Finding My Music: Opportunities Abound

It’s all about opportunity.

Dr. Tim Kintzinger, or Dr. K, as his admiring students in the musical halls of PC’s Belk Auditorium call him, can’t say enough about the opportunities that abound for students in the music program. Dr. K likes it that way.

And so do the rest of the faculty.

Not to mention the students. 

Providing students with plenty of opportunities makes them better musicians, and that makes the music program better overall. Everyone’s happy.

So, how can a small liberal arts college like PC do it?

PC students do have so many opportunities because professors provide them with a “breadth of experience,” according to Dr. K.  PC offers the college ensembles and choirs that every college or university offers. Even more, the PC professors believe that expanding students’ musical repertoires gives them the chance to expand their tastes, styles, and interests. On that note, some music-expanding programs at PC include:

 “On one end, there are the jazz programs, and on the other end there’s wind ensemble,” Dr. Kintzinger said. “Within that range, students can find their music.”

That wide range also allows students the chance to play in more than one group if they want to. There’s more to choose from. For example, a trumpet player could play in the brass quintet and jazz ensemble. Furthermore, multi-talented students have the chance to play more than one instrument in different groups. And many do. It’s not out of the ordinary to find a student playing one instrument in one group and a different instrument in two other groups.

In addition to providing students with plenty of opportunities, PC’s music program is a good choice because of the obvious advantages a small school has over a larger school. The student-to-teacher ratio is smaller, giving students more opportunity to get direct professional contact. Students can stop by and see their professors almost any time they wish.

Also at PC, students are taught by professors. PC students have the peace of mind that their classes will be taught by musicians who have doctoral degrees hanging on the wall.

At PC, all students play.

PC’s music program offers all of the opportunities and attention you can handle.