Training
•Bullet: Classical Performance is offered for piano, organ, voice, brass, woodwind, and percussion students.
•Bullet: The emphasis adds Concert Choir or Concert Band every semester, a junior recital, and a senior recital capstone; vocal and keyboard majors also pass a piano proficiency exam.
•Bullet: Instrument courses include Vocal Diction I and II (English, Italian, French, German), Class Woodwinds, Brass or Percussion and Pedagogy, and Accompanying for keyboard majors.
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Concert Choir, a 30-40 voice ensemble, sings works from the Baroque era to the 21st century.
•Bullet: Chamber ensembles, by audition and coached by faculty, perform at least once a semester; past groups include Brass Quintet, Woodwind Quintet and Saxophone Ensemble.
•Bullet: Students perform in the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts.
Professional Development
•Bullet: Guest masterclasses and residencies have included Grammy Award-winning soprano Christine Brewer, and students take trips to St. Louis Symphony performances.
