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AREAS OF STUDY		RESOURCES
Choral Music		Join an Ensemble
Jazz Performance		The Illinois Design Center
Music Technology		Experimental Music Studios
Instrumental Performance		Computer Music Project
Vocal Performance		Lyric Theatre @ Illinois
Orchestral Conducting		Take Private Lessons
Wind Band Conducting		Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

Create

AREAS OF STUDY	RESOURCES
Composition/Theory	Music and Performing Arts Library
Jazz Performance	The Illinois Design Center
Music Technology	Experimental Music Studios
	Computer Music Project

Research

AREAS OF STUDY	RESOURCES FOR RESEARCHERS
Composition/Theory	Music and Performing Arts Library
Musicology	Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Music Education	Renaissance Archives
CS + Music	Hymn Tune Index
Music Technology	Council for Research in Music Education
	Ethnomusicology Archive

Our Commitment

The University of Illinois School of Music regards diversity, equity, and access as core values integral to guiding our progress toward excellence. We embrace a broad and comprehensive concept of diversity that serves as a springboard toward mutual understanding. We appreciate diversity as a strength and intentionally cultivate an inclusive climate in our daily endeavors as faculty, staff, and students. We are committed to respecting differences; accepting multiple perspectives; and striving to identify, disrupt, and rectify bias, prejudice, and oppression in our classrooms and community.

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Teach

AREAS OF STUDY	PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Composition/Theory	Band Conducting Symposium
Musicology	Choral Conducting Symposium
Music Education
Piano Pedagogy

News

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Prof. Silvers Publishes New Book

The University of Illinois Press has published Assistant Professor Michael Silvers’s Voices of Drought

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Wang-Chen Duo Residency Offers Full Week of Activity

The Wang-Chen Duo from Suzhou, China, will be in residence in the School of Music for a full week of engaging performances and activities, from October 29 though November 2.

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Illinois Commitment

The Illinois Commitment will help students from middle-income families attend Illinois.

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MPAL to Host Unveiling of Restored Player Piano with Performance and Presentation

The Music and Performing Arts Library (MPAL) will be hosting a special Player Piano Reveal event on Saturday, September 22 from 1-3pm.

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Spotlight

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November 1, 2018

Singers Advance in National Competition

Seven U of I vocalists advanced in NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) Regional Semifinals; 2 will continue to the National Finals. Congratulations to first place winner Molly Abrams and second place winner Gabby LaBare who will continue to the National NATS vocal competition. Kate Stenzel received honorable mention. Other semifinalists were Landon Westerfield, Maggie Wolfe, Mady Simanonis, and Riley Wilson.

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