Music at Ave Maria University

"Music ... has an object of its own; as mathematical science also, it is the expression of ideas greater and more profound than any in the visible world, ideas, which centre indeed in Him whom Catholicism manifests, who is the seat of all beauty, order, and perfection whatever ..."

­- John Henry Newman, The Idea of a University

The Ave Maria University Department of Sacred Music provides a course of study in music within the liberal arts framework. By teaching music as a liberal art, the department appeals to a thousand year tradition that places music among the most important disciplines for forming the intellect.  To this end, our program pursues the acquisition of practical skills along with a rigorous intellectual formation in musical thought.  The curriculum serves this end by focusing on three principle areas of musical discipline: applied music study (lessons on the major instrument or voice), music theory, and music history.

Making Music at AMU!

The choral experience is at the heart of AMU's dedication to the art of music.  Please visit http://www.amuchoirs.org/Online_Album.html to hear sample tracks from our University Choir and the Chamber Choir.