Fine Arts

ART
ART EDUCATION
BALLET
DRAMA
GRAPHICS
MUSIC THEATRE
MUSIC
MUSIC with a Cognate in Business
MUSIC EDUCATION
MUSIC PERFORMANCE

The Division of Fine Arts offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in art, art education, music theatre and music; a Bachelor of Fine Arts in ballet; a Bachelor of Music in music education and vocal, piano, or instrumental performance; and a Bachelor of Science in Music Business. In conjunction with the English Department an interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts degree in communications is offered.

MUSICAL ORGANIZATIONS

Singing Quakers: A select choral organization, which has gained an enviable reputation throughout this part of the country for the high musical quality of its performances. Each year the choir performs a Candlelight Concert and two other formal programs. The choir annually takes a week-long tour. Many appearances and broadcasts are scheduled for the chorus each season in Wichita and the surrounding area.

Concert Choir: A choral organization open to all students in the University by audition. The choir annually presents the Friends University Christmas Convocation and also performs numerous concerts in the Wichita area.

Acts of Faith: An interdenominational ministry outreach of Friends University Theatre Department. The mission of this outreach is evangelism, encouragement, exhortation, and inspirational entertainment to the Wichita, Kansas, community and beyond. Interested students are selected through auditions each fall semester and form the company ensemble for the school year.

University Band: Plays for athletic functions and presents several formal concerts each season. The concert unit frequently appears before educational conferences and community functions.

Jazz Bands and Combos: Combine a mixture of contemporary jazz and selected popular music in their performances. The band performs concerts on campus, at selected area high schools and at various community functions. The bands have competed in all of the Wichita Jazz Festivals and tours various areas.

Friends University Community Orchestra: Consists of instrumentalists from the college and community. This 60-piece organization presents three concerts annually and performs some of the finest orchestral literature.

Chamber Orchestra: A string orchestra specializing in the music of the Baroque and Classical time periods as well as music of the 20th century. The Chamber Orchestra performs concerts on and off campus.

Madrigals: An ensemble of 25 singers selected from the Singing Quakers. It primarily exists to study choral repertoire appropriate to chamber groups.

Music Theatre of Wichita: Available to Friends University students for a special summer academic credit in Music Theatre through participation and study in Wichita’s professionally-structured theatre arts program. Master classes and seminars by nationallyknown staff and artists combine with personal involvement in major musical and operetta productions at Wichita’s Century II Cultural Center for one of the finest musical theatre education programs in the Midwest.

In addition to these organizations, opportunity is given students for participation in smaller vocal and instrumental group ensembles.

ACCREDITATION

The Friends University Department of Music is a member of the National Association of Schools of Music. The requirements for entrance and for graduation as set forth in this Catalog are in accordance with the published regulations of the National Association of Schools of Music.