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Strengthen Your Creativity and Musicianship with a Music Minor

Deepen your musical talent while complementing your primary major through focused study in theory, musicianship, performance and technology. The Music minor at Cornerstone University helps you grow as a musician and develop valuable skills — creative discipline, collaboration, cultural awareness, and musical excellence — that strengthen your readiness for the marketplace. Whether you pursue worship leadership, audio production, education, communication, or a broader industry path, the Music minor enhances the ways you can serve, lead, and express your calling through music.

For more opportunities to advance your career impact, explore our B.A. in Media Production, B.A. in Ministry, B.S. in Worship Ministry, or B.A. in Communication.

Develop Market-Ready Skills with a Minor in Music

Through focused study of music, you’ll gain practical, transferable skills that strengthen your résumé in creativity, collaboration, and communication for careers in worship, education, or the creative arts, including:

Musical Literacy – Read, interpret, and understand written music with confidence.

Aural Skills – Strengthen your ear for pitch, rhythm, harmony and musical structure.

Creative Expression – Perform, arrange, or compose music with clarity and artistic purpose.

Technological Fluency – Use music software and digital tools for recording and production.

Collaboration – Work effectively with ensembles, worship teams and creative groups.

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Christian Worldview Integration – Understand music as a God-given means of worship, beauty and meaningful expression.

Program Courses

Our career-aligned courses guide you through the core components of how music works — from theory and musicianship to performance skills and modern technology.

Music Minor

MUS-110: Music Fundamentals

Build a strong musical foundation by learning notation, rhythm, scales, and basic analysis while developing essential skills in sight-singing, ear training, and melodic/rhythmic notation.

MUS-124: Musicianship I

Develop essential aural skills through sight-singing, dictation, and the identification of chord progressions and cadences that strengthen your understanding of Music Theory I.

MUS-126: Music Theory & Analysis I

Advance your understanding of music through notation, chord building, voice leading, figured bass, pop notation, and basic harmonic analysis, with introduction to counterpoint and musical form.

MUS-171: Introduction to Music Technology

Explore the essentials of music technology through hands-on work with synthesis, MIDI, digital audio, scoring software, and computer-based tools for creating and teaching music.

MUS-224: Musicianship II

Strengthen your aural skills through sight-singing, melodic and harmonic dictation, and the identification of seventh chords, non-chord tones, and more complex rhythmic patterns.

MUS-226: Music Theory & Analysis II

Expand your theory skills through advanced harmonic analysis, four-part writing, modulation, non-chord tones, and chromatic techniques in both classical and popular music.

MUS-343: Piano

Develop practical piano skills through technique, scales, sight-reading, harmonization, improvisation, and chord progressions to prepare for piano proficiency and support broader musical work.

Students will choose one elective to deepen their skills in worship leadership, contemporary music or creative songwriting.

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Enhancing Your Career with a Music Minor

A Music minor strengthens majors in worship arts, ministry, communication, and education by preparing you to serve and lead through music. It gives you the creative confidence, technical skill, and collaborative experience needed to shape worship gatherings, support learning environments, and contribute meaningfully to creative ministry and the arts.

Your Degree Starts Here

Start your degree at one of the most affordable Christian universities in the region. An admissions counselor is ready to help you begin the enrollment process.

  1. Apply — our application is free.
  2. Set goals — your admissions counselor is here to guide you.
  3. Maximize your credits — you could transfer in up to 75% of your degree credits.
  4. Discover affordability — scholarships and grants are available for qualified students.

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