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• UW-Fond du Lac Theater Department

The UW-Fond du Lac music program offers quality music instruction to those interested in a major or minor in music, as well as the general student.

UW-Fond du Lac offers four semesters of music theory and aural skills – certainly the core of any music program. The small classes and individual attention make it possible for each student’s composition to be performed in recital.

Music Appreciation offered on a rotating schedule include:
Music Literature and Appreciation, History of Rock and Roll, World Music and World Regional Geography, and Jazz History.

The Music Department has also been a leader in the Study Abroad Program. Offered in conjunction with UW-Fond du Lac Continuing Education, students and community members had the opportunity to study the Roots of Western Music and travel to Italy in past years.

The UW-Fond du Lac music program also offers private lessons to music majors and minors. Our applied faculty currently includes:

• Grace Jones, voice

• Helene Schrankler, piano

• Melissa Martiros, class piano

• Brian Lydeen, woodwinds

• Dan Rager, brass

• Scott Elford, percussion

• John Gibson , string bass

• Steve Schani, viola

The life of the music program is contained in the performing ensembles Concerts are performed 3-4 times each semester by various ensembles. A department concert is performed each semester in addition to the annual Holiday Concert in December, A Winter Evening of Jazz in February and a Celtic Dinner Show in March.

Vocal ensembles under the direction of Patricia Eby include the UW-Fond du Lac Chorus; Fond du Lac Chamber Singers, which combines community singers and students; and U-FiDeLity, a vocal jazz ensemble.

Instrumental ensembles include College Jazz Ensemble, directed by Dan Rager; Community Orchestra, directed by David Thompson; UW-Fond du Lac Community Band, directed by Dan Rager.

The Collegiate Wind Ensemble is the unique combination of students from UW-Fond du Lac and Marian College, rehearsing on the UW campus and directed by Marian College faculty member Brian Lydeen. Opportunities also exist for small instrumental ensemble playing.

UW-Fond du Lac Music Department is the home of the Suzuki Talent Education Program coordinated through UW-Fond du Lac Continuing Education Department.

For more information on the music programs at UW-Fond du Lac, e-mail Patricia Eby.