School of Music
Artistry and Innovation Share Center Stage
At the School of Music, students experience the best aspects of conservatory training and are encouraged to explore and develop extra-musical interests. Located within a top-tier research university, students can choose a more traditional, conservatory-style education or they can create their own educational path, integrating technology with performance, theory, history and composition.
Expanding Musical Horizons
Performance plays a central role in your education at Carnegie Mellon University. As a School of Music student, you gain access to our broad spectrum of performance groups with opportunities to perform in a variety of musical traditions and styles. From ensembles and opera productions to chamber music and recitals, you will find yourself surrounded by world-class talent.
Make Meaningful Connections
Our students collaborate with others in their cohort and practicing professionals within their school and their communities. Students receive individual attention from their professors who are world-class teachers and performers.
The School of Music has roots deep into collaboration, and partners with seven organizations in the Pittsburgh community, including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Steinway Society of Western Pennsylvania.
Top 10
Music School
Nationwide
Fiske Guide to Colleges and Universities
250 +
Annual Performances
by Students and Faculty
22 +
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Members
as distinguished faculty members
Alumni sit in orchestras around the world including the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, l’Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires), Prague Philharmonia, Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Kyoto Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Guiyang Symphony Orchestra (China).