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Greenville,South Carolina 29613
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DEGREES OFFERED

Bachelor of Music in Church Music

Bachelor of Music in Composition

Bachelor of Music in Music Education (Instrumental)

Bachelor of Music in Music Education (Choral)

Bachelor of Music in Music Theory

Bachelor of Music in Performance (Organ)

Bachelor of Music in Performance (Piano)

Bachelor of Music in Performance (Strings)

Bachelor of Music in Performance (Vocal)

Bachelor of Music in Performance (Wind of Percussion)

Bachelor of Arts in Music

Minor in Music

Minor in Jazz Studies


With degree programs for aspiring performers, composers, theorists and music educators, Furman's Department of Music is recognized as one of the best and most comprehensive in the nation among liberal arts colleges.

Faculty Info:

Hugh Floyd, Michael Vick, Coady Shovlain, Emily Sweezey, Benjamin Dobbs, Mark Kilstofte, Jay Bocook, Karen Eshelman, David Rhyne, Dewitt Tipton, Charles Tompkins, Peter Kay, Jay Bocook, Hugh Floyd, Bingham L. Vick Jr., Judith S. Vick , Hugh Floyd, Vivian Hamilton, Tom Joiner, Matt Olson, Sue Samuels, Alexandra Marina, Ian Bracchitta, Matt Dingledine,, Matt Olson, Ian Bracchitta, Davis Keith, Justin Watt, Sue Samuels, Anna Joiner, Patricia Sasser, Laura Kennedy, Gary Malvern, Julie Moore, Derek Parsons, Charles Tompkins, David Gross, Amanda Montgomery, Vivian Hamilton, Dewitt Tipton, Keith Davis, Kelly Herd, Kelly Herd, Deb Bellamy, John Gentry, Tom Joiner, Christopher Hutton, Anita Burroughs-Price, Andrew Carlson, Timothy Easter, Anna Joiner, Grant Knox, Lisa Barksdale, Hugh Floyd, Bingham L. Vick, Jr. and Judith S. Vick, Kathryn Knauer, Craig Price, Alison Trainer, Sue Samuels, Jay Bocook, Mark Britt, Omar Carmenates, Anastasia Christofakis, Amy Hazlett, Gary Malvern, Matt Olson, Petrea Warneck, Justin Watt, Anneka Zuehlke-King,



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Past Student Productions

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The Yalta Game; The Bear; Afterplay
(2/12/20 - 2/23/20)
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A CHORUS LINE
(1/31/19 - 2/2/19)
Pauper Players, Furman University
Beyond Therapy
(4/12/12 - 4/21/12)
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Circle Mirror Transformation
(2/8/12 - 2/18/12)
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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
(10/26/11 - 11/6/11)
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Lysistrata
(4/7/11 - 4/16/11)
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Dead Man's Cell Phone
(2/10/11 - 2/19/11)
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This is How it Goes
(11/11/10 - 11/20/10)
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