{"id":101044,"date":"2021-02-09T09:28:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T14:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=101044"},"modified":"2022-09-28T11:03:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T15:03:32","slug":"wright-state-school-of-music-to-begin-offering-performance-specialist-certificates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2021\/02\/09\/wright-state-school-of-music-to-begin-offering-performance-specialist-certificates\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright State School of Music to begin offering performance specialist certificates"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Performance certificates for advanced musicians seeking intensive musical study in instrumental, piano or vocal will soon be offered by Wright State University\u2019s School of Music.<\/p>\n

The one-year, two-semester Performance Specialist Certificate program<\/a>, which will roll out in the fall of 2021, is aimed at students wishing to pursue concentrated musical study at the pre-master\u2019s or post-master\u2019s degree level.<\/p>\n

Daniel Zehringer, professor of music and chair of the School of Music<\/a>, said students often need an additional year of study between undergraduate and graduate degrees to focus on refining their performance skills, something that is not always possible when they are enrolled in full-blown master\u2019s or doctoral programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis certificate program will fill a void that musicians, regardless of applied area, often need \u2014 intensely focused applied instruction and pedagogy that will enable them the flexibility to take that next step in their career, in an affordable manner,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Christopher Chaffee, professor of music and director of graduate studies in music, said the certificate program will help students who are preparing to go on to further graduate study and want a highly focused time in an institutional setting to prepare and sharpen skills. He said the program will also help students who are looking for that intensity but don’t want the in-depth academic portion that is a normal part of degree study.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest benefit is more time studying with a \u2018master teacher\u2019 and honing their craft while gaining more polish as performers,\u201d said Chaffee.<\/p>\n

The certificates will be offered to anyone with a bachelor\u2019s degree in music who successfully audition and have been admitted to graduate school. The three available certificates \u2014 instrumental, piano or vocal \u2014 each requires 13 credit hours of study.<\/p>\n

Students will engage in a course of study that includes applied lessons, ensembles and related courses. At the end of the second semester, they must perform a graded public recital.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe this certificate program will attract some wonderful young artists to our campus to study with our great faculty,\u201d said Chaffee.<\/p>\n

Among them is Jackson Leung, professor of music, coordinator of keyboard studies and director of the Wright State University Chamber Orchestra. He is the recipient of the 2010 Robert J. Kegerreis Distinguished Professor of Teaching Award and the 2011 Southwest Ohio Council for Higher Education Award for Excellence in Teaching. As a pianist, he has performed in France, Spain, Japan, Hong Kong and throughout the United States and Canada.<\/p>\n

John Kurokawa, lecturer of clarinet, performs as principal clarinetist of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra and Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra and has been a featured soloist with both ensembles. He has also presented clinics and performed at institutions, including the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Penn State University and Virginia Commonwealth University.<\/p>\n

The Wright State School of Music\u2019s graduate program attracts students from Ohio and many other states as well as from China, Hong Kong and Macau.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis new program will open the door for even more of these kinds of students, but of course will provide the same opportunity for local and in-state students,\u201d said Chaffee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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