Studying music at 365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播 means outstanding performance opportunities, a liberal arts focus, small classes and personal attention from professors and advisors. 365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播’s academic reputation — and recommendations from music faculty who know you well — will create many avenues to secure your dream job, whether as a performer, composer or educator.
The new Hamann Concert Hall is part of the $12 to $13 million reinvention/renovation of 365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播's Bergendoff Hall of Fine Arts.
365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播 offers several majors/minors for music students:
A rigorous progressive music curriculum, combined with the freedom to pursue other interests, provides the knowledge and experiences to help you become an insightful musician with strong interpersonal skills.
Outside the classroom, 365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播’s ensembles from jazz to opera offer opportunities to broaden your understanding and love of music, as well as perform locally and abroad.
Our music faculty are known for developing not only musical skills but also life skills, helping you discover the best version of yourself. Graduates stay connected to 365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播 long after they leave campus and also will help you navigate your college experience and the job market when you’re ready.
Communication competence
Read and listen carefully. Express ideas (writing or speaking) suited to the audience.
Disciplinary knowledge
Gain a deep understanding of your subject and how it connects to other subjects.
Collaborative leadership
Make decisions and act for the good of the community as a group.
Intercultural competence
Understand real and imaginary similarities and differences. Use more than one perspective to view issues.
Creative thinking
Combine ideas to create something new. Use imaginative ways of solving problems.
Anne Bak '21 performed a cello recital of Baroque compositions with early music specialist Jean-Pierre Menuge in Eu, France. Bak is teaching French for a year in the northern part of France. In addition to performing, Bak has kept an active teaching schedule, working with her students in the United States via Zoom.
Kathryn Krajewski '18 is a viola/violin instructor at Niles North High School in Skokie, Ill., and a private viola/violin teacher.
Justin Lebo '15 is the music director at Cricket Theater Company in Palatine, Ill.
Tony Passaro '13 is director of bands and jazz ensembles at the International School of Brussels in Brussels, Belgium.
“My music professors have made the most impact on my life.”Read More
“The music faculty do so much for every individual student, both in the public eye and behind the scenes.”Read More
“What I will definitely miss most is getting to play in the Symphonic Band. We are such a unique and tight-knit little family.?”Read More
Grant Estes '21, commemorating Dr. Janina Ehrlich's 45 years of service at 365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播, premiered "The Quarrel Between Winter and Summer," composed by faculty member Dr. Jacob Bancks, on April 14.
Dr. John Hildreth had no idea he was going to be honored at the Martin Luther King, Jr., Community Center’s 41st annual Memorial Service and Award Ceremony.
The $11.2 million transformation of Bergendoff Hall is complete. Students and faculty are taking advantage of the new and updated spaces, including Larson Hall, the piano lab, ensemble rehearsal hall, practice rooms, Hamann Concert Hall and more.
The 365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播 Flute Ensemble and Clarinet Choir will perform, directed by Dr. Sasha Garver and Dr. Elizabeth Matera.
Senior Zander Ulam, a music education major from Geneseo, Ill., will perform a percussion recital.
The 365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播 Symphony Orchestra will perform, directed by Dr. Sam Stapleton.
