Training
•Bullet: The Instrumental Emphasis delivers solo, chamber, orchestral, band and jazz performance training for all primary instruments, with options for additional minors or certificates
•Bullet: Every student chooses three upper-level academic courses from Orchestration, Form & Analysis, Special Topics in Analysis, Instrumental Conducting, Survey of Commercial Music History and Special Topics in Musicology
•Bullet: Woodwind, brass, percussion and string principals add Teaching of Applied Music, two small ensembles and Conducting, while piano principals take Piano Pedagogy I and II and Survey of Piano Literature
•Bullet: Free-elective tracks include Chamber Music, Jazz (which completes the Certificate in Jazz), Pedagogy, Recording and Composition (which completes the Certificate in Composition)
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Instrumentalists perform a junior recital (MU 330) and a senior recital (MU 430), and the School of Music ensembles include Chamber Music, Guitar Ensembles, Instrumental Jazz, Orchestra, Percussion Ensembles and the Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Professional Development
•Bullet: Performance students gain professional experience teaching in the Millikin Community Arts Academy, through internships and service learning, and by working as professional musicians in area ensembles
