{"id":34098,"date":"2014-11-05T12:23:10","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T16:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=34098"},"modified":"2022-09-28T11:18:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T15:18:14","slug":"name-change-reflects-excellence-of-wright-states-music-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/11\/05\/name-change-reflects-excellence-of-wright-states-music-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Name change reflects excellence of Wright State\u2019s music program"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wright State\u2019s Department of Music has formally changed its name to the School of Music to reflect its full array of undergraduate and graduate degrees and comprehensive music programs.<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s a six-letter word. But for Wright State University\u2019s nationally recognized music programs, it means a lot.<\/p>\n

Wright State\u2019s Department of Music has formally changed its name to the School of Music<\/a> to reflect its full array of undergraduate and graduate degrees and comprehensive music programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just changing one word. But sometimes changing one word is a huge difference,\u201d said Randall Paul, D.M.A., chair of the School of Music. \u201cIt gives the listener a clearer view of what we are.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul described the School of Music as a \u201cfully functional, totally engaging music area that offers everything anybody would ever want in the undergraduate or graduate degrees in music. We\u2019ve got a full-fledged graduate program, full-fledged undergraduate programs, the highest professional degrees that you can get in music.\u201d<\/p>\n

The school is also an accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are everything that everybody would ever ask for in a music school or music area,\u201d Paul said. \u201cStudents have every possible opportunity to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The School of Music employs 40 faculty, including 20 full time; six graduate teaching assistants; and three staff members. Around 200 students, about 30 of whom are graduate students, are enrolled in the school.<\/p>\n

The program offers Bachelor of Music degrees in education, performance and music history and literature; a nonprofessional B.A. in music; a music minor; duel degrees in music and either premed or computer science; and Master of Music degrees in music education and performance and a Master of Humanities with an emphasis in music.<\/p>\n

The school has two orchestras, five bands, six choirs, six chamber ensembles and an opera theatre program. Faculty and students present more than 100 music concerts and recitals a year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe School of Music has mature, highly regarded undergraduate and graduate programs with excellent faculty, staff and students who perform in top venues around the world, including appearances at Carnegie Hall these past two years,\u201d said Kristin Sobolik, dean of the College of Liberal Arts. \u201cThey are a key component of our Ohio Center for Excellence in the Arts (CELIA) and a signature program here at Wright State. We are pleased that they are being recognized for their excellence and success with the name change to ‘School.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The School of Music\u2019s name change does not affect its standing on campus and it remains a part of the College of Liberal Arts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Changing the program\u2019s name will give Wright State more prestige in the competitive music education field. Being known as the Department of Music put Wright State at a disadvantage for recruiting and retaining students and faculty, Paul said.<\/p>\n

He said that in the music field the term department usually refers to a smaller service department that may have a band or choir and few majors and minors.<\/p>\n

\u201cCertainly not doing all the things we\u2019ve been doing for the past 20 years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Paul said the name change has been positively received by faculty, staff and students.<\/p>\n

\u201cChanging our name to School of Music is a real help because that lifts morale and helps with our recruiting and retention and helps with donor development,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Learn more about the School of Music at\u00a0wright.edu\/music<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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