Conducting
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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.
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.
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.
Our Conducting Faculty
Jill Burleson Burgett
Professor of Music, Director of Choral Studies
Clelyn Chapin
Associate Director of Choirs
Wesley Broadnax
Associate Professor of Music, Director of Bands
Fredrick Brown
Assistant Professor of Music, Associate Director of Bands
Andrés Felipe Jaime
Assistant Professor of Music, Director of Orchestra