As a Music Business and Entertainment Industries major, you’ll take courses in general academics, music business, and general business. You’ll benefit from industry guest speakers who frequently join faculty specialists to provide instruction in current industry developments. You’ll learn from career‑oriented projects, incorporated throughout the curriculum, that expose you to a variety of professional situations. You’ll have the opportunity to gain practical experience at ‘Cane Records, a student-run record label that has all the components of a major record company, and learn more about the industry through the Music and Entertainment Industry Students Association (MEISA), which publishes a monthly newsletter and hosts special panels dealing with various aspects of the industry.

And like all music majors, each semester you will be expected to continue to study your principal instrument or voice, and perform in ensembles.

In your last year of the program, you may focus on the record industry or arts management. All Music Business and Entertainment Industries majors earn a minor in business administration, and have the option of earning a second minor in the following areas in the School of Business: computer information systems, management, and marketing and finance.

During the final semester of your senior year, you may wish to participate in an internship in a music firm. Cooperating firms include music publishers, record manufacturers and distributors, retail and wholesale music stores, and artist managers. Students not selecting the internship complete an additional semester of coursework to satisfy the requirements for graduation.

The Frost School is known for having pioneered academic programs in Music Engineering Technology. This highly innovative, successful program is designed to prepare students for careers in audio engineering, music recording, audio equipment design, sound reinforcement, broadcasting, audio sales, or studio design.

It’s exciting, rewarding, and in high-demand!  Graduates from this program have traditionally enjoyed a very high placement rate, obtaining positions with a veritable “who’s who” in the audio industry:

Some graduates enjoy the distinction of having served as engineers for gold, platinum, and Grammy Award‑winning albums.

Completion of the four‑year undergraduate program leads to a Bachelor of Music degree with a double major in computer science or a Bachelor of Science degree with a minor in electrical engineering. By combining studies in the Frost School of Music with courses in the College of Engineering and the Computer Science department, graduates become proficient audio engineers as well as accomplished musicians.

Music engineering students are expected to demonstrate expertise in four principal areas: music, audio engineering, computer science, and electrical engineering. Music skills are gained in courses such as music theory, arranging, music history and literature, and instrumental or voice study. Studio classes emphasize audio theory, digital audio, digital sound processing theory and applications, acoustics and studio design, microphone and mixing techniques, sound synthesis, and video production. Courses in electrical engineering include circuit theory, electronics, and digital design. Computer science courses include Java, C/C + +, computer systems, data structures, and algorithm analysis.

The School maintains state-of-the-art recording studios that enable you to practice various recording applications, from scoring and recital recording, to private recording sessions. You’ll also appreciate the availability of a variety of high-quality recording, synthesis, and computer hardware. Many students choose to enroll in an internship for experience in professional environments.

Department Chair:
James Progris
jp@miami.edu
305-284-2161, ext. 7605

Program Directors:

Music Business & Entertainment Industries
Reynaldo Sanchez

Music Engineering
Corey Cheng

Click on the programs below for complete course requirements.

Bachelor of Music in Music Business and Entertainment Industries
Bachelor of Music in Music Engineering Technology
Bachelor of Science in Music Engineering Technology