IUP Community Music School Recitals
The IUP Community Music School will present two year-end recitals made up of private lesson students.
Undergraduate Programs
Whether you want to become a music educator, performer, composer, musicologist, or critic, at IUP you will be exposed to a range of instruments, music styles, and career options. If the performing arts are your passion, IUP will prepare you to make it, design it, write it, respond to it, and use it to change the world.
Musical Theatre Track/Theatre, BA
Theatre, BA with Concentrations in Performance, Design/Tech/Management, or Theory/Criticism
Minors
Certificate
Graduate Programs
Whether your goal is to achieve your level II certification as a music teacher or heighten your musicianship for a career as a professional musician, IUP has the resources to bring your passion for music to its highest level.
IUP Music Major Auditions
Register now for your IUP music audition!
All information about auditioning for the IUP Department of Music can be found on our Music Auditions page.
All music majors are eligible for scholarships, which are determined based on your audition.
If you have any questions regarding scheduling an audition, please contact the department at 724-357-2397 or email Dawnette Shellhammer (dmshell@iup.edu).
IUP Theatre Applicants
If you are accepted to IUP, you may declare a major in theatre without an audition. The Musical Theatre Track requires more specialized skills for success, so an audition is required either before attending or during your first year. Auditions and portfolio reviews are also required to be eligible for a Freshman Talent Scholarship.
Music Ensembles
Our ensembles are available to any student, regardless of major. Any IUP student who has reached 15 credits of classes may participate in additional ensembles for zero credit, so you can be part of the IUP music scene without having to pay additional tuition.
Theatre Ensembles
Theater-by-the-Grove presents several productions each year, including a coproduction with Music Theatre of a major musical.
IUP Dance Theatre presents two major concert programs annually.
Footlight Players is a youth theatre program offering a month-long summer program for ages 7–17 led by professional teaching artists and assisted by IUP student interns.
Simulation Performance and Applied Theatre Ensemble
SPATE is an ensemble engaged with the emerging field of simulation and community-building applied theatre methods.
The Acorn Project is an incubator for student actors, designers, technicians, playwrights, and directors who wish to create their own performance projects in an ensemble.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania is an All-Steinway School and is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania has been accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theater (NAST). since 1995.
News
Impactful Music Purchase Made Possible by Student Co-Op
Thanks to additional funding made possible by the IUP Student Cooperative Association, the IUP Chapter of the International Tuba Euphonium Association was able to purchase $800 worth of new music written by underrepresented composers. In all, the organization bought 26 new pieces for the tuba-euphonium ensemble as well as solo pieces for tuba and euphonium.
- 04 April 2024
Burleson to Give Solo Recital at IUP
Professor of piano at Hunter College/City University of New York, Geoffrey Burleson will perform a solo recital at IUP on Monday, April 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Gorell Recital Hall. Admission is free.
- 01 April 2024
Wong Doe performs and Teaches in New York City
IUP piano professor Henry Wong Doe taught a masterclass and performed a solo recital at Hunter College/City University of New York, March 19th and 20th, 2024.
- 27 March 2024
Annual Music Theater Production Features IUP Alumni
Numerous alumni of the IUP Department of Music performed in the pit orchestra for Conemaugh Township High School's recent production of "Mary Poppins."
- 21 March 2024
College of Arts and Humanities
- Music, Theatre, and Dance Department
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Cogswell Hall, Room 103
422 South Eleventh Street
Indiana, PA 15705-1071 - Phone: 724-357-2390
- Fax: 724-357-1324
Office Hours
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.