At VU a limited number of strong performers pursue a professional performance degree (the Bachelor of Music) in organ, piano, voice, and orchestral instruments. The intensive curriculum provides comprehensive preparation in musicianship, history, theory, repertoire, and performance skills, in the context of a liberal arts general education. Our faculty of musician-teachers (drawn from the greater Chicago region) brings extensive experience and artistry to the teaching studios and to the Duesenberg Recital Hall stage. VU performance graduates excell in leading graduate schools, work as independent performing musicians and teachers, and in college teaching.

As a Music Performance major at VU, you will have opportunity to . . .

• engage in concentrated studio work, leading to the presentation of junior and senior recitals in Duesenberg Hall (or, for organists, in the Chapel of the Resurrection).
• gain skills through regular performance experiences in formal and informal settings on and off campus.
• learn through courses, masterclasses, and workshops about the meanings, traditions, and expressive values of musical works, to enrich and develop your insights as a performer.
• compete for the opportunity to appear as a concerto soloist with the Valparaiso University Symphony Orchestra.
• develop your leadership abilities in chamber music and creative activities, including conducting, composing, improvising, arranging, and multi-arts collaborating.