Performance

Concentration in Music (BA)

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Performance at North Park

Start your path to a career as a professional performer by developing your talent, learning essential skills, and gaining performing experience. A performance concentration builds a strong foundation for graduate study or careers in church, school, nonprofit, or professional performance settings.

Hone your skills on your primary instrument or voice through specialized courses. Explore concentration options in voice, piano/organ, strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion.

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Featured course

MUS 0100–Student Recital
This course is designed to offer students opportunities to listen to a variety of concerts and recitals, and to perform as soloists as well. In addition, guest artists conduct master classes on occasion during the Thursday afternoon sessions. Students registered for this course have a set number of requirements to attend general and class Recitals that occur on Thursday afternoons, evening and weekend concerts, and recitals from the School of Music, Art, and Theatre’s concert calendar. Students also have specific performance requirements associated with the general and class recitals.

Certificates

Arts Management Certificate

Combine your passion for music with nonprofit coursework and an internship to prepare for a range of careers.

Music for Social Change and Human Values Certificate

Music majors can earn an innovative eight-semester-hour certificate, training to teach young students stringed instruments in an orchestral setting with El Sistema-inspired techniques.

Ensembles

From four choirs, an orchestra, a concert band to a jazz ensemble, chamber groups, and an opera program, there’s an array of options. These ensembles perform on and off-campus, tour domestically and internationally, and participate in festivals and competitions. The opera program stages annual workshops and full productions or scenes. Ensembles are open to both music majors and non-music majors, and most require auditions.

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