Welcome

As Washington, D.C.'s finest university school of music, the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music offers students distinct advantages — a distinguished faculty, individual attention, performance opportunities and proximity to Washington's excellent cultural and research institutions.

Hundreds of Performances per Year

• With more than 200 performances annually, the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music presents a wide variety of concerts from solo recitals and orchestral concerts, to musical theatre productions and opera.
• Students have presented concerts in Rome and at the Vatican for Pope John Paul II, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, at Washington's Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and in major U.S. cities.

Libraries and In-depth Research

• Our students use the university's music library and the music holdings of the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution.
• Students benefit from teaching by scholars whose research includes Gregorian chant, medieval music, 19th-century band instruments, piano music, chamber music, Latin American music and pedagogy of all periods.

Close Student and Faculty Interaction

• Students study with an outstanding full-time faculty of artists and scholars and an extensive part-time faculty.
• Many students study applied music with faculty who are first-chair players with major professional performing organizations such as the National Symphony Orchestra and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
• Internationally known artists come to campus throughout the year to present concerts and hold master classes.

What the Future Holds for  You

• Graduates of the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music work as performers, music educators, composers, music administrators and liturgical musicians.
• Many CUA-trained singers have been finalists in the Metropolitan Opera National Auditions or sing principal roles with the Met and other major international opera houses.