Graduate Conducting Program Looks Promising
Enrollment Goals Nearly Met
Andrew Exner
Issue date: 12/10/09 Section: News
"People tend to look at a university or college differently if they have advanced degrees," says Genevro, citing one of the reasons for starting the program. "This will help out with recruitment at the undergraduate level too."
There are three tracks for the conducting program: choral, orchestral, and wind band. According to Roberson, there is already interest in all three tracks, particularly for the conducting symposia that will be offered here during the summer of 2010. Genevro has given a non-credit symposium for conductors of wind bands for the last couple years, and this will transition to a part of the graduate program.
Linda Tedford and Rachel Cornacchio will team-teach the choral symposium, and Timothy Dixon will lead the orchestral symposium, which will coincide with a summer string camp offered on campus. Undergraduate students will be able to audit the symposia if they so choose, says Roberson.
"I'm looking forward to getting it started. It's been a long road to get here," says Genevro. But now that the program is ready to go, he looks onto the next semester with excitement. "It's going to give [the faculty here] the opportunity to teach and research at a different level than we're used to doing."
There are three tracks for the conducting program: choral, orchestral, and wind band. According to Roberson, there is already interest in all three tracks, particularly for the conducting symposia that will be offered here during the summer of 2010. Genevro has given a non-credit symposium for conductors of wind bands for the last couple years, and this will transition to a part of the graduate program.
Linda Tedford and Rachel Cornacchio will team-teach the choral symposium, and Timothy Dixon will lead the orchestral symposium, which will coincide with a summer string camp offered on campus. Undergraduate students will be able to audit the symposia if they so choose, says Roberson.
"I'm looking forward to getting it started. It's been a long road to get here," says Genevro. But now that the program is ready to go, he looks onto the next semester with excitement. "It's going to give [the faculty here] the opportunity to teach and research at a different level than we're used to doing."
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