To this end, the Department offers a comprehensive instructional program in music, which will develop performers, teachers, scholars, composers, and informed audiences. The Department also strives to set and maintain high standards of musical excellence for a broad and diverse community of constituents. Interaction with other departments on campus serves to broaden Music s sphere of influence promoting the role of arts in our culture. The department recognizes, as well, a responsibility to be of service to the greater region by providing leadership and public service to students, teachers, and audiences throughout the community, the state, and the region. Graduates of this program possess the required intellectual and creative skills and capabilities supported by methods of research and inquiry which lead to further study, excellent classroom teaching, and outstanding artistic creations and performances.
Students learn to create, perform, and understand music.
The Department sponsors an extensive performance schedule of student, faculty and guest artist recitals and major ensemble concerts, providing a significant cultural resource for the campus, the community, and the state. Faculty and students provide clinics, master classes, and lesson instruction, and host annual on-campus festivals and summer camps. The Department is a resource for public and private school teachers and is a major artistic component of the culture of Western Montana. Changes to the M.A. in Music History and Literature are under way. The Department of Music also serves the larger University population with a number of highly populated General Education courses, opportunities in applied instruction, and participation in numerous musical ensembles.