Modern Band Certificate for Music Educators
Develop a music curriculum that inspires your students with popular music that they recognize and love. Lebanon Valley College’s online Modern Band Certificate equips PK-12 to adult music educators with skills in performance, composition, and improvisation to engage students of all ages.
All courses earn Pennsylvania Act 48 credit, and this 12-credit graduate certificate stacks into LVC’s Master of Music Education or Master of Education.
The Modern Band Certificate at a Glance
The Modern Band Certificate at Lebanon Valley College is a 12-credit program for PK-12 to adult music educators, taught online in accelerated seven-week terms with a two-week in-person summer residency. It builds skills in performance, composition, and improvisation, earns Pennsylvania Department of Education Act 48 continuing-education credit, and all 12 credits stack toward LVC’s Master of Music Education or Master of Education. The graduate certificate costs $748 per credit, for a total of about $8,976.
What You’ll Learn
Careers and Outcomes
The Modern Band Certificate helps current music and band educators bring a more inclusive teaching approach into their work, whether in PK-12 classrooms and districts or with adult learners, focusing on the popular music students enjoy.
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Admission Requirements
Applicants who possess a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited U.S. college or university will be considered for admission pending a review of the following requirements:
- Complete an online application.
- A current professional résumé or CV.
- A personal statement (maximum 500 words) focused on how the applicant will benefit from the degree program or an admission interview a program staff member.
- After submitting your application, you will be able to choose your preferred option in the Graduate Application Portal.
- Provide official transcripts from your undergraduate college or university showing a recommended minimum college GPA of 3.00 (on a 4.0 scale).
- Bachelor’s degree required to begin coursework.
- Institutions outside of the United States must be recognized as a degree-granting institution in its home country. A course-by-course evaluation of all foreign university transcripts by an independent service based in the United States is required. World Education Services (WES) and SpanTran Evaluation Services are two suggested evaluators. Please have your official evaluation sent directly to Lebanon Valley College.
Application materials can be uploaded in the Graduate Application Portal, submitted to graduateadmission@lvc.edu, or mailed to:
Graduate Admission
Lebanon Valley College
101 N. College Ave.
Annville, PA 17003
We strongly encourage you to complete your application at least two weeks before your desired start. If you are within two weeks of when you would like to begin the program, don’t hesitate to contact graduateadmission@lvc.edu for assistance, and we will do our best to accommodate you.
Frequently Asked Questions
Modern band engages all students in learning music through performance, composition, and improvisation using popular music genres.
Yes. The certificate is delivered online with a two-week in-person summer residency, in accelerated 7-week terms with multiple start dates per year.
The graduate certificate costs $748 per credit, for a total of about $8,976.
Yes. The 12-credit certificate can be earned on its own or applied toward LVC’s Master of Music Education or Master of Education, and every course earns Pennsylvania Act 48 continuing-education credit.
The Modern Band Certificate consists of 12 credits, with coursework emphasizing performance, composition, and improvisation as key teaching and learning tools for students of all ages. Courses include: Creative Experiences in Modern Band, Contemporary Instrumental Methods, Contemporary Vocal Methods, and more.
LVC’s Modern Band Certificate is designed for teachers who already hold at least their initial Level I teacher certification in Pennsylvania.
The coursework applies toward Pennsylvania Department of Education Instructional Level II certification and Act 48 continuing-education hours, and several certificates satisfy PDE endorsement guidelines.
It is designed for music educators and musicians working with students of all ages, from PK-12 classrooms to adult learners, who are interested in contemporary, inclusive teaching methods built around the popular music their students already listen to.
