Welcome to the Department of Music at Elon University. Here you’ll find an array of detailed material about the department and our degree programs. We balance a strong liberal arts core with high standards for musicality and professional skills. A nurturing, student-focused approach permeates every aspect of our teaching, while challenging each student to reach her or his highest potential. Our 6:1 music major to full-time faculty ratio ensures students receive unparalleled individual instruction throughout their academic program.
Here are some of the highlights of our program at a glance:
| Major Degree Programs | Other Programs of Study |
|---|---|
| Music Production & Recording Arts (B.S.) | Music Minor |
| Music Performance (B.A.) | Jazz Studies Minor |
| Music Education (B.S.) | Music Technology Minor |
| Music in Liberal Arts (B.A.) | Piano Pedagogy Program |
| University Bands | Chamber Music |
|---|---|
| Phoenix Winds (wind ensemble) | World Percussion Ensemble |
| Fire of the Carolinas (marching band) | Elon Music Ambassadors |
| Basketball Band | Opera Workshop |
| Orchestra | Percussion Ensemble |
| Elon University Orchestra | Saxophone Quartet |
| Commercial/Popular Music | Percussion Ensemble |
| Elon Electric Ensemble (rock, pop, R&B, etc.) | Low Brass Ensembles |
| Techtronica (EDM, Hip Hop, Remix, D.J., etc.) | Brass Quintet |
| Choral Activities | Flute Ensemble |
| University Chorale | String Chamber Ensembles |
| Camerata | Guitar Ensemble |
| élan (vocal jazz & a cappella) | |
| Jazz Studies | |
| Jazz Ensemble (big band) | |
| Jazz Combos | |
| élan (vocal jazz & a cappella) |
Robert Burns King served as an adjunct instructor of music at Elon from 1981 through 2007 and performed as the university's organist during that period.
Victoria Fischer Faw, professor of music at Elon, has been named president-elect of the N.C. Music Teachers Association.
Polly Butler Cornelius, senior lecturer of music, was a guest clinician at the University of Alabama-Birmingham this past weekend.
As part of the “Collaborative Humanities Redesign Project” (CHRP), a three-year interdisciplinary, cross-campus initiative funded by Teagle Foundation, faculty from Elon, Park and Rockhurst universities and the University of Kansas came together for the third time this September to collaborate on instructional design with the goal to enhance teaching in the humanities.
Gerald Knight was a guest lecturer at the Salzburg Institute for Religion, Culture, and the Arts in Salzburg, Austria.
