This list is focused on popular and commercial music programs (not jazz) that include…
- popular/commercial music voice lessons
- popular/commercial music 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
Iowa
The School for Music Vocations, Associate of Applied Arts in Professional Music
Massachussets
Berklee, BM in Performance, BM in Professional Music
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
Elon University, BS in Music Production and Recording Arts
Ohio
Tiffin University, BA in Commercial Music, Concentration in Performance & Entrepreneurship
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, BA in Contemporary Musicianship and Entrepreneur Development, MM in CCM Voice Pedagogy
Wyoming
Western Wyoming Community College, AA in Popular Music, Voice
Songwriting
Colorado
University of Colorado – Denver, BS in Songwriting
Illinois
Greenville College, BA in Commercial Music, emphasis in songwriting
Iowa
The School for Music Vocations, Associate of Applied Arts in Professional Music, emphasis in songwriting
Massachussets
Berklee, BM in Songwriting
Missouri
Webster University, BM in Songwriting
New York
NYU – Steinhardt, BM in Songwriting
SUNY – Purchase, BM in Studio Composition
Ohio
Tiffin University, BA in Commercial Music, Concentration in Songwriting
Tennessee
Middle Tennessee State University, Commercial Songwriting