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Music Majors

Auditions Required

All music applicants audition (November to April). Non-music majors also can audition for ensembles and scholarships.

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"It's opportunity after opportunity"

Brittney Burgess '18 (shown with David Cowles, art lecturer) is a music education and vocal performance major selected by Nazareth professors to sing for a Sesame Street video created by Cowles. Read the story of F is for Fairytale.

What is Elio?

Naz students competed to compose musical scores for Elio commercials. The three-wheeled car of the future stopped at Naz during a recent promotional tour. Elio story »

Music Major Mojo

6 things you may not know about Naz music majors by Jeanie McCarthy '17.

Student Experience

Noteworthy: An overview of music at Nazareth

Music has given Chris Redmond '17 the “discipline & the drive...to do anything”

Meg Williams '15 writes about recording her first CD.

Conner Burry '17, a music therapy major, volunteered in Jamaica and sang with Josh Groban.

Performances

Nazareth College Choir with Mark Zeigler (conductor) and Mathew Valverde (tenor).

Nazareth College Symphony Orchestra with Nancy Strelau (conductor) and Ivanka Drainkova (piano).

Eric Hauck and S. Shade Zajac on cello.

Marjorie Roth, Music History Professor

At 18 months old, Marjorie Roth was singing in parallel thirds with her mother. Now a professor of music history, she loves helping students gain a deep, meaningful understanding of music performance and history. Read about Roth »

Studying and Interning Abroad

Quinton Harvey '15 studied abroad in Berlin for a semester where he interned with Musica Reanimata, an organization that rediscovers and promotes the work of composers who fled Nazi Germany. Read about Harvey »

New performance space

Nazareth is adding a 550-seat music performance center, an acoustically optimized performance venue for large voice and instrumental groups. This new space will benefit students and enable more collaborations, such as with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. See live camera and construction progress »

Music at Naz

Perform in ensembles small or large. Learn vital entrepreneurship, teaching, or therapy skills. Take on an internship nearby, in New York City, or abroad.

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Music Blog

Two Nazareth Music Alumni Create Soundspace in Rochester

August 4th

There’s a new “new music” company in town: Soundspace. It is the creation of two Rochester-based musicians who are involved in projects both here at home and around the country: Jessica Best and Evan Meccarello. The first con…

CMP Students won area competitions in 2017

July 29th

Junior All Star Competition in 2017The Junior All-Star Competitions, a competition organized by the Greater Rochester Music Teachers Association is a competition for students born in or after 2001 whose performance level and quality of musicianship is com…

Nazareth College Wind Symphony to perform at the Eastern Division College Band Directors National Association Conference

July 27th

Congratulations to the Nazareth College Wind Symphony for being selected in a blind audition to perform at the 2018 Eastern Division College Band Directors National Association Conference March 8-10, 2018! This CBDNA division represents colleges from NY, …

Music Ensembles at Naz

In addition to individual lessons and recitals there are many opportunities for students of all majors to participate in music ensembles, large and small. Prospective and current students who audition for ensembles are considered for talent scholarships.