Bachelor [Brass - Horn] From University of North Carolina School of Arts

The brass program is designed to have a modern curriculum that offers practical courses and performance skills. You will attend weekly one-on-one lessons with your major teacher where you can develop your artistic sound, and studio master classes where you will perform in front of your colleagues and instructor, getting feedback and cultivating confidence as a performer on stage. Performance opportunities include?large and chamber ensembles, recitals, and performances in the community.?

At UNCSA, the conservatory environment creates a close community of horn players and artists of all disciplines that prepares you for success in today?s highly competitive and challenging professional music world.

First?Second Years

In your first two years of undergraduate study, you will begin private lessons, master classes and ensemble participation, while studying the foundations of music theory, aural and keyboard skills and musical styles. You will pursue liberal arts courses in English, math or science and the humanities. In your freshman through junior years, you are also required to attend a weekly Performance Hour, where you will perform for your peers throughout the School of Music.?

Third?Fourth Years

Your studies in the foundational courses will continue in your third and fourth years, which include additional liberal arts courses and music electives, as well as music history, repertoire, orchestration and career development classes. In your senior year, you will fulfill your capstone graduation requirement, a full recital at both a juried recital hearing and a public performance.