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| University of Miami Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music |
Blending Innovation with Tradition |
As one of the nation's largest schools of music housed within a private university, the University of Miami Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music continues on a path that has seen it emerge as a strong force in music in higher education.
The School's graduates provide the best example of its influence on the world of music. School of Music graduates perform in major opera companies and symphony orchestras; teach in leading universities, colleges, and schools; appear in television series and on Broadway; win Grammy awards in jazz and popular music; and provide technical, creative, and administrative support within the music industry around the globe.
Many of the School's performance faculty are regularly featured in concerts and recitals throughout the United States and abroad. The results of faculty scholarly and research pursuits appear frequently in the form of books, articles, papers, and monographs, while the works of faculty composers and arrangers are widely published and performed.
The School of Music is a national leader in the development of contemporary programs that respond to the needs of the music professions. For example, it was the first to offer degrees in Music Industry and in Music Engineering Technology, and among the first to offer degrees in Studio Music and Jazz, Music Therapy, and Musical Theatre.
Of equal importance are those programs which are essential to the core and substance of any great school of music. Strong traditional programs in performance, theory, composition, music education, and musicology have produced a constant stream of artists, creators, scholars, and teachers who have made significant contributions to the quality of music life at local, state, national, and international levels.
This confluence of contemporary and traditional programs offer students a stimulating environment that resembles a microcosm of the music professions broadly. Couple this with a community of music students typically representing all fifty states and twenty-five countries, and the result is an energetic mixture that can be found in few schools.
William Hipp, D.M.A.
Dean
Patricia L. Frost
Professor of Music
The University of Miami Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music
Each year, students from across the United States and more than two dozen countries choose to pursue undergraduate and graduate studies at the Frost School of Music. They are attracted to the UM School of Music because of the fine music education they know they will receive. And each year, prospective employers hire the Frost School's graduates because of their superb professional training.It is no wonder that students and professionals alike regard the UM School of Music in such high esteem. The School enjoys a reputation as one of the most comprehensive and innovative music schools in the nation. More than three dozen degree, certificate, diploma, and international exchange programs offer something to satisfy virtually every musical interest.
Blending Innovation With Tradition
Since its founding in 1926 and accreditation in 1939 by the National Association of Schools of Music, the Frost School of Music has become one of the largest schools of its kind in a private institution of higher learning in the United States. Even before the School pioneered such innovative programs as music business, music engineering technology, and studio music and jazz, it offered strong traditional programs in theory/composition, performance, and music education. A flexible, well-rounded curriculum, designed to give graduates a professional edge, remains a hallmark of the School.Faculty of Leading Artists and Scholars
More than 58 full-time faculty and 56 adjunct faculty are active in and out of the classroom as dedicated music professionals. It is not just what they know, but also what they do to further their own professional careers that makes them effective role models. By studying with professors who are highly regarded in their respective fields, students at every level-undergraduate and graduate-can be assured that their professors will hold them to the highest professional standards.Today's Technology for Tomorrow's Professionals
The Fros tSchool of Music maintains two fully professional, state-of-the-art recording studios. The recording studio located in Maurice Gusman Concert Hall houses a newly-renovated studio that is dedicated to media research and the production of new multimedia titles. This laboratory integrates computer-based audio/video production systems such as 3D video rendering software, video editing software, audio recording and editing software and digital synthesis instruments used to create sophisticated video titles, computer games and other new media content. Equipment includes a pair of automated digital mixing consoles, video projector, MIDI synthesizers, networked Apple and PC computers, and surround sound mixing and playback capability.The control room and recording studio in the L. Austin Weeks Center for Recording and Performance was designed and constructed specifically to accommodate the most complex music recording projects. This facility is a media technologist's dream, with a 56-input automated mixing console, a pair of 24-track digital recorders, distributed video displays, networked computers, media workstations, and computer-driven analysis and test equipment. Using the superb sound isolation and acoustics in this digital multitrack studio, students can perform and produce world-class recordings.
The Van Koevering Interactive Piano Lab is housed in Volpe Building 106. This lab is the first installation in the world that utilizes these new instruments exclusively. The Van Koevering Interactive Piano is a software-based digital piano/workstation that resembles a digital piano but contains a full color touch screen in the center of the music desk. Users can control all of the keyboard's features and run its Widows 95 native software through the touch screen interfaces. Communication between the keyboards, teacher and students is accomplished through headsets connected to a group lesson controller.
The Keyboard/MIDI lab in Volpe Building 107 houses hardware and software
for personal productivity, MIDI recording, musical notation, and educational
software for learning to play piano, ear training, music theory, and music
appreciation. The room contains 13 Pentium personal computers with
CD-ROM drives, sound cards, and MIDI interfaces, each of which is connected
via audio and MIDI to a General MIDI digital keyboard. Each computer
is networked to the Frost School of Music LAN that is served by a 333mhz
Pentium class machine running Windows NT Server. The server allows
authorized users to access all of the software, to share files with any
other computers on the LAN, or by accessing the University LAN, to share
files with any other networked machine on campus, or anywhere in the world
via the Internet and the World Wide Web. Communication between the
workstations, teacher and students is accomplished through headsets connected
to a group lesson controller.
A Dynamic, Personal Approach
Students choosing the UM School of Music are focused, serious about their studies, and eager for the academic and performance opportunities that await them. That is why the dynamic, personal approach to learning offered at UM is so valuable. Professors get to know their students well- not just by name, but by interest and ability. They typically demonstrate a level of caring and commitment to their students, undergraduates and graduates alike, that goes above and beyond the classroom.An International Network of Distinguished Alumni
Many of the more than 3,500 students who have graduated from the UM School of Music have distinguished themselves in their fields. Alumni provide a veritable "Who's Who" of both performance and related musical careers. UM graduates can be found performing with major orchestras, operas, and jazz ensembles. Their compositions range from serious orchestral and operatic music to film and video scores. Some graduates are among the top solo performing artists in the country. Others excel as arrangers, recording engineers, editors, therapists, teachers, publishers, distributors, and retailers.The University of Miami
Situated on 415 acres on six major sites in Coral Gables and throughout the Greater Miami area, the University of Miami is the most comprehensive private university in the Southeastern United States. Approximately 14,000 undergraduate and graduate students from every state and more than 100 countries are enrolled in the University's many degree programs. Nearly as many graduate as undergraduate programs are available as are several professional areas of study.Including the Frost School of Music, the University of Miami has 14 schools and colleges, among them are the distinguished schools of marine science, law, and medicine; an excellent faculty; and one of the most comprehensive undergraduate honors programs of any American university. The Residential College concept - where faculty and their families live in campus housing with undergraduate students - further demonstrates the University's strong commitment to a well-rounded education.
Fourty five percent of new freshmen are in the top 10 % of their high school class. Students have the opportunity to continue that excellence through small class sizes that invite close student-teacher interaction.
Undergraduate and graduate students alike benefit from the University's
research pursuits. Grant and contract revenues total nearly $231 million
in 1998.
Instructional Programs
The University of Miami School of Music offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in a broad range of majors, designed to accommodate many musical interests. All instructional programs include weekly forums, a unique part of the School's curriculum. These forums allow students to share common goals, build a sense of community, and lend focus to their specialization.Minors are available in several programs. For students who play jazz instruments, a minor in Studio Music and Jazz is an option; students who desire a background in the business side of music may choose a minor in Music Business and Entertainment Industries. Several majors have built-in minors outside the School of Music.
Feel free to browse through the University
of Miami Undergraduate Prospectus which contains much useful information.
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