Music Performance program
Study music and perform.
If you enjoy learning about music and performing with groups and ensembles, but don't want to commit to the academic requirements of a major or minor in music, the music performance minor is right for you.
UWL's music performance minor allows students to study music and continue to perform in college with flexibility.
Music performance minor vs. music minor?
UWL offers both a music minor and a music performance minor. While the music minor includes more academic requirements, the music performance minor is more flexible, allowing for additional credits in both lessons and ensembles.
The Music Department at UWL is great because its size allows for close interaction between professors and students. The professors care about not only our musical success, but success in all aspects of our lives.
Caitlin Krueger
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Get involved in a variety of instrumental and choral groups
Instrument ensembles
- UWL Symphony Orchestra and UWL Wind Ensemble
- UWL Concert Band and UWL Symphonic Band
- Scholarship chamber ensembles: Hoeschler String Quartet, Cordeiro Woodwind Quintet, and Hoefer Brass Quintet.
- Screaming Eagles Marching Band
- Two jazz big bands and two jazz combos.
Choral groups
- The UWL Concert Choir
- The UWL Treble Chorus
- The UWL Choral Union
- The Contemporary/Jazz Vocal Ensemble
What distinguishes UWL's music performance minor?
The Music Department awards more than 50 talent-based scholarships per year to music majors and minors. Ensemble scholarships are available for talented non-majors performing in ensembles and chamber groups. Learn more about scholarship opportunities on the Music Department website or contact music@uwlax.edu.
Part-time student employment opportunities in the Music Office and Listening Lab are available to students eligible for the Federal Work Study program. Other job opportunities, such as recital hall tech crew and ensemble assistantships, are available to all students regardless of financial need. Learn more about student employment opportunities on the Music Department website or contact music@uwlax.edu.
All music majors and minors receive applied music lessons without additional fees. Any student without a music major or music minor may audition to take applied lessons when studio space is available; an additional fee is required for students enrolled in lessons only.
Located in the UWL Center for the Arts, the Music Department features the acoustically-superb and renovated 235-seat Annett Recital Hall, which houses two grand pianos, a two-manual harpsichord and state-of-the-art digital recording equipment. Center for the Arts also houses well-equipped rehearsal facilities, classrooms, and labs, as well as ample practice rooms.
Music faculty and staff members are dedicated to excellence in teaching and performing. They are passionate about providing artistic performance opportunities for students and helping all students attain their musical goals.
Long a marquee program in Wisconsin, the Jazz Studies area features two big bands and two jazz combos. Both music-and non-music majors perform historical and contemporary big band styles in the Jazz Orchestra and the Jazz Ensemble through frequent on-and off-campus concerts. Improvisers learn their craft in jazz improvisation courses and gain small group experience in combo performances at area jazz clubs. Jazz vocalists sing with all instrumental jazz ensembles and have their own dedicated group with the Contemporary/Jazz Vocal Ensemble.
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