Training
•Develop performance and pedagogy skills in your instrumental focus through lessons, courses, ensembles, studio classes, and performances
•Intensive private study with applied faculty across strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, and piano, plus master classes with internationally recognized guest artists
•Applied faculty include directors of percussion, woodwind and jazz studies, strings, piano, and brass
Performance & Productions
•Solo performances, large ensembles, and chamber groups on campus
•Community ensembles include the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra, Missouri Valley Chamber Orchestra, and Youth Orchestra
•Concert Band, String Ensemble, Steel Band, Gabrieli Brass, jazz ensembles, and the annual UMary Jazz Festival
Professional Development
•Graduates pursue careers in performance, education, community arts, and private teaching
•Master of Arts in Music available in a blended online format
Facilities
•Our Lady of the Annunciation Chapel, designed by Marcel Breuer, provides performance and ensemble space
