MUSIC EDUCATION
The Music Education program prepares prospective music educators for teaching elementary general music, instrumental, and vocal music in grades K-12. The Program is based on the National Core Music Standards and the requirements for licensure established by the Tennessee Department of Education.
UTK has two pathways for earning Tennessee K-12 music teacher licensure: the Traditional Program and the 5th-Year Program. The Traditional Program requires seven semesters of coursework, culminating in an eighth semester of student teaching in public schools. After completing coursework and student teaching, students graduate with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education. The 5th year Program requires an eight-semester curriculum and, after graduating with the B.M. in Music Education, a full-year, graduate-level internship in the public schools, which in Tennessee counts as one year of teaching experience and twenty-four hours of graduate work; students return for a sixth year of study, after which they graduate with a Master of Music in Music Education.
Click on the links below to view concentration requirements:
- Music Major, BM – Music Education Concentration – String Emphasis
- Music Major, BM – Music Education Concentration – String Emphasis Fifth-Year Track
- Music Major, BM – Music Education Concentration – String Jazz Emphasis
- Music Major, BM – Music Education Concentration – String Jazz Emphasis Fifth-Year Track
- Music Major, BM – Music Education Concentration – Vocal-General/Keyboard Emphasis
- Music Major, BM – Music Education Concentration – Vocal-General/Keyboard Emphasis Fifth-Year Track
- Music Major, BM – Music Education Concentration – Vocal-General/Vocal Emphasis
- Music Major, BM – Music Education Concentration – Vocal-General/Vocal Emphasis Fifth-Year Track
- Music Major, BM – Music Education Concentration – Woodwind/Brass/Percussion Emphasis
- Music Major, BM – Music Education Concentration – Woodwind/Brass/Percussion Emphasis Fifth-Year Track
- Music Major, BM – Music Education Concentration – Woodwind/Brass/Percussion Jazz Emphasis
- Music Major, BM – Music Education Concentration – Woodwind/Brass/Percussion Jazz Emphasis Fifth-Year Track
Meet Our Faculty
Fuller Lyon
Senior Lecturer, Assistant Director of Bands, Associate Director of Marching and Athletic Bands
Laura Leigh Spillane
Interim Associate Director of Choral Activities, Lecturer of Music Education
Michael Stewart
Associate Director of Bands, Director of the Pride of the Southland Marching and Athletic Bands, WJ Julian Professor of Bands
