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Contemporary Music
Get a heavy dose of music theory, aural skills and music history on your way to a bachelor’s in contemporary music. You can customize your major by choosing a concentration such as instrumental performance, jazz and popular music or vocal performance, or you can focus on choral or instrumental conducting. No matter which you choose, you will be well equipped for a career involving music with this versatile degree.
credits required for the contemporary music major
Concentrations and focuses to choose among
student clubs and organizations are waiting to welcome you in
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of students are assigned multiple advisers devoted to guiding them through their four years at WOU
Learning outcomes
- Demonstrate artistic proficiency for music careers such as performance, composition, writing, production, research and teaching.
- Possess an awareness of the role of music arts in society.
- Produce scholarly creative projects, solve professional problems independently and demonstrate a well-developed intellectual/ aesthetic focus.
Career opportunities
- Choir or band teacher
- Vocal performer
- Songwriter/composer
- Instrumentalist
- Music agent/concert promoter
Related majors
Faculty
DIANE BAXTER
Professor, Music
503-838-8542 | baxterd@wou.edu | APSC 232
DIRK FREYMUTH
Associate Professor, Music
503-838-8874 | freymutd@wou.edu | APSC 233A
JULIA FRUIT
Office Coordinator, Music
503-838-8275 | fruitj@wou.edu | SH 106
KEVIN HELPPIE
Professor, Music
503-838-8876 | helppik@wou.edu | APSC 233B
CLAIRE HUDKINS
NTT Assistant Professor, Voice, Jazz and Commercial Music, Classical, Musical Theater, Music , Music
503-838-9365 | hudkinsc@wou.edu | SH 102B
KEITH KARNS
NTT Assistant Professor, Director of Jazz Studies, Music
503-838-8541 | karnsk@wou.edu | APSC 221
KELLEN KING
NTT Assistant Professor, Percussion, Music
503-838-9448 | kingk@wou.edu | SH 105
JACQUELINE MORELLI
NTT Assistant Professor, Collaborative Pianist, Piano Proficiency, Music, Music
503-838-8276 | morellj@wou.edu | APSC 231
IKE NAIL
Director of Bands and Orchestra, Music
503-838-8341 | naili@wou.edu | SH 102A
JAMES REDDAN
Assistant Professor, Director of Choral Activities, Music
503-838-8802 | reddanj@wou.edu | SH 124
SOPON SUWANNAKIT
NTT Assistant Professor, Jazz Studies, Music
503-838-9459 | suwannakits@wou.edu | CH 005
CARLOS VELEZ
NTT Assistant Professor, Music Theory, Composition, Flute, Music
503-838-8437 | velezc@wou.edu | SH 101
KEVIN WALCZYK
Professor, Composition Studies, Music
503-838-8274 | keveli@wou.edu | APSC 228
CHRISTOPHER WOITACH
NTT Instructor, Music
503-838-9365 | woitachc@wou.edu | SH 102B