The
Southern Illinois University (SIUC) School of Music aka SOM is part of the
College of Liberal Arts, and a focal point of cultural learning and activity at SIUC. Housed in Altgeld Hall (built in 1896),
the Old Baptist Foundation Building and Shryock Auditorium, the School of Music is central to the campus both geographically and culturally.
Available Degrees
* Bachelors of Music (BM)
* Bachelor of Arts (BA)
* Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
* Music Minor
Undergraduate Degrees
* Music Business
* Music Education
* Music Theory/Composition
* Musical Theater
* Piano Pedagogy
* Performance:
** Keyboard
** Instrumental
** Voice
** Guitar
** Studio Jazz
* Liberal Arts, Music
Graduate Degrees
The SIUC School of Music offers the Master of Music Degree in the following concentrations:
* Collaborative Piano
** Instrumental Accompanying
** Vocal Accompanying
* Music Education
* Music History and Literature
* Music Theory and Composition
* Opera/Musical Theater
* Performance
** Choral Conducting
** Guitar
** Orchestral Instruments
** Orchestral Conducting
** Piano
** Vocal
** Wind Conducting
* Piano Pedagogy (Piano Education Arts)
Ensembles
Orchestras
*Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra
*Civic Orchestra
*Junior Orchestra
University bands
*University Wind Ensemble
*Symphonic Band
*
Marching Salukis
Jazz
*Studio Jazz Orchestra
*Lab Jazz Orchestra
*Jazz Combos
Vocal ensembles
*Concert Choir
*Choral Union
*Chamber Singers
Other ensembles
*Opera / Musical Theater
*Guitar Ensemble
*Clarinet Studio
*New Music Ensemble
Notable faculty
*
Michael D. Hanes, percussionist and former director of bands
*
Marjorie Lawrence
Marjorie Florence Lawrence CBE (17 February 190713 January 1979) was an Australian soprano, particularly noted as an interpreter of Richard Wagner's operas. She was the first Metropolitan Opera soprano to perform the immolation scene in ''Gö ...
, voice and opera professor
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Eric Mandat
Eric Paul Mandat (born 1957) is an American clarinetist and composer.
Mandat began his clarinet studies under the tutelage of Richard Joiner of the Denver Symphony. He later studied with Lee Gibson, Keith Wilson, D. Stanley Hasty, and Charles ...
, clarinetist and composer
Notable alumni
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Vincent Chancey
Vincent Chancey (born February 4, 1950) is an American jazz hornist.
Early life and education
Chancey was born and raised in Chicago. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from the SIUC School of Music in 1973 and studied under Julius W ...
, French horn player
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Sean Osborn
Sean Osborn (born 1966) is a former clarinetist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and a regular substitute in the clarinet section of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. He has been a student of Stanley Hasty, Frank Kowalsky, and Eric Mandat.
Clar ...
, clarinet player
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Brent Wallarab, arranger, composer, and teacher
Organizations
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Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity (ΦΜΑ) - Epsilon Kappa Chapter
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Mu Phi Epsilon (ΜΦΕ) International Coed Fraternity
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Sigma Alpha Iota (ΣΑΙ) - Theta Tau Chapter
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National Association for Music Education
* Music Business Association
References
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