Performance Opportunities
As an undergraduate-only program there is no system of seniority in our music ensembles: students are selected and seated based on their talent and level of commitment, which means a first-year student has opportunities equal to any other student to participate. Ensembles popular with string studies students include:
- The Chapman Orchestra
- Chapman New Music Ensemble
- Early Music Ensemble
- Chamber Ensembles
- Temianka Quartet
- Mariachi Panteras
- Music at Noon concerts
Masterclasses and Special Events
At the Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music, students don't just study music—they live it first-hand alongside the artists who are shaping today's musical world. Guest musicians and ensembles regularly come to campus to share their expertise in masterclasses, workshops, and side-by-side performances. Past artists include Anne Akiko Meyers, Ensemble Mik Nawooj, Stefan Jackiw, Carl St. Clair, and the Penderecki String Quartet.
Through the Musco Center for the Arts' Leap of Art program, students also benefit from close contact with internationally renowned artists through multi-day residencies featuring masterclasses, workshops, and performances by visiting artists. Past highlights include Sarah Chang, Quartetto di Cremona, Kishi Bashi, Richard Yongjae O'Neill, and the Lucia Micarelli Quartet. More recently, members of the Australian Haydn Ensemble and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center have worked closely with our string students, along with repeat visits by the Juilliard String Quartet.
Students also enjoy unique opportunities to collaborate in innovative productions
with The Chapman Orchestra. They perform side-by-side with professional studio musicians,
gaining the unique experience of performing live to film with a click track in Disney® concerts such as Pixar in Concert, Coco in Concert, and The Little Mermaid in Concert.
Other Perks
- You can option to double-major in another music or non-music program and complete both in four years, thanks to full support from your faculty.
- You'll have career support from our dedicated performing arts career advisor from day one and beyond graduation.
- You may have the opportunity to use an instrument from our collection of fine instruments
and bows:
- The 'Albert Saparoff' violin and bow (donated by the family of renowned violinist Henri Temianka)
- A violin by Carl Becker, Sr. (donated by Caron and Jeff Winston)
- A violin from the Markneukirchen workshop (Germany)
- A viola by William Harris Lee
- A viola by Lawrence Furse
- A cello from the workshop of Yanbing Chen
- Our string students have:
- Gone on to pursue graduate studies at leading music schools and conservatories across the country.
- Worked with GRAMMY-winning musicians.
- Won top prizes in local, state, national, and international competitions.
- Been selected to perform in masterclasses with renowned musicians in a variety of professional venues.