Areas of Study - NJCU :: Music, Dance and Theatre - NJCU

AREAS OF STUDY

Brass Studies
The brass performance degree programs are designed to acquaint students with a wide range of musical styles through a multitude of performing opportunities and individual studies with a faculty of top New York area professionals. Students are encouraged to perform in solo recitals, chamber ensembles, large ensembles and University productions such as operas and musicals. Each student has a weekly lesson with his/her major teacher and undergraduates are assigned a weekly coaching with a staff accompanist. Guest artists appear in recitals, concerts and master classes every semester. Recent visitors to the University have included trumpeters Claudio Roditi, Chris Gekker, Jon Faddis, Randy Brecker, Byron Stripling and Clark Terry; trombonists Joe Alessi, Jim Pugh, Slide Hampton and Conrad Herwig; and chamber ensembles such as the American Brass Quintet, the Heritage Brass Quintet and the Brass Arts Collective.
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Jazz Studies
This program offers students a chance to develop their improvisational, compositional and ensemble skills through intensive classroom work and performance opportunities. A faculty of world class New York area jazz and recording artists work with the students in private lessons and ensembles to prepare them for the versatile demands of today's music industry. The ensembles frequently perform at venues both on and off campus. Students studying in this area also benefit from master classes and concerts presented by guest artists who appear on campus every semester. Recent visitors to the University have included Jimmy Heath, Clark Terry, Al Grey, Phil Woods, John Scofield, Frank Foster, Sir Roland Hanna, Slide Hampton, Bob Mintzer, Maria Schneider, Randy Brecker, Jerry Bergonzi, Jon Faddis, Barry Harris, Michael Brecker, Ray Brown, John Hendricks, Charles McPherson, Byron Stripling, Buddy DeFranco, Don Sebesky, Rufus Reid, Paquito D'Rivera, Benny Golson, New York Voices, Claudio Roditi, John Fedchock, Lew Tabackin and Toshiko Akiyoshi.
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Woodwind Studies
The woodwind performance degree programs are designed to acquaint students with a wide range of musical styles through a multitude of performing opportunities and individual studies with a faculty of top New York area professionals. Students are encouraged to perform in solo recitals, chamber ensembles, large ensembles and University productions such as operas and musicals. Each student has a weekly lesson with his/her major teacher and undergraduates are assigned a weekly coaching with a staff accompanist. Guest artists appear in recitals, concerts and masterclasses every semester. Recent visitors to the University have included flutists Jeanne Baxtresser, Gary Schocker, Keith Underwood and Paul Dunkel; clarinetists Ronald Reuben, Joseph Rabbai, Buddy DeFranco and Ricardo Morales; bassoonist Richard Ranti; saxophonists Harvey Pittel, Charles McPherson, Dick Oatts, Bob Mintzer, Paquito D'Rivera, Benny Golson, Lew Tabackin, and Gary Foster; and chamber ensembles such as the New York Saxophone Quartet, the West Point Woodwind Quintet and the Borealis Wind Quintet.
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String Studies
The string performance degree program is designed to acquaint students with a wide range of musical styles through a multitude of performing opportunities in addition to individual studies with a faculty of top New York area professionals. Students are encouraged to perform in solo recitals, chamber ensembles, large ensembles, and University productions such as operas and musicals. Each student has a weekly lesson with his/her major teacher and undergraduates are also assigned a weekly coaching with a staff accompanist.
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Vocal Studies
Applied voice students at NJCU receive weekly private lessons and vocal coachings. They perform before their peers in seminar class and present formal juries before the voice faculty at the end of each semester. Students also enjoy a variety of special lectures and master classes, as well as opportunities to perform in choral ensembles, recitals and theatrical projects. Each year a fully-staged opera is presented during the fall semester, and a fully-staged musical is presented during the spring semester. These productions include professional sets, costumes, lighting, and a full orchestra.
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Music Education
The Music Education Program at New Jersey City University prepares individuals to teach instrumental and vocal music (K-12) in public, private and parochial schools. It may also provide a foundation for musical leadership in religious and social institutions. The Music Education Program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, and the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education.
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Percussion Studies
The Percussion Studio at New Jersey City University provides students with opportunities to become a complete musician. The program is well balanced in order to prepare students for successful work in the field. The course of study will allow the student to prepare for both orchestral and graduate school auditions. Standard orchestral preparation is supplemented with solo repertoire, intense technical studies, interpretation of modern music, show percussion and high level ensemble playing. Students also participate in master classes, clinics, and performances with world class professionals, including Candido Camero, "Changuito," Anthony J. Cirone, Gordon Gottleib, Chris Lamb, the late Frankie Malabe, Bobby Sanabria, Leigh Howard Stevens, Jeff Queen, She-e Wu, Glen Velez, Neil Grover.
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Guitar Studies
The Guitar Program at the New Jersey City University offers a variety of musical experiences for all the students at the undergraduate and graduate level. The program includes Applied Music, Music Seminar where all the undergraduate students convene each week to perform for each other. In addition, the undergraduate guitar students enroll in the Guitar Ensemble every semester they are taking applied lessons. The ensemble meets at least once a week under the supervision of the instructor and is expected to rehearse independently of this session in preparation for the regular Guitar Program performances at Music Seminar and for participation in various student recitals. This course is designed to provide guitar majors with chamber music experience while playing works written or arranged for guitar ensemble. Special performance opportunities are also available. The department sponsors Guitar Sunday at NJCU. An activity in which the the students and other guests listen to world class performers on the classical guitar and attend master classes. Selected students perform for and receive musical advice from distinguished professionals.
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Piano Studies
The goal of the undergraduate and graduate piano program at NJCU is to achieve and maintain high musical standards in the areas of pianistic performance. The MDT offers many opportunities for performance in a variety of capacities; these include solo appearances in music seminars and a mid-day concert series as well as ensemble concerts and collaborative piano with instrumentalists and vocalists. Piano majors also participate in large ensembles such as Symphony of Winds and Percussion, NJCU Orchestra, Musical Theatre Pit Orchestra, Chamber music, and Percussion Ensemble. Advanced piano majors have the opportunity to play concertos and other works for piano and orchestra with NJCU Orchestra and the Symphony of Winds & Percussion.
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