Training
•Bullet: Instrumental Performance majors complete eight semesters of Applied Music (MUSI 1222/3222), with a promotional jury at the end of sophomore year required to advance into upper-division study
•Bullet: Core coursework in music theory, history, instrumental pedagogy, and conducting builds the performance study on a strong academic foundation
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Required half- and full-degree recitals, solo convocation performances, and master classes give every instrumentalist a formal performance track record
•Bullet: Ensemble placement auditions route students into UConn's roughly 28 annual ensembles, including chamber music groups, with about 130 performances staged each year
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Samuel DeCaprio (BM 2012) became a C.V. Starr Doctoral Fellow at The Juilliard School and won the 2018 Aldo Parisot Prize
•Bullet: Sarah Brady (BM Flute Performance 1998) is principal flute with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and heads the Classical Contemporary Music Program at Boston Conservatory at Berklee
•Bullet: Tim Riley (BM Horn Performance 2006) toured North America with The Lion King
Facilities
•Bullet: Recitals and performances are staged at the 470-seat von der Mehden Recital Hall and the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, described by the department as one of the largest college-based presenting programs in New England
