Each semester, qualified students are chosen to be concerto soloists with instrumental ensembles or to give solo and joint recitials. Field Study Annually, the department schedules trips to hear visiting artists and performing groups in the nearby cities of Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Erie and Buffalo. Touring Ensembles Some performing groups, including the Wind Symphony, the Wind Ensemble and the American Music Ensemble, go on tours, usually during semester breaks. In a typical semester, there are six or seven recitals by music students and faculty as well as three or four performances by visiting artists such as the Kronos Quartet, Richie Havens, the Boston Symphony Chamber Players, the Rochester Philharmonic, and Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
Some guests hold residencies in addition to performing on campus.
The Alexander String Quartet, for example, has had annual residencies on campus since 1990. Our graduates are as likely to earn advanced degrees in geology, mathematics or medicine as they are to pursue graduate studies in music. The list of alumni gives some indication of the variety of career paths music majors follow.