About

The TCU School of Music is a nationally recognized, award-winning institution that features distinguished faculty and talented student body of 325+ majors and hundreds of non-majors. As a vital component of TCU and one of the largest units in the College of Fine Arts, the School of Music creates an exciting musical environment where students grow as artists, educators, and individuals.

The programs in the School of Music provide professional training for performers, teachers, scholars and composers, plus a broad array of undergraduate courses for non-music majors. TCU has been continuously accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music since 1947.  You can contact the National Association of Schools of Music via their website and their mailing address is 11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21, Reston, VA 20190-5248.

Award-winning student orchestral, winds and percussion groups; jazz ensembles; and choral, opera and chamber music groups form the core of the hundreds of performances that expand Fort Worth and the Metroplex’s strong cultural climate. Recitals, master classes and seminars by faculty and guest artists enrich the curriculum. The TCU School of Music is committed to the expansion and generation of new music, evidenced by recent commissions and premieres.

More than 70 TCU faculty members are leaders in performance, music education, scholarship and conducting. Students come from all over the world to TCU, where they enjoy a special relationship with their faculty mentors. TCU music alumni populate the globe in pursuit of their music careers, having distinguished themselves as performers, educators, scholars and composers including positions in major orchestras, as faculty members in prestigious universities, professional conductors, and performers in various other musical ensembles.

 

If music is your passion, TCU is your school.

Welcome to the TCU School of Music! We are a vibrant and diverse community committed to excellence in performance, teaching, creativity, and scholarship in music. Whether your goal is to become a performing professional musician, to keep your love of music alive while pursuing other academic interests, or anything in between, the School of Music has opportunities available for you. We are a comprehensive music program, offering a range of degrees and majors, and our talented faculty and dedicated staff are ready to help you on your musical journey. We pride ourselves on the individualized attention that every student receives. Click here to learn more about our areas of study and our ensembles.

We are especially proud of the new, state-of-the-art TCU Music Center and Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU, a beautiful rehearsal and performance space on campus that opened in the Spring of 2022. This acoustically magnificent space will host recitals and concerts for years to come and I invite you to come to campus to see one of our many performances during the year.

I invite you to explore our website and discover all the great things our program has to offer. For more information, you can also find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Live streams of our performances, along with select past performances, can be found on our YouTube channel. I also invite you to visit us in-person.

Again, welcome to the TCU School of Music. Thank you for visiting and Go Frogs!

Dr. Sean Atkinson
Director, TCU School of Music

Main Office/Oficina Principal
Ed Landreth Hall 120
2800 South University Drive
Fort Worth, TX 76109

Ed Landreth Auditorium
2800 South University Drive
Fort Worth, TX 76109

PepsiCo Recital Hall
Walsh Center for the Performing Arts
2800 South University Drive
Fort Worth, TX 76109

Secrest-Wible (Opera Studio)
3015 Merida Ave
Fort Worth, TX 76109

Robert Carr Chapel
2855 South University Drive
Fort Worth, TX 76109

Tickets for the majority of ensemble concerts and special events are $10 each or free with a TCU ID. Tickets may be purchased through the online Box Office.

The TCU School of Music welcomes audiences back in-person this fall for unforgettable performances, recitals, and more events from TCU students, faculty, and esteemed guest artists.

Due to the current Tarrant County Community Spread Level of “High Transmission,” TCU requires that face masks be worn in all indoor campus spaces to help protect the health and safety of our community. Disposable masks are readily available at primary building entrances.

Visit the Protect the Purple website for the latest updates about TCU’s response to COVID-19.

Visit https://calendar.tcu.edu/school_of_music and follow @TCUMusic on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for the latest events information.

Updated 8/16/2021

Tiquetes para la mayoría de los conciertos de ensambles y eventos especiales tienen un costo de $10 cada uno o gratis con una identificación de TCU. Tiquetes pueden ser adquiridos a través de the online Box Office.

La Escuela de Música de TCU da la bienvenida a su audiencia en vivo este otoño para inolvidables conciertos, recitales, y de mas eventos de estudiantes, profesores y aclamados artistas invitados.

Debido a la situación actual del condado Tarrant, Tarrant County Community Spread Level “Transmision Alta,” TCU requiere que los tapabocas sean utilizados dentro de todos los edificios en el campus para ayudar a proteger la salud y seguridad de nuestra comunidad.

Tapabocas desechables están disponibles en las entradas principales de cada edificio.

Visita el sitio web Protect the Purple para las actualizaciones mas recientes acerca de la respuesta de TCU al COVID-19.

Visita https://calendar.tcu.edu/school_of_music y sigue @TCUMusic en Facebook, Twitter, e Instagram para información acerca de nuestros últimos eventos.

Actualizado 08/16/21

Yes! Please scan the QR code on the venue door to reserve a ticket via our online Box Office.

Sí. Escanee el código QR en la puerta del auditorio para reservar un tquete a través de nuestra taquilla en línea.

No. We do not require formal dress.

No. No requerimos ropa formal.

Parking lots available for School of Music events are indicated on the map below. These lots are open and do not require a permit after 5 pm on weekdays and all day on non-football game weekends. You can view an interactive campus map here.

Los estacionamientos disponibles para los eventos de la Escuela de Música se indican en el mapa a continuación. Estos lotes están abiertos y no requieren un permiso después de las 5 pm los días de semana y todo el día los fines de semana que no hay partidos de fútbol. Puede ver un mapa interactivo del campus aquí.

Based upon the CDC’s new guidance for mask-wearing and COVID-19 transmission levels in Tarrant Countymasks are now optional for the TCU campus community – people may choose to mask at any time.

Visit the Protect the Purple website for the latest updates about TCU’s response to COVID-19.

Visit https://calendar.tcu.edu/school_of_music and follow @TCUMusic on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for the latest events information.

Updated 5/6/2022

Visita el sitio web Protect the Purple para las actualizaciones mas recientes acerca de la respuesta de TCU al COVID-19.

Visita https://calendar.tcu.edu/school_of_music y sigue @TCUMusic en Facebook, Twitter, e Instagram para información acerca de nuestros últimos eventos.

Actualizado 08/16/21

Digital programs are available by scanning the QR code on the venue door. A minimal number of print copies are available upon request. Please talk to Front of House staff to request a print copy of the program. You can access digital programs for the entire semester on our Concert Programs page.

Los programas digitales están disponibles escaneando el código QR en la puerta del auditorio Un número mínimo de copias impresas están disponibles a pedido. Hable con el personal de Front of House para solicitar una copia impresa del programa. Puede acceder a programas digitales durante todo el semestre en nuestra página Programas de conciertos.

Please fill out the Musician for Hire form.

Complete el formulario de contrato de Músico.

Learn more about our plans and safety initiatives here.

Obtenga más información sobre nuestros planes e iniciativas de seguridad aquí.

TCU School of Music Mission

To foster excellence in performance, teaching, creativity, and scholarship while affirming music as an integral part of a classic liberal arts education.

TCU School of Music Vision

To become a world-class university school of music, acknowledged as one of the finest in the country.

TCU School of Music Goals

• Maximize enrollment and faculty size to enable a level of musical excellence commensurate with that of top-tier music programs.

• Provide facilities, equipment, and technology necessary to support programs of international stature and to serve as an aid in student and faculty recruiting.

• Offer programs of study that facilitate music learning and enhance our focus areas of large ensemble performance and piano.

Access state-of-the-art music performance and research spaces

The School of Music is housed primarily in 3 buildings:  Ed Landreth Hall, the Mary D. and F. Howard Walsh Center for Performing Arts, and the TCU Music Center, with supporting facilities in five other buildings. The TCU Music Center is home to the state-of-the-art Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU, a 717-seat venue featuring stunning architectural design and phenomenal acoustics. Ed Landreth Hall and the Walsh center contain teaching, practice, rehearsal, and performance facilities.

School instruments include numerous grand and upright pianos, four pipe organs, two harpsichords, a clavichord, brass and wind instruments and a collection of Renaissance and Baroque Period instruments.

The Mary D. and F. Howard Walsh Center for Performing Arts is home to the PepsiCo Recital Hall, a 325-seat recital hall of unprecedented design with outstanding acoustics and a choral rehearsal hall. The piano wing is furnished exclusively with Steinway pianos (TCU was Texas’ first All-Steinway School) and includes teaching studios, practice rooms and an electronic piano lab.

A large, comprehensive music library of recordings, reference books, texts, scores is housed in the Mary Couts Burnett Library, with the Upchurch studio for electro-acoustic music and other School of Music programs housed in Jarvis Hall, Secrest-Wible, Foster Hall, and Waits Hall.

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Academics

As a student in TCU’s School of Music, you will study with outstanding faculty members as well as listen to, interact and study with renowned guest artists from throughout the world in an artistically and academically rigorous environment.

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Student Experience

At TCU, you’ll perform in numerous concerts and master classes of world-renowned artists and guest orchestras, and access a wide variety of top-quality ensembles from bands to orchestras and choirs.

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