Register by Friday, October 2nd: https://shorturl.at/U9Gf8
The Wildcat Music Experience is an immersive day of music making, experiential learning, and social interaction for high school and community college music students. Central to the day will be the Collage Concert, a showcase of current students in the School of Music. There will also be opportunities to attend engaging lectures, music clinics, and ensemble rehearsals, as well as sessions on University and School of Music admissions. Individual student/faculty meetings are available on request.
Open call: All high school and community college musicians, as well as their teachers are invited to campus! High school juniors, seniors, and potential transfer students who would like to participate and/or major in music in college are especially encouraged to attend. Lunch is included. Note: participants with special dietary restrictions are encouraged to bring their own lunch.
Please note: Individual attendees are welcome to be accompanied by a parent/guardian or teacher.
Sample schedule:
9:30 AM Welcome and registration
10 – 10:50 AM Session one
- StellarScape: The Transformative Power of Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Art, Science, and Technology
- Mindfulness for Musicians
- The Beatles: Exploring Storytelling Through Music
- Fun with Harmonization in the Piano Lab
- Inside the Recording Studio: Shape a Sound from Microphone to Mix
11 AM Collage Concert in Crowder Hall
Noon Lunch
- Peer-to-peer guided interaction with UA students
- UA and School of Music Admissions session
1 – 1:50 PM Session two
- From Friars to Frozen 2: The Dies Irae Through the Ages. The millennium-long journey of one iconic melody.
- Voice, Feet & Strings: Everybody Plays a Part in Son Jarocho
- Guitar workshop
- Fun with Harmonization in the Piano Lab
- Inside the Recording Studio: Shape a Sound from Microphone to Mix
2 PM Faculty open studios: meet individually with an instrumental and voice teacher
Ensemble observation
3 PM Depart