This list is focused on popular and commercial music programs (not jazz) that include…

• commercial voice lessons
• commercial music ensembles
• songwriting and production
• music business
• music technology

We don’t include programs that are basically jazz, musical theatre, or classical programs that have just tacked on a few extra classes.

If you have information on a program we’ve omitted that should be listed, or if you feel that a program you see here should no longer be listed, please contact us at hello@truecolorsvoiceandartist.com.

Artist Development

• California
  • Azusa Pacific University
    • BM in Commercial Music
  • California Baptist University
    • BM in Commercial Performance
  • California Institute of the Arts
    • BFA, MFA, DMA in Performer-Composer
  • Cal State LA
    • BM, MM in Commercial Music
  • Concordia University
    • BA in Music, Commercial Music Concentration
  • Musicians Institute
    • Multiple certificates/degrees in Independent Artist
    • Multiple certificates/degrees in Vocals
  • University of Southern California – Thornton
    • BM in Popular Music
• Colorado
  • University of Colorado – Denver
    • BS in Commercial Voice
• Florida
  • University of Miami
    • BM in Musicianship, Artistry Development, and Entrepreneurship (MADE)
    • BM or MM in Music Business & Entertainment, Commercial Voice track
    • Minor in Creative American Music
• Illinois
  • Columbia College – Chicago
    • BM in Contemporary Urban and Popular Music
  • Greenville College
    • BA in Commercial Music, emphasis in performance
  • Millikin University
    • BM in Commercial Music
• Massachussets
  • Berklee
    • BM in Performance
    • BM in Professional Music
• Michigan
  • Detroit Institute of Music Education
    • BA or Certificate in Creative Music Performance
• New Mexico
  • Santa Fe University of Art and Design
    • BA in Contemporary Music
• New York
  • The New School
    • BFA in Jazz and Contemporary Music
  • New York University
    • BFA in Recorded Music, Clive Davis Institute
• North Carolina
  • Catawba College
    • BA in Music with a concentration in Popular Music
  • College of St. Rose
  • Elon University
    • BS in Music Production and Recording Arts
• Ohio
  • Tiffin University
    • BA in Commercial Music
      • Concentration in Performance & Entrepreneurship
      • Concentration in Production & Engineering
• Oklahoma
  • University of Central Oklahoma
    • AAS in Contemporary Music
• South Carolina
  • Francis Marion University
    • BS in Music Industry, Performance Track
  • University of South Carolina
    • Minor in Commercial Music
• Tennessee
  • Belmont University
    • BM and MM in Commercial Music
  • Commercial Music Center
    • Artist Track, 1 semester of study
  • Lipscomb University
    • BM, BA, Minor in Commercial Music
  • Tennessee State University
    • BM in Music with concentration in Commercial Music
• Texas
  • University of Texas – El Paso
    • BM in Commercial Music
• Utah
  • Brigham Young University
    • BM in Commercial Music
  • Utah Valley University
    • BM in Commercial Music
• Virginia
  • Liberty University
    • BM in Artist Development
  • Shenandoah University
    • MM in CCM Voice Pedagogy
• Washington
  • Cornish College
• Wyoming
  • Western Wyoming Community College
    • AA in Popular Music, Voice

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Songwriting

• Colorado
  • University of Colorado – Denver
    • BS in Songwriting
• Illinois
  • Greenville College
    • BA in Commercial Music, emphasis in songwriting
• Massachussets
  • Berklee
    • BM in Songwriting
• Michigan
  • Detroit Institute of Music Education
    • BA or Certificate in Commercial Songwriting
• Missouri
  • Webster University
    • BM in Songwriting
• New York
  • NYU – Steinhardt
    • BM in Songwriting
  • SUNY – Purchase
    • BM in Studio Composition
•  Tennessee
  • Middle Tennessee State University
    • Commercial Songwriting