Performance Department

Our performance degree track is a four year program in which students have the opportunity to study with master teachers, many of whom are Symphony members and renowned performers. Performance students take applied studies in keyboard, orchestral instruments and voice. Students perform in a variety of ensembles which rank among the finest in the country.

Classes offered in:

Studio / Master Class, Conducting, Stagecraft and Movement, Diction, Accompanying, Improvisation, Business of Music and many others

Contact Chair, Kenneth Burky

MPSM Highlights

Student / Faculty Spotlight

Renowned composer, John Adams receives honorary doctorate from the Mary Pappert School of Music...

Faculty member, Sean Jones, performs at the White House with Wynton and Branford Marsalis

Rochelle Agnew, a graduate student working on her master's degree in violin performance, has recently won a violin section position in the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater

University Newsroom

By Department

Performance

Mark Koch, assistant chair of the guitar department and director of the Guitar & Bass Workshop, recently received an exclusive Artist/Educator endorsement from Benedetto Jazz Guitars

Music Education

Music Therapy

Saturday, October 24, 2009
The Annual Mid-Atlantic Region of the American Music Therapy Association Conference...

Music Technology

Dedication of Schrecengost Recording Studio


2009-10 Events Brochure