{"id":339,"date":"2019-09-17T20:52:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T20:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/music\/?page_id=339"},"modified":"2026-04-07T20:12:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:12:25","slug":"music-education-band-or-orchestra-emphasis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/music\/program-overview\/music-education-band-or-orchestra-emphasis\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Education, Instrumental, B.M."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Audition and Declaration Requirements<\/h2>\n<p>Furman students intending to major in music must perform an audition. Final approval for a music degree takes place during your sophomore year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/music\/prospective-students\/auditions\/\">Learn more about auditions.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>General Requirements<\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>Bachelor of Music in Education (Instrumental)<\/strong> provides students with an opportunity to earn South Carolina Teacher Certification through specific courses pertaining to the study of instrumental music &#8211; Band and Orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>Furman\u2019s program of teacher education is subject to regulations, standards, and guidelines established by the South Carolina Department of Education.<\/p>\n<h2>Course Sequence<\/h2>\n<p>See the suggested course sequence for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2026\/04\/Sample-BM-Instrumental-Music-Education-Map.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-3401\">BM Music Education &#8211; Instrumental [PDF]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Catalog<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.furman.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=17&amp;poid=1952&amp;returnto=809\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the catalog<\/a> for degree requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audition and Declaration Requirements Furman students intending to major in music must perform an audition. Final approval for a music degree takes place during your sophomore year. Learn more about auditions. General Requirements The Bachelor of Music in Education (Instrumental) provides students with an opportunity to earn South Carolina Teacher Certification through specific courses pertaining [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1489,"parent":6,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-339","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3404,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/339\/revisions\/3404"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}