Majors are available in music and music education. Vocal and instrumental emphases are offered leading to certification for elementary or secondary teaching. The music education major also provides a foundation for graduate study in music therapy. Private study is available in piano, harpsichord, organ, voice, percussion, and all string, brass and woodwind instruments. Music majors are involved in highly concentrated private studies in their performance specialty, and usually give recitals during their junior and senior years.
Most ensembles require an audition for membership.
All are open to both music majors and nonmajors. Special opportunities Many of Central's performing groups offer the opportunity for touring. The Symphonic Wind Ensemble has recently traveled to Mexico, British Columbia, Quebec, New York, Florida and Texas. Central's A Cappella Choir has made recent concert tours to the East Coast, Great Britain, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Ukraine. In addition to regular concerts, the Jazz Ensemble is featured each winter during Central's annual Jazzmania festival, and makes tours throughout the Midwest.