- Department of Music
- Admission
- Curriculum
- Ensembles
- People
- Faculty
- Dwight Bigler - choral activities
- Ivica Ico Bukvic - composition, multimedia
- Vernon Burnsed - music education
- Richard Cole - history, literature
- Tracy Cowden - piano, vocal coach
- Jason Crafton - trumpet, jazz
- Elizabeth Crone - flute
- Jay Crone - trombone, department head
- Travis J. Cross - conducting, wind ensemble
- Michael Dunston - audio, recording, media production
- Wallace Easter - horn
- John M. Floyd - percussion
- James Glazebrook - violin, viola, orchestra
- Mary Louise Hallauer - piano
- Nancy Harder - aural skills
- Kent Holliday - piano, composition
- John Howell - history, arranging, historical instruments
- John Husser - bassoon, saxophone
- David Jacobsen - flute, saxophone
- Stephen E. King - music education
- David McKee - Marching Virginians, university bands
- George McNeill - Highty-Tighties
- Polly Middleton - Marching Virginians, Pep Band, Campus Band
- Kelly A. Parkes - music education
- Joetta Petersen - class piano
- Esti Sheinberg - history, theory
- Theodore Sipes - voice
- James Sochinski - theory
- John L. Walker - oboe
- Alan Weinstein - cello, bass
- David Widder - clarinet
- Ariana Wyatt - voice
- Staff
- Students
- Alumni
- ePortfolio Websites
- Faculty
- Outreach
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Music at Virginia Tech
Welcome to the Virginia Tech Department of Music website. Within these pages you will find information about the department’s academic programs, a performance calendar, application and audition information, media links, faculty biographies, and more. The Department of Music offers undergraduate degree programs in performance, composition, education, and technology. Students at Virginia Tech study with distinguished performers, composers, and scholars, and attend concerts by internationally known visiting artists. The department features a variety of performing ensembles, both large and small, including orchestra, bands, choirs, and chamber ensembles. Our graduates are regularly accepted into the finest graduate programs in music, perform professionally throughout the United States, and include some of the finest music educators in the Commonwealth of Virginia and mid-Atlantic region. The Department of Music offers everything an aspiring musician and music educator needs to succeed in the twenty-first century. Thank you for visiting our website, and please feel free to contact us at (540) 231-5685 or at music@vt.edu.  -- Jay Crone, Head, Department of Music, Virginia Tech
Featured Media
O Pastorelle Addio ............................................................ Umberto Giordano
Adam Lay YBourden ............................................................ Frank Ferko
Ave Maria ............................................................ Anton Bruckner, arr. Sabourin
Variations on America ............................................................ C. Ives, arr. Schuman/Rhoads
Guest Speaker Dr. Roddy Cowie, Psychology and Music
Thursday, February 16, 12:30 pm
Guest Artist Recital: Mark O'Connor, violin
Friday, February 17, 8:00 pm
Student Recital: Kathleen Gately, cello
Saturday, February 18, 8:00 pm
Student Ensemble: The University Bands
Sunday, February 19, 3:00 pm
Student Recital: Bennett Layman, baritone
Sunday, February 19, 8:00 pm
Faculty Search: Artist / Teacher of Trumpet
Faculty Search: Artist / Teacher of Voice
2011-2012 Audition Dates


