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J. Michael Allsen, Chair
Music Department
Center of the Arts 2038
(262) 472-1310
music@uww.edu

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Whitewater, WI 53190
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The Music Department offers many opportunities for the performance and study of music. Degree offerings include: Bachelor of Music in:

• Choral Music Education
• General Music Education
• Instrumental Music Education
• Music History and Theory
• Performance Bachelor of Arts degree in music (with required minor)
• Music minor

The Music Department, housed in the Greenhill Center of the Arts, is one of four departments in the College of Arts and Communication. Music students and faculty perform in the 350-seat Light Recital Hall and the 1,300-seat Irvin L. Young Auditorium. The Greenhill Center also features large rehearsal rooms, ample practice rooms, classrooms equipped with instructional technology and faculty studios used for applied study. The Arts Media Center houses thousands of recordings and musical scores, as well as a Macintosh/ MIDI technology lab for student and faculty use.

The Music Department is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.

UW-Whitewater graduates have a long tradition of success within the music field.

Music education majors have enjoyed virtually 100 percent placement in the teaching profession. Graduates are extensively prepared and certified to teach instrumental, choral or general music in the public schools. Performance majors are provided the intensive study along with solo, choir and large ensemble experiences needed for future performance careers and admission into graduate study. The theory/history degree prepares students who are interested in college teaching, research, music publishing, library work or composition. Through the bachelor of arts degree with a required minor, students can pursue career paths including arts management, music theatre and audio engineering.

Music Department faculty members hold teaching as their main priority, but they are also very active performers and researchers. Each music student studies privately with a highly skilled active performer in his/her area, who is a role model, mentor and advisor. No classes are taught by teaching assistants. The Music Department has won an enviable number of teaching awards, including six W.P. Roseman Awards, the highest university-wide teaching award and four awards for outstanding teaching by academic staff. Outstanding research includes published articles, books, compositions and recordings.

Students who plan to major in music should begin their musical studies before they enter the Music Department. Students may prepare themselves by studying piano, voice or an instrument through private lessons or by participating in band, orchestra or choir in high school. A student must pass a performance audition before being accepted into the Music Department.

UW-Whitewater music students have received numerous awards at the university, state and national level. Seven music education students have received the prestigious Richard G. Gaarder Award from the Wisconsin Music Educators Association. Students have also received top honors and recognition for vocal and instrumental performances and for composition and research projects.

Instruction is available in brass, organ, percussion, piano, strings, woodwinds and voice. Performance group opportunities include:

Large Ensembles

• Chamber Singers
• Class Act
• Concert Band
• Concert Choir
• Gospel Choir
• Jazz Symposium
• Jazz Lab
• Jazz Ensemble
• Symphonic Wind Ensemble
• Warhawk Marching Band
• Whitewater Symphony Orchestra
• Women’s Chorale

Small Ensembles

• Brass Choir
• Brass Quintets
• Cello Choir
• Clarinet Choir
• Early Music Ensemble
• Euphonium/Tuba Ensemble
• Flute Choir
• Horn Choir
• Opera Workshop
• Percussion Ensemble
• String Quartets
• String Ensemble
• Trumpet Ensemble
• Trombone Choir
• Woodwind Quintets

Students at UW-Whitewater can participate in many professional organizations that provide leadership as well as professional growth opportunities. These include:

• Delta Omicron
• Tau Phi Lambda
• Collegiate Music Educators
• National Conference
• International Association of Jazz
• Educators-Student Chapter
• National Association of Teachers of Singing
• American String Teachers’ Association

First year sample courses
Fall Semester

• Music Theory I
• Aural Skills I
• Private Instruction
• Beginning Class Piano
• Ensemble
• Recital Attendance
• World of the Arts
• English 101

Spring Semester

• Music Theory II
• Aural Skills II
• Private Instruction
• Class Piano
• Ensemble
• Fundamentals of Speech
• English 102
• Introduction to Teaching Music
• Music Improvisation