If you want to study in the music business, the city is more-or-less essential
3) They put you in an internship junior AND senior years</p>
<p>Plus all the benefits of NYU (my dream school)</p>
<p>(I bet there's a lot more I'm not thinking of) But good luck</p>
<p>What exactly is this? Only a couple universities have it like Western Illinois University.</p>
<p>How about majoring in general music and minoring in business and management in a university where there is no such major called"Music Business" ?</p>
<p>I think the main advantage of enrolling in an established music business program rather than creating your own is the contacts such a program has to the industry in regard to internships and other practical experience, such as working in NYU's record company, Village Records.</p>
<p>Another option for students interested in both performance and music business is doing a minor. My D is going to NYU Steinhardt for violin performance and is interested in doing a music business minor. But since both programs are in the same department, that's not allowed (I don't quite understand that, but anyway...) But she can do a minor in Record Producing at Tisch. I was looking at the course/credit requirements of the performance major and didn't see how it would work until I noticed that the Tisch Record Producing program offers many coures, especially their more technical recording and engineering courses, in the summer. That would leave time to take the more business oriented courses as electives during the regular school year -- whether offered through Steinhardt Music Business, Stern Business, or Tisch Record Producing.</p>
<p>USC, Northeastern, UMiami, NYU, Oklahoma City University all have msuci business programs. Obvioiusly, there's not much to do in oklahoma, but it's an in-state school and I had to apply somewhere in state.</p>
<p>I would check with a professor in your interest before you decide whether or not to do General music with a minor in business. I applied to U of Oklahoma as a BMA with an interest in Business and got rejected from their music school...which everyone was surprised. My flute teacher told me that 10 years ago when she was still working on her masters there that the flute teacher had talked about phasing the program out. So music professors at large universities without music business programs might be looking more for performance majors.</p>
<p>There is a very good music program in NYC, the new school.(Music theory)</p>
<p>Maybe I can weigh in on this. I work a part-time job in the music industry, and I'm concurrently part of NYU's music business program.</p>
<p>Depends what you want to do. In most situations, I think if you go in entry-level to a music company (whether its a record co, publishing co, you name it), they assume nothing, which is why it's good to work in a good learning environment. It is a very specific industry; it is not something you can just "wing." The stuff I learn everyday in the program has taken my colleagues years to learn in the field- so I feel right in my major. If a business major came in to my job, there's a good chance he would start from the bottom.</p>
<p>Jackiebelle, You didn't mention what your musical emphasis would be (i.e. voice, piano, instrumental, etc.) That should impact your decision as to what school to attend, along with the strength (or lack of strength) of their academics in general. You mentioned So. Oregon University. I live close to that school, and I can tell you that the music dept. there is below-average. They have a very fine piano professor there (Dr. Tutenov), but otherwise it's not a dept. I would recommend to anyone. They are suffering financially and lots of programs are being cut throughout the university, and they are losing students each year.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if Lewis University has a good program? I think the major there is Music Merchandising</p>