2001 West Seminary Drive, Fort Worth, Texas 76115, USA

PO Box 22000, Fort Worth, Texas 76122-0390, USA

Undergraduate program

Bachelor of Arts in Music. Four years. Major studies in theology. Music concentrations are offered in worship, performance, music history, theory, aural skills. Bachelor of Music. Four years. Concentrations in performance, music in worship studies.

Graduate programs

Master of Arts in Church Music. Master of Music: • in Church Music. Concentrations in performance (classical, jazz), choral and instrumental conducting, composition, music history, piano/vocal pedagogy. • in Worship Leadership. Doctor of Musical Arts in Church Music. Doctor of Philosophy in Church Music and Worship.

The seminary was founded in 1908 and is supported by the Southern Baptist Convention. In addition to accreditation from national accrediting bodies the courses have been accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the US and Canada. Attached to the Seminary is The College at South Western, a baccalaureate college which offers a concentration in music as part of the basic program in Bible and history of Western ideas. The Seminary’s Oratorio Chorus works with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. The Music Academy at the Seminary provides music tuition to children and adults from the local community, allowing the music major students to gain valuable experience in teaching practice. The library holds a collection of ethnic instruments from various countries, some decorative and some functional, as well as some working harmoniums. It houses the William J Reynolds Collection of books and scores of church music, the Stebbins Collection of hymnals, sacred song-books, histories, biographies and scrap-books related to American hymnody between the middle 18th century and mid-20th century, and a number of early American shape-note tune-books and hymnals from the period immediately following the Civil War. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music.

December 2022