Undergraduate Application Guide

The UNL School of Music is made up of an impressive array of exceptional artists, scholars, teachers, and students who find joy and great satisfaction in the serious study of music and dance. We embrace what our UNL 2020 Vision Statement calls “an uncompromising commitment to excellence.” We expect that excellence of ourselves and of our students.

You can see that this is a dynamic place with extraordinary people doing internationally significant work, and the work is starting to get noticed. We are pleased to acknowledge that the Fiske Guide to Getting Into the Right College, 3rd and 4th edition, lists the University of Nebraska-Lincoln among its 25 "Major Universities Strong in Music" (Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, Inc., 2007, 2010).

This School of Music is served by instructional and performing facilities, including the Westbrook Music Building, the Kimball Recital Hall, and the Lied Center for the Performing Arts. All of these music buildings cluster on the southwest corner of UNL’s City Campus in beautiful, downtown Lincoln. The hum of the city is delightfully in tune with the energies of our School of Music.

At whatever juncture you find yourself in your professional journey, I hope you will consider UNL as a place where we might help you reach your dreams.