DePaul University: School of Music

DePaul School of Music offers music students the unique opportunity to learn from a faculty of working, professional musicians in a collaborative, performance-focused environment. DePaul is located in Chicago, one of the world's great cultural cities.

Approximately 400 music majors work toward bachelor of music degrees in performance, jazz studies, music education, composition, sound recording technology, and performing arts management. The School of Music faculty consists of 120 professional musicians dedicated to sharing their knowledge and expertise. They are not only experienced and admired educators, but are some of the world’s finest and most respected performers, conductors, composers, and recording artists. The faculty includes members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Grant Park Symphony Orchestra, and are among Chicago’s most prominent freelance, chamber and jazz musicians.

Being in Chicago, within a seven mile radius of the School of Music are located over 200 professional music and theater companies. Frequent projects take our students into the city's professional recording studios and concert halls, while many other students freelance in a wide range of professional settings.