Pepperdine Seaver College Music Program Brochure

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verlooking the Pacific Ocean in Malibu, California, Pepperdine University’s Department of Music offers exciting musical possibilities as expansive as the view of the Pacific. The department is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. Our students study with distinguished faculty, leading soloists, and top studio professionals, including members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, and other top professional musical ensembles in the region.

Our University choirs, University Orchestra, Flora L. Thornton Opera Program, University Wind Ensemble, Collegium Musicum, Jazz Ensemble, Collaborative Arts, and Chamber Music groups are open to all students

by audition and provide stimulating ensemble experiences. Annual opera and musical theatre productions, recitals, concerts, and master classes provide additional performance opportunities, enhance the regular curricular offerings, and enrich the University’s strong cultural climate.

Students are the heart of our program. They actively participate in their own aesthetic growth and creative enrichment. Scholarship support is available for eligible undergraduate majors as well as for non-majors interested in performing in University ensembles. We encourage you to find out more about the Pepperdine University Department of Music by visiting our website, seaver.pepperdine.edu/fine-arts/undergraduate/music or by making an appointment to visit our campus.

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any factors contribute to our reputation as a top music program. In the past decade, Pepperdine University has emerged as one of the nation’s leading private universities. Our music department is personal and unique, offering high-quality instruction and an exceptional learning experience for each individual. This nurturing environment allows our students to refine their talents and skills for a successful career in music.

Your experience at Pepperdine University will include: tt A liberal arts education, with a conservatory atmosphere tt Emphases in performance (applied), composition, and

music education ttRenowned faculty tt Access to Los Angeles and all of its

cultural resources

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Go to seaver.pepperdine.edu/fine-arts/ undergraduate/music/apply for more information, to schedule an audition, and to apply.

Instrumental E nsembles

C horal E nsembles

Whether you perform in Pepperdine’s orchestra, wind ensemble, jazz band, or small chamber ensembles, you will be taught by some of the best professionals in the business. The University Orchestra performs great orchestral music from classical to movie soundtracks and pop. In addition, the orchestra participates in the musical theatre production in the fall and the Flora L. Thornton Opera Program production in the spring. The Wind Ensemble performs traditional band literature, and contemporary works for wind band. The Jazz Ensemble explores music of the swing era to the music of the big bands today. In Chamber Music Ensembles, students receive weekly coaching by members of the instrumental faculty. The ensembles perform the finest selections from the string, woodwind, brass, guitar, and percussion ensemble literature.

The Choral Program of Pepperdine University offers a choice of three outstanding ensembles. The Concert Choir, our largest mixed performing group, is a diverse group of music majors, music-award recipients, and talented singers from other disciplines throughout the Seaver campus. Chamber Singers is a performance-based small ensemble with a varying mix of singers. This select vocal group performs a diverse range of accompanied and a cappella choral literature. Collegium Musicum, consisting of both singers and instrumentalists, performs music from the outermost edges of the concert repertoire, playing early music from Dunstable to Mozart, as well as works of 20th-century and contemporary masters from Messiaen to Glass.

Parkening Classical Guitar Program Christopher Parkening, one of the world’s preeminent virtuosos of the classical guitar, is a Distinguished Professor of Music at Pepperdine University and has occupied the Christopher Parkening Chair in Classical Guitar since the fall of 2002. Pepperdine is the home of the Parkening International Guitar Competition.

M usic Composition The composition program at Pepperdine is committed to helping talented and creative students find and develop their unique voices in the creation of new acoustic and electro-acoustic music. Under the mentorship of the faculty composer N. Lincoln Hanks, each student composes a recital program of original music, conducted and performed by fellow students in the music department. Students in this rich and comprehensive program benefit from master classes and recitals presented by visiting composers and numerous opportunities to experience new music in the Los Angeles area.

For a full list of Department of Music performances visit us at: seaver.pepperdine.edu/fine-arts/ undergraduate/music/calendar

The Flora L. Thornton Opera Program

Heidelberg Summer Music Program

Endowed by Flora Laney Thornton, one of Southern California’s most beloved arts philanthropists, the Flora L. Thornton Opera Program at Pepperdine offers performance opportunities in fully staged productions of opera, summer study abroad, and master classes with outstanding professionals in the field. Pepperdine graduates are now gracing the rosters of America’s leading opera companies, including the Los Angeles Opera, the Santa Fe Opera, the San Francisco Opera, the Seattle Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and the Metropolitan Opera.

Pepperdine’s music students are encouraged to study abroad at the University’s campus in Heidelberg, Germany. The program provides opportunities for intensive study of operatic repertoire and acting techniques, chamber music, theory, humanities, and languages.

Educational field trips to European cultural centers such as Salzburg, Prague, and Vienna enrich the experience immeasurably. The activities of the summer culminate in student performances at the beautiful Palais Prinz Carl in Heidelberg’s old town. Moore Haus, the students’ home during the summer program, is located just a few steps from one of Europe’s most popular destinations—the romantic Heidelberg Castle.

For information on the faculty visit: seaver.pepperdine.edu/fine-arts/undergraduate/music/faculty

Application, Audition, and Interview Process

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY Fine Arts Recruitment Office, MB 301 24255 Pacific Coast Highway Malibu, CA 90263-4462

Admittance to the program requires the completion of two applications and supporting materials, and an audition or interview.

Website seaver.pepperdine.edu/fine-arts/ undergraduate/music

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310.506.4111 fineartsrecruit@pepperdine.edu