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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... Read more>
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If I major in music in college, what are some of my career options? That is the perennial question of prospective music majors who are drawn to study in music, but hear the incessant rant in the background that “there’s just not much you can do with a music degree!” The truth is that there are many career options for the graduating music major; some obvious, but others not quite so apparent. Career choices may include music education (at every level of education from public school through college) specializing in vocal/choral, instrumental, string, and general education); music therapy; performance (including full- and part-time employment in symphony orchestras, studio musicians, and entrepreneurial musicians), and full- and part-time employment in sacred music, especially that of church choir director and organist. Less obvious choices include all types of music business (including retail, publishing, arts administration, and music engraving); composing; film scoring; booking agents, concert managers; instrument repair; music journalism; radio announcing, and audio technician (for studios, bands, and churches.) And it should also be mentioned that according to physician and biologist Lewis Thomas, music majors are the most likely group of college grads to be admitted to medical school. In his study 66% of music majors who applied to medical school were accepted.
What does all this have to do with music study at Presbyterian College? Clearly, PC is a place where serious students of music can let their studies take them as far as they can go. They can also combine their primary preparation and development in music with other interests, such as business, special education, creative and technical writing, political science and many other disciplines including those science courses that are important to the study of medicine. PC is a place where the liberal arts tradition and an artistic/performance mentality can co-exist.
PC offers opportunities for students to explore and investigate their musical potential by participating in one of our many excellent ensembles or to study an instrument with a private instructor. For students interested in music as a major, degree programs currently include a Bachelor of Arts in Music, Music with an emphasis in Performance, Music with an emphasis in Sacred Music, and a Bachelor of Science in Music Education. PC students frequently combine one of the B.A. music tracks with study in another discipline in order to earn a double major. A minor in music exists for those students who wish to combine a more limited study of music with a major in another field. Whatever the level of interest, most students will find a musical niche for themselves al PC and will discover that they are challenged to grow artistically, academically, and spiritually.
Ensembles offered include the PC Choir, the Wind Ensemble, the Chamber Orchestra, other choral and instrumental ensembles, and handbells. All PC students are eligible for each ensemble though entry requirements may differ.
Music scholarship aid is available through audition to prospective majors, minors, and ensemble participants. Auditions for general scholarships in music are conducted several times in the spring of each academic year. Students considering a major in music are advised to contact the department offices concerning the Dorothy C. Fuqua Music Scholarship Competition. Substantial scholarships may be won in the competition and by competing, participants are also eligible for all general music scholarships.
If you are considering a major in music, it may be helpful to know that recent graduates of PC with a degrees in music have attended graduate or professional school at the Columbia Theological Seminary, Boston Conservatory, University of South Carolina, University of Georgia, University of Tennessee, Duquesne University, University of Maryland, Southern Methodist University, Samford University, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and the Medical University of South Carolina, among others. Other recent graduates are teaching music in schools and studios, employed in music retail, and serving as full- and part-time church musicians in prominent positions in the Southeast.
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