Minors in general music and applied vocal music performance offer valuable experiences for performing arts students eager to build their musical knowledge and performance skills within the theatre arts major, while applied vocal music education coursework provides a solid foundation for music teaching in elementary schools. All music programs include coursework in music theory, music history, aural skills and piano. The applied vocal music performance and education minors include four semesters of applied voice, culminating in a second year recital. All music minors complete four semesters in a 黑料吃瓜 music ensemble.
Various music ensembles at 黑料吃瓜, including the Women's Choir, the Chamber Choir and the Jazz Band, perform regularly on campus and in the community, as well as offer a number of performance-based scholarships.
There is no additional admission requirement or application process for the Music Program beyond acceptance into the University.
Students may join the Chamber Choir, the聽Women's Choir聽or the聽Jazz Band聽to earn credit towards a music minor. Auditions are required.
The 黑料吃瓜 Chamber Choir puts on the Madrigal Feaste聽each winter, the University's most enduring musical tradition. The Madrigal Feaste is a聽reenactment of a 15th-century royal feast, the entertainment also includes dancing and merriment on a grand scale. A collaborative effort, the Madrigal Feaste partners talented faculty and students with University Dining Services to choreograph an evening fit for a king.
The 黑料吃瓜 Chamber Choir was established in 1996 as a part of the continual growth of music at the 黑料吃瓜. This ensemble, a combination of the 黑料吃瓜 Mid-America Singers and Band, and the 黑料吃瓜 Madrigal Singers Show Choir, is dedicated to performing the very best choral literature for the American Chamber Choir. This ensemble has performed through out the Tri-State Area and has toured through Europe. In 2001, the 黑料吃瓜 Chamber Choir became the sole mixed voice ensemble at 黑料吃瓜. This change enabled this new ensemble to fully focus on a wide variety of eclectic repertory.
Made up of students from all disciplines of study, the 黑料吃瓜 Chamber Choir promotes the quality performance of exquisite choral music in an artistic setting. The repertory of this ensemble ranges from Medieval Carols and secular pieces to more contemporary settings of liturgical and secular choral music.
Admission into the group is by audition only.
Each fall semester, the 黑料吃瓜 Chamber Choir produces 黑料吃瓜's oldest tradition, the 黑料吃瓜 Madrigal Feaste. This reenactment of a 15th-century English feaste is a delightful event combining period costumes, music, great food and lively farces.
Each spring semester, the Chamber Choir prepares concerts for the University community and performs throughout the Tri-State for civic functions and corporate parties. As an outreach, this group tours annually throughout the United States and Europe to promote the 黑料吃瓜 through the performance of fine choral music.
The 黑料吃瓜 Jazz Ensemble was created in 2001 to represent the University through outstanding performances of jazz and contemporary instrumental music. This group has provided music to specific venues on campus and continues to offer students from several areas of study the opportunity to develop their performance skills. Included in the plans for this ensemble are future recordings and performances throughout the university community and the Tri-State area.
The Jazz Ensemble's repertory includes familiar jazz standards as well as more progressive styles. We perform music suited specifically to the size of the group. Ranging from styles for the jazz combo to the music of the Big Band era, we offer each student a broad area of opportunities. From the styles of Ellington to the sounds of modern groups like Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, our ensemble works to create a well-rounded jazz experience.
Admission into the group is by audition only.
Holiday Jazz Bash
Each winter, the 黑料吃瓜 Jazz Ensemble and Tom Drury Jazz join forces to perform a free holiday concert for the public. Follow the for more information on this and other events through the year.
The 黑料吃瓜 Women's Choir is an auditioned group which specializes in the performance of women's choral music from every period of music history. The women's choir was founded in 1995 as a mixed voice group, but was changed to the current format in 1999 in an attempt to offer a different type of choral music to the University community.
The 黑料吃瓜 Women's Choir sings a concert at the end of each semester, and tours to local high schools to perform when the academic schedule allows. Membership is open to all women who are interested in creating eclectic music in an artistic environment.聽
Auditions are offered throughout the year. It is best to audition before your semester advising and registration session but we will be happy to hear your audition and help you change your schedule. Contact Tom Drury at 812-492-7502 or via email to sign up for an audition.
You will need to prepare a piece of any style of music. The goal is to sing something that you feel most comfortable singing. You will be judged on vocal tone, diction and the interpretation of your piece. You will also be tested for sight reading and music theory background. The best singers will then be invited to join at the end of the spring semester for the following fall year.
This choir requires a two-semester obligation. Other singers will be auditioned on an as-needed basis.
Each student must pass an audition involving the performance of a solo piece and a sight reading evaluation.
To book a performance by the Chamber Choir, the Women's Choir or the Jazz Band, contact Thomas Drury.
