Music and Theatre Arts Department

Learn how to manage and direct art organizations with a certificate in arts administration from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's dance certificate aims to cultivate agile, fluid bodies — and minds — in the movement arts. It is an open admission program, meaning dance courses are open to all students and anyone can explore dance.

Turn your passion for music into a rewarding career with a bachelor’s degree in music from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. As one of the largest undergraduate music programs in the region, we offer countless opportunities for learning and professional growth.

Turn your talent into a career with an instrumental music bachelor's degree from UW-Eau Claire, a rigorous program accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.

Designed for those aspiring to be performing artists, the applied voice major provides valuable professional experience to promising singers.

Develop your compositional personality and experience Eau Claire's music scene with a bachelor's degree in music composition from UWEC.

Practice your craft onstage and off with a musical theatre bachelor’s degree from UW-Eau Claire. Our program is unique, in that the music, theatre, and dance programs are all housed in a single department, providing excellent opportunities for collaboration across the performing arts. As a musical theatre student, you’ll take theatre and dance classes, but also voice lessons. With musical productions every season and an opera every other year, our program will provide you with opportunities for artistic growth and freedom of expression.

UW-Eau Claire's recording arts certificate is your first step in becoming a mix engineer or sound designer.

Develop your music skills with a certificate in songwriting from UW-Eau Claire. This program focuses on developing songwriting skills for both lyrics and music.

Cultivate the minds of young musicians with a music teaching, choral bachelor's degree from UW-Eau Claire.

Inspire the minds of young musicians with our newly developed teaching - all music, instrumental emphasis major. 

Explore all things theatre, including singing, dancing, acting, directing, playwriting and more with a theatre bachelor's degree from UW-Eau Claire. Whether your art is singing, dancing, or acting — or you prefer behind-the-scenes work in directing, playwriting, costuming, set building or sound and lights — our program will provide you with the knowledge, skills, and connections you need to light up the stage and enrich your community.