- Department of Music
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- 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
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Symphonic Choir
The Symphonic Choir is a large mixed chorus comprised of undergraduate and graduate students from various degree programs. This ensemble joins the Blacksburg Master Chorale to perform major choral works with orchestra, including collaborations with the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra and the New River Valley Symphony Orchestra. Recent performances include Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Durufle’s Requiem, Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms, Bach’s Mass in B minor and Magnificat, Pärt’s Te Deum, and Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem. They have also joined Opera Roanoke for Verdi’s Macbeth and Beethoven’s Fidelio. The Symphonic Choir’s upcoming season includes Rutter’s Gloria and Mozart’s Coronation Mass.
Featured Media
How Can I Keep From Singing .......................................................................................... Ronald Staheli (arr.)
Ya Faroule .......................................................................................... Stephen Hatfield (arr.)
Nine Sili Nebesniva .......................................................................................... Grigory Lvovsky
What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor .......................................................................................... English Sea Shanty, Parker/Shaw
- Number of performers: 50-65
- Rehearsal Times: Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
- Location: Blacksburg Presbyterian Church
Auditions for all students take place during the first week of the fall semester. Sign up for a time at Squires 242U.
The Audition Process:
- Demonstrate your range by singing ascending and descending scales
- Sight-sing a given musical example
- Sing My Country ‘tis of Thee (a cappella)


