Program Recognition
•Bullet: NASM-accredited Department of Music
•Bullet: The BA in Music Performance is a 120-hour liberal-arts degree centered on advanced work in an instrument or voice and the classical tradition.
Training
•Bullet: The Instrumental Track combines 40 hours of musicianship with principal-instrument study, major ensembles, recital preparation, music theory and history, and upper-division coursework.
•Bullet: Students perform in UIW concert and chamber choirs, orchestras, bands, musicals, operas, and community/professional settings; the degree culminates in a public recital on the principal instrument.
•Bullet: The department also provides opportunities to study jazz through electives and to perform with groups such as the Chorus of Opera San Antonio and YOSA.
Facilities
•Bullet: Training takes place in Luella Bennack Music Center, including 500-seat Diane Bennack Concert Hall, 101-seat Ingrid Seddon Recital Hall, a recording studio with a Yamaha Disklavier, piano lab, computer lab, rehearsal halls, teaching studios, and modular practice rooms.
