- Department of Music
- Admission
- Curriculum
- Ensembles
- People
- Faculty
- John Adler - trumpet, jazz
- James Bryant - accompanying, keyboard skills
- Ivica Ico Bukvic - composition, multimedia
- Vernon Burnsed - music education
- Richard Cole - history, literature
- Tracy Cowden - piano, vocal coach
- Jay Crone - trombone, department head
- Elizabeth Crone - flute
- Travis J. Cross - conducting, wind ensemble
- Michael Dunston - recording, production, multimedia
- Wallace Easter - horn
- John M. Floyd - percussion
- Brian W. Gendron - choral, choral ensembles
- James Glazebrook - violin, viola, orchestra
- Mary Louise Hallauer - piano
- Kent Holliday - piano, composition
- John Howell - history, arranging, historical instruments
- John Husser - bassoon, saxophone
- David Jacobsen - flute, saxophone
- Stephen E. King - music education
- Nancy McDuffie - voice
- David McKee - Marching Virginians, university bands
- George McNeill - Highty-Tighties
- James Miley - jazz studies, composition, theory
- Kelly A. Parkes - music education
- Will Petersen - MVs, pep band, euphonium, tuba
- Jennifer Quakenbush - oboe
- Esti Sheinberg - history, theory
- Theodore Sipes - voice
- James Sochinski - theory
- Alan Weinstein - cello, bass
- David Widder - clarinet
- Staff
- Students
- Alumni
- Faculty
- Outreach
- Giving
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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
Ave Maria ............................................................ Anton Bruckner, arr. Sabourin
Alle Psallite ............................................................ Charles Gross
Forever Changed ............................................................ The Season
The Earle of Oxford's March ............................................................ Trans. G. Jacobs
Renaissance Music Academy Student Recital
Saturday, November 22, 3:15 pm
University Percussion and Marimba Ensembles
Monday, December 1, 8:00 pm
Student Soloist Competition
Tuesday, December 2, 7:30 pm
Student Composition Recital
Thursday, December 4, 8:00 pm
Piano Studio Recital
Saturday, December 6, 3:00 pm

