Program Recognition
•NASM-accredited Department of Music
Training & Productions
•120-credit-hour liberal arts degree ideal for a double major in music and another discipline
•Small classes with personalized faculty attention; faculty include veteran performers, award-winning composers, and published scholars
•Ensembles have performed at Carnegie Hall, the Montreux Jazz Festival, and the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
•Wide range of ensembles: Cardinal Chorale, Community Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Cardinal Jazz Band, plus chamber groups (string quartet, brass/woodwind quintet, percussion and guitar ensembles)
Facilities
•Luella Bennack Music Center, a state-of-the-art building featuring:
-500-seat Diane Bennack Concert Hall with a Steinway D grand piano
-101-seat Ingrid Seddon Recital Hall with a Steinway B grand piano
-Recording studio with a 7-foot Yamaha Disklavier grand piano (acoustics by Russ Berger Design Group)
-Piano lab with 17 Clavinova digital pianos and a computer lab with 17 iMacs
-18 Wenger modular practice rooms