Music

Evensong at Spencerville
Date: Saturday, March 21, 2009 at 4:00 PM

Location: Spencerville SDA Church

16325 New Hampshire Ave

Silver Spring, MD 20905

Fee: Free!


The Columbia Collegiate Chorale and New England Yout Ensemble will perform Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass and Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs, among other works.


Recent Events and Trips
The Winds Tour Mexico

Band tours Italy and Greece

Music groups play Carnegie Hall...again!

CUC's Concert Winds and BrassWorks are Magnificent

Faculty
Dr. James Bingham, Chair
Dr. Virginia-Gene Rittenhouse
Mark DiPinto
Preston Hawes
Ronald Warren
Bruce Wilson

Adjunct Faculty
Alison Bazala
Janusz Bilinski
Zino Bogachek
Mark Carson
Zelma Edwards
William Feasley
Susan Vought Findley
David Jones
Steve Jones
Vanita Jones
Kyung Priscilla Ko
Geri Mueller
Karla Rivera
Christopher Sala
Deborah Thurlow
Keri Tomenko
Mark Willey
Victor Yuzefovich

Staff
Jessica Baccus
Peter Lombard
Jennifer Zinke

Introduction
It is the purpose of the Music Department to provide professional training reinforced by a sound general education. The programs are designed to provide students with a solid background in functional areas of the music industry and to provide training for those students who choose to become educators and performers. It is the aim of the faculty to present music as a medium for spiritual, emotional, and cultural development.

Mission Statement
It is the purpose of the Music Department to provide professional training, reinforced by a sound general education, in an environment where music is presented as a medium for spiritual, intellectual, emotional and cultural development.

Goals
All graduates of the music program will have developed a depth of understanding in the theoretical, historical and practical aspects of their discipline sufficient to prepare them for success in a career or further study.

Objectives
1. Students completing the baccalaureate program in music will compare favorably in their musical abilities and knowledge with those students completing a similar program nationally.

2. Graduates will have well developed practical skills enabling the pursuit of a career in performance, private studio teaching, music education, or related fields of endeavor.

3. Graduates will have sufficiently mastered theoretical and historical information to enable the pursuit of further study and the communication of such information through performance and analysis.

4. Graduates will be qualified to advance and enrich the musical culture of their church and community.