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The KU School of Music

The KU School of Music is one of the finest in the US and offers comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs. Our students perform on the world’s biggest stages, learn from leading experts in their fields and take their studies beyond the classroom to concert halls, clinics, schools, and hospitals.

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Undergraduate Degree Programs

World-renowned faculty, state-of-the-art performance venues, and a rich campus life await you at the KU School of Music. Learn more about our undergraduate programs and start your journey to becoming a Musical Jayhawk.

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Graduate students will work with internationally recognized faculty who are leaders in their discipline, engaged in research, composition, and practice, with a strong sense of community and collaboration. The KU School of Music fosters close working relationships between faculty and fellow students, with robust degree programs that will advance your career and professional goals.

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KU World Percussion Ensembles celebrating 10 years with free concert

The University of Kansas School of Music invites the community to experience an electrifying evening of rhythm, culture and collaboration at Azad’s 10th Annual KU World Percussion Ensembles Concert, taking place at 7 p.m. April 13 at the Lawrence Arts Center.
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KU School of Music Presents Music of 1976

We’re giving you More, More, More! The KU School of Music is thrilled to announce this Spring’s scholarship concert, “Studio ‘76.” On May 1, 2026, the KU School of Music will be celebrating the hits of 1976 with a concert at the Lied Center of Kansas.
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Music theorist finds chord’s ‘third nature’ in composition suppressed during Soviet era

Music theorists have previously described how certain chords contain the possibility of flowing smoothly into other similar-sounding chords, which they refer to as the chord’s “second nature.” Now a University of Kansas professor of music theory has published a paper that sets out the “third nature” of a chord.
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