Department of Music
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Auditions for the UCA Music Department on April 3, 2020 will be virtual. Dr. Ricky Brooks, Director of Bands, has emailed instructions to students who had signed up to audition on this date. Please check your email for information on how to submit videos and what you should record.
Due to the current COVID 19 situation with face to face cancellation of classes, Department of Music Events scheduled for Snow Fine Arts and Reynolds are postponed until further notice. Thank you for your patience and continue to watch this website for further information.
Dr. Stephen Plate
Interim Chair, Department of Music
UCA College of Fine Arts and Communications
Audition Days!
Be sure to check out our Admissions and Auditions pages for all the information you need to audition to become a music student at the University of Central Arkansas Department of Music! Join us!
For the second year in a row, the Department of Music is proud to partner with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Santa Cruz de La Sierra. This summer, faculty from UCA will be traveling to Bolivia to rehearse, give masterclasses, and combine with 200 other musicians to present two unforgettable concerts on July 6th and 7th. The Orquesta Filarmónica is under the artistic direction of UCA graduate student Isaac Terceros, who is studying with Maestro Israel Getzov.
If you are interested in joining Friends of Music, see our Friends of Music Page here. If you would like to support specific programs or scholarships, click here for more information.
The UCA Department of Music
The UCA Department of Music is an artistic community of over 220 music majors who participate in over 25 different student ensembles that include the spirited Bear Marching Band, the electrifying Conway Symphony Orchestra, the award-winning Concert Choir, and a host of other large and small ensembles. Our music ensembles have traveled to Spain, Japan, England, Italy, China, and Austria, and the UCA Wind Ensemble recently performed at Carnegie Hall. UCA boasts a faculty of 50 artists, music academicians, and staff who have studied at the most prestigious universities and conservatories in the world. With a specialist for every aspect of the music curriculum, the Department of Music makes it possible for students to reach their highest potential.
Recently, UCA has played host to the National Symphony Orchestra, has commissioned an original opera, The Scarlet Letter, and has brought in world-class artists such as the Brentano String Quartet, Pancho Sanchez and his Latin Jazz Band, clarinetist Eddie Daniels, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Karel Husa, the Washington Sax Quartet, Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Big Band, tubist Sam Pilafian, the Meridian Arts Ensemble, and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.
The Department of Music plays an integral role in the local community of Conway. With our Community School of Music, which enrolls over 250 students every year, our partnerships with the Conway ArtsFest and Conway Symphony Orchestra, and our countless faculty performances in the Central Arkansas region, one could say that we are the “Center of the Arts” for Arkansas.