Undergraduate Horn
Undergraduate Horn
As an undergraduate horn degree student at University of North Carolina School of the Arts, you will be part of a vibrant school of artists and musicians committed to the mastery of your instrument.
Bachelor of Music
The brass program is designed to have a modern curriculum that offers practical courses and performance skills. You will attend weekly one-on-one lessons with your major teacher where you can develop your artistic sound, and studio master classes where you will perform in front of your colleagues and instructor, getting feedback and cultivating confidence as a performer on stage. Performance opportunities include large and chamber ensembles, recitals, and performances in the community.
At UNCSA, the conservatory environment creates a close community of horn players and artists of all disciplines that prepares you for success in today’s highly competitive and challenging professional music world.
First–Second Years
In your first two years of undergraduate study, you will begin private lessons, master
classes and ensemble participation, while studying the foundations of music theory,
aural and keyboard skills and musical styles. You will pursue liberal arts courses
in English, math or science and the humanities. In your freshman through junior years,
you are also required to attend a weekly Performance Hour, where you will perform
for your peers throughout the School of Music.
Third–Fourth Years
Your studies in the foundational courses will continue in your third and fourth years,
which include additional liberal arts courses and music electives, as well as music
history, repertoire, orchestration and career development classes. In your senior
year, you will fulfill your capstone graduation requirement, a full recital at both
a juried recital hearing and a public performance.
Careers
The brass program at UNCSA has been a springboard for many of its graduates’ professional careers and education. Horn graduates have gone on to land orchestral, teaching and administrative positions with organizations such as The Sofia Sinfonietta, Colby College, The Little Orchestra Society and a military band position at North Carolina’s Fort Bragg. Additionally, graduates have pursed advanced degrees at prestigious institutions like the Manhattan School of Music and Indiana University in Bloomington, completed fellowships at Lincoln Center and studied musicology in Vienna.