Wheaton College Conservatory of Music
| Conservatory of Music Wheaton College |
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Wheaton, Illinois USA |
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| Coordinates | 41°52′07″N 88°05′58″W / 41.868679°N 88.099570°WCoordinates: 41°52′07″N 88°05′58″W / 41.868679°N 88.099570°W |
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| Type | Department and Professional School of Wheaton College |
| Dean | Michael D. Wilder |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Website | homepage |
The Conservatory of Music at Wheaton College is a music conservatory located in Wheaton, Illinois. It is both a department and professional school of Wheaton College. It currently has 21 full-time faculty members and approximately 200 undergraduate music majors, and is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. The Conservatory also operates a Community School of the Arts, serving the music and arts education needs of the surrounding community.
The Conservatory offers both the Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Music Education degrees. Majors for the Bachelor of Music include composition, history/literature, pedagogy, performance (orchestral instruments, organ, piano, and voice), and elective studies in an outside field. The Bachelor of Music Education degree offers emphases in choral or instrumental music.
The Conservatory seeks to train its students in four broad areas: composition, performance, teaching, and scholarship. All music degrees require a core of music theory, ear training, and music history. Performance studies are an integral part of the curriculum: all degrees require regular jury examinations on major instruments and participation in large ensembles. This broad approach reflects the liberal arts context of the whole of Wheaton College, of which the Conservatory is a constituent academic unit.
The Conservatory also offers a Bachelor of Arts in Music program, which combines 40 hours of music classes with the liberal arts general education track. A music minor is also available.
In 2008, Dr. Michael Wilder was appointed Wheaton's Dean of the Conservatory, Art and Communication. Upon his arrival, the administrative structure of the Conservatory was reorganized to reflect its duality as both a department of the College and a professional school. Reporting to the dean, in addition to the chairs of the Art Department and Communication Department, are a tier of directors managing the Conservatory's programs.
Full-time faculty:
The Conservatory also employs about thirty-five adjunct faculty members, and a support staff of secretaries, piano technicians, and business and operations managers. The Community School of the Arts has its own faculty and support staff. Facilities are maintained by the College's facilities management department.
Ensembles are the most visible part of the Conservatory, and provide students an opportunity both for application of their musical training and for fellowship and social involvement.
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