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Bachelor of Music

Bachelor of Music

1 3.7
A degree in music from a university after three or four years
  • noun
  • /ˈbæʧələr əv ˈmjuːzɪk/
translation icon : Licenciatura en Música
  • Chapman University in Orange, California, retains both a vocal and instrumental track for its Bachelor of Music precertification degree.

Examples

  • She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from UCLA and is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association.

  • So again, I'm a senior getting my bachelor's of music and I'm striving for a PhD, but I know I'm going to go into debt.

  • Students would receive their initial certification after completion of both a Bachelor of Music in Music Studies and a Master of Music in Teaching degree.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Bobby Watson and our faculty created an exciting new degree, the Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies.

    Blog text (3)
  • Jonathan Waters received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Ohio State in 2000.

    Blog text (30)
  • He has a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Indiana University and a Master of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Illinois.

    Blog text (18)
  • A native of Indiana, Georgina Joshi had received her Bachelor of Music from the Royal College of Music, London, where she studied with Eiddwen Harrhy.

    Blog text (31)
  • Jonathan Waters received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Ohio State in 2000.

  • Students would receive their initial certification after completion of both a Bachelor of Music in Music Studies and a Master of Music in Teaching degree.

Synonyms

bachelor's degree
vsBachelor of Music
34 2.7

A degree you get after finishing three to four years of study at a university or college

is limited to music studies rather than all subjects
baccalaureate
vsBachelor of Music
3 8.4

A first degree given by a college or university after finishing studies

is narrower, referring specifically to music rather than general undergraduate study
BMus
vsBachelor of Music
  • Formal
6.8

A first university degree in music

is the full formal name for the same music degree

Surface Forms

Morphology

bachelor + of + music

The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'bachelor' (an undergraduate degree) with 'of' linking to the field 'music', yielding an undergraduate degree in music. This 'Bachelor of X' formation is a regular, compositional academic pattern and is therefore predictable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.

Etymology

Bachelor of Music comes from old universities where a bachelor was a young scholar who had finished basic studies in a subject like music. So a Bachelor of Music is the 'degree' you get after completing the first level of university study in music.