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Asbury University

Start Here! Asbury offers 50+ majors, plus graduate degrees, a fully-online degree-completion program for working adults and high school dual enrollment courses. AU majors – Equine and Communication Arts are examples — offer programs you can’t find at any other school in the world.

Impact the World! Asbury’s reputation for academic excellence and spiritual vitality is spread far and wide. AU’s rigorous liberal arts education is what employers seek and the University is focused on helping you impact the world by finding your part in God's plan. You will feel His presence and tight-knit community when you visit campus. You’ll never be just a number here, you’ll be part of a very successful, serving family.

Unique Value! With academic, multicultural, talent and need-based scholarships – plus grants – nearly every student receives financial aid. Graduation rates, retention rates and job placement rates are much better than public schools in Kentucky and thus AU is annually rated in the top 10% for Nationwide Best Value.

Music Department

Music Department

Develop your musical gifts through outstanding performance opportunities, rigorous academics and thriving musical community.

Visiting campus is one of the best ways to discover if Asbury is the right university for you. Attend music classes, receive instruction in a private lesson or masterclass, and rehearse with a university ensemble.

Audition and Scholarship Information

Music Majors at Asbury receive an elite education and dynamic performance opportunities while preparing to make an IMPACT around the world. Asburians are teaching music in schools in Saudi Arabia, Nepal, and across the United States and performing on stages with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pershing’s Own Army Band, The Houston Grand Opera, and more! Music Alumni are also impacting theworld as church musicians, pastors, doctors, lawyers, graphic designers, and countless other professions. Start Here, IMPACT the World!

PERFORM with great ensembles
LEARN from committed faculty in small classes
BELONG to a supportive and uplifting community
GO OUT prepared to IMPACT the World!

To contact the Music Department directly call (859) 858-3511, x2250, or e-mail: musicdept@asbury.edu

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Department News

student musicians on stage with Jaci Velasquez

Asbury Community Celebrates Christmas With Jaci Velasquez

December 3, 2018 — Asbury University hosted Grammy-nominated singer Jaci Velasquez in concert as a Christmas gift to the community.

200 Strong: Concerts Feature Kentucky College Collaboration

November 29, 2018 — Asbury University's Music Department collaborates with local colleges for celebratory concerts.

student playing the flute

Asbury University Celebrates the Christmas Season

November 28, 2018 — Asbury University kicks off the Christmas season with music, horses, Christmas devotions, theatre and much more!

Asbury Ensembles Impact Community Through Wesley Village Series

October 15, 2018 — Asbury University students continue a tradition of musical performance at the Wesley Village retirement community in Wilmore, Ky.

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Student Profile

Meet Hannah Stafford '19

Receiving financial aid can be a life-changing experience for Asbury students — just ask Hannah Stafford ’19.

By The Numbers

12+

Music Ensembles

One of only two Christian schools in the state with a nationally accredited Music Department. Asbury offers more than a dozen ensembles and performance scholarships for music and non-music majors.