Members help host a spring multi-day regional jazz festival and work as well as perform with artists or regional and national stature. The Chamber Ensemble along with community musicians, forms and orchestra for musicals. The College Chorus, open to all college students, performs one concert per semester. This ensemble, accompanied by the college String Ensemble and community musicians, performs literature of the masters. This ensemble performs over 40 concerts annually on campus and throughout the state for public schools, civic clubs and state and national conventions.
Instrumentalists study jazz and commercial musicals and perform on and off campus at jazz festivals.
Art Professional faculty and impressive art facilities provide an opportunity for the contemporary student to pursue a career in the visual arts. Students planning a career in this area study painting, sculpture, drawing, ceramics, commercial art, design and color theory, and art appreciation. The painting studio features northern light exposure and sky lights for study in watercolor, oil and acrylic painting media. A print making press allows students to create original works of art in multiples. Sculpture students create three-dimensional art forms in a variety of media in the sculpture studio.