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The Pacific Union College Department of Music provides opportunities to understand, appreciate and perform great music. Our goal is to provide students with learning opportunities in theory, music history, ensembles, music education and performance. We train students to be performers, teachers, scholars and creators. We also encourage the development of an aesthetic, analytical and historical understanding of and appreciation for great music.
In addition, the department emphasizes social development through sharing of musical experiences in both performing and listening opportunities. We prepare the student for further study in graduate and professional school. Our students are involved in performances in church and worship services, teaching music lessons using techniques learned in pedagogy classes, participation in local, state and national musical contests, tours to such places as New York, Hawaii, Singapore, Scandinavia, Russia, and Australia, summer workshops, and the use of midi electronic instruments.
Fast Facts
- National statistics show that 66 percent of music students applying to medical schools are accepted, while only 44 percent of bio-chem majors who apply receive acceptance letters.
- The music department is a fully accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music, and a member of Pi Kappa Lambda, the national honor society in music, through its Theta Zeta chapter.
- The mission of the music department is to prepare professional musicians and to educate students in developing enduring principles of beauty and truth in music.
Music
Pacific Union College
One Angwin Avenue
Angwin, CA 94508
Phone: (707) 965-6201
Fax: (707) 965-6738
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- Department Update Lynn Wheeler recently served as chair of two accreditation teams for the National Association of Schools of Music, evaluating music programs for the University of South Carolina at Aiken and Bethany College in Lyndsborg, Kansas. "During the visit to Bethany College it was great getting to work with a team member, Dr. Peter Cooper, from Southern Adventist University," Lynn reports.
- Big Names in Theatre Rehearse and Workshop at PUC For the small theatre
company at Pacific Union College, January brought a memorable week inspired by
the expertise and creativity of three theatre professionals.
- Raboy Talks About Community and Opening Doors Raboy’s impressive music career includes serving as the music director of the Napa Valley Symphony since 1990; traveling as a guest conductor and conducting ballets, symphonies, and youth orchestras; and composing, lecturing, writing, and teaching.
- Asher Raboy Becomes Resident Artist at Pacific Union College Raboy has joined the department as resident artist of music, giving students a chance to tap even more into his extensive music experience, leadership…
- PUC Students to Perform at COPIA Student musicians from Pacific Union College will perform as part of the Community Spotlight Concert Series at COPIA, The American Center for Wine, Food and the Arts, on April 24 at 8 p.m.