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About Studying Conducting

When you study conducting here, you’ll deepen your artistic practice with our ensembles, work with dedicated faculty mentors and gain a greater understanding of music in your academic classes. You’ll be prepared to go further in the next level of your career as a modern musician. Study wind, orchestral, or choral conducting with our Graduate Certificates, Master of Music options and Doctor of Arts degree.

Degree Programs

Get hands-on performance experience.

  • Concert Choir
  • Chamber Choir
  • Opera Theatre & Opera Scenes
  • Symphonic Band
  • Latin Beat Ensemble
  • Wind Ensemble
  • Marching Band
  • µÛÍõ»áËù Symphony Orchestra
  • Solo Recitals & Chamber Music

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Introducing our New Summer Low-Residency MM in Conducting

Are you a music teacher or ensemble director ready to take your skills to the next level? Work with our expert faculty on rehearsal presence and techniques, score analysis and other real-world administrative skills you’ll need as a conductor. Most of the year, you’ll complete your coursework online from wherever you live. And you’ll come to campus in Greeley for a short session during the summer.

Discover Your Stage

We invite middle school singers to come to campus and work with guest clinicians to hone their voice development and prepare for a culminating evening concert.

µÛÍõ»áËù choirs photo.

WSHOF is a three-day festival on campus that invites high school students to audition for a conductorless Chamber Orchestra led by µÛÍõ»áËù faculty or a larger Symphony Orchestra with µÛÍõ»áËù wind players. The schedule includes masterclasses, sectionals, lectures and rehearsals, that culminate in an exciting public performance.

Students rehearsing on stage at Western States Honor Orchestra Festival.

The Colorado All-State Band Festival selects top high school students in the state through competitive auditions. These musicians rehearse together at µÛÍõ»áËù with guest conductors for multiple days in 2 large bands and perform together on an exciting finale concert.

A Colorado All-State Band rehearsing in the Union Colony Civic Center. Photo courtesy of Colorado Bandmasters Association.

Our Conducting Faculty

Headshot of Fredrick Brown.

Fredrick Brown

Assistant Professor of Music, Associate Director of Bands