The purpose of the School of Music is to develop each student’s potential to its highest level. Recognizing that students have unique combinations of abilities, needs, and goals, the School of Music provides a series of structured and independent learning situations which will fulfill both common and individual objectives.
As a division of the university concerned with professional preparation, emphasis is placed on specific career requirements in music. A variety of courses chosen from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences generates the liberalizing influence of a university experience. The integral place of music in a liberal education is affirmed by participation of music faculty in courses for non-music majors.
Located at Fullerton Avenue and Halsted Street on the Lincoln Park Campus, the School of Music and its student body are deeply involved in the cultural life of Chicago. Orchestra Hall, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Lyric Opera are less than 15 minutes away by rapid-transit. DePaul’s location in an active cultural center enables the School of Music to draw its faculty from professionals in the Chicago musical scene, including more than twenty members of the Chicago Symphony and Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestras. Qualified students may perform with the Civic Orchestra and the Lyric Opera chorus. Many other performing and teaching opportunities are also available in the metropolitan area.
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