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Welcome to The Department of Music Homepage
The Department of Music at William Jewell College has been accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music since 1978 and offers an undergraduate degree of the highest standard as evidenced by the success of our graduates in many areas of music from professional performance, teaching, church music and in the wider music business as a whole. Our graduates have also been very successful in careers outside of music, employing the skills and self-discipline that are acquired through rigorous study in music to achieve high acclaim in their chosen careers.
Distinctives of the William Jewell Department of Music:
- Housed in the purpose built Pillsbury Music Center, which includes large and small rehearsal space, practice facilities, ‘smart’ classrooms, keyboard/computer lab, studio space and the Forbis recital hall.
- The Harriman-Jewell Series not only allows students to attend performances of the world’s leading classical artists free of charge but also provides numerous opportunities throughout the year for those artists to interact with Jewell students in masterclasses on the William Jewell campus.
- The artist/teachers that form our adjunct faculty are drawn from around the Kansas City area and are active in many of the finest of Kansas Cities performing ensembles including the Kansas City Symphony, Lyric Opera, Kansas City Chorale, and the Kansas City Wind Symphony.
- Jewell students regularly place highly in regional and national competitions such as the National Association of Teachers of Singing competition.
- Close ties with the Liberty Symphony Orchestra, one of the leading community orchestras in the metropolitan area, allow our string and wind students to gain invaluable orchestral experience at a high level, often playing alongside their teachers and local professional musicians.
- William Jewell alumni are achieving outstanding accomplishments in education and performance careers.
- Internships with prestigious area arts organizations such as the Harriman Arts Program and the Kansas City Symphony are available.
- William Jewell is the home of the Quimby Pipe Organ Company’s Op. 55, a magnificent instrument that is housed in Gano Chapel and is used for Jewell and area wide events. Organ students regularly practice and perform on this outstanding instrument.
It is hoped that in the pages that follow you will gain a full picture of the Department of Music at William Jewell College.
If however, you have further questions please don’t hesitate to contact us.
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Contact Us:
William Jewell College
Department of Music
500 College Hill, Box 1113
Liberty, MO 64068
816-415-7537
Fax: 816-415-5097
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