Tabor College, a Christian College in Hillsboro, offers a music program with accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Music. Tabor grants degrees in church music, music education and music/piano pedagogy. The program's goals include training music teachers for classroom and studio instruction and facilitating music in the church. Tabor's music program provides instruction in music literature and performance for students who play piano, organ, guitar, brass, woodwind, string or percussion instruments.
The music program of the Kansas City Community College confers an Associate in Arts degree on qualified students through the college's Liberal Arts and Sciences curriculum. Students intending to study toward a bachelor's degree in music or music education may complete their first two years at Kansas City Community College. After obtaining the groundwork here, they can continue on at a four-year institution. In addition to required courses and electives, students in the music program study music theory, piano, performance ensembles and applied lessons.
The music department at Topeka's Washburn University prepares students for performance careers and future study through the college's Division of Creative and Performing Arts. The music department teaches a wide variety of musical instruments, and students perform in Washburn's jazz ensembles, marching band, symphonic wind ensemble, chamber orchestra and choirs. Washburn offers bachelor's degrees in music, music education, and brass, percussion, string, woodwind, piano, organ and voice performance.
The music school at the University of Kansas in Lawrence awards Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in music and music education. Programs offered by the school include choral music, voice and opera, band, brass and percussion, conducting, music therapy, jazz, music theory, music composition, musicology, orchestra, strings, piano, organ and woodwind instruments. The school operates as a conservatory within the university framework and accepts students who pass an audition.