Training
•General concentration: broad coverage across music history, theory, and applied performance
•Upper-division electives drawn from music history, counterpoint, orchestration, conducting, chamber music, and applied lessons
•Broad liberal-arts foundation in music with private applied lessons and large-ensemble performance
Professional Development
•Private applied lessons and masterclasses with close faculty mentorship
•Large-ensemble performance: Choir of the North, Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Northern Lights String Orchestra
•Senior Project capstone may take the form of research, an original composition, or a lecture-recital
Location
•Only performing arts music program in interior Alaska
•Required Alaska Native Music coursework offers a distinctive cultural perspective