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Conservatory of Performing Arts
Conservatory Admission
(440) 826-2368, music@aksarayyeralticarsisi.com
Achieve instrumental mastery while gaining a comprehensive education that can lead to a professional career in music.
Baldwin Wallace's string performance major is a rigorous and rewarding program that helps you develop strong technical, artistic, entrepreneurial and analytical skills.
Within the string program, BW offers studies in violin, viola, cello, bass, harp and guitar. Small class sizes, individual attention and faculty mentoring are inherent to the program. BW's faculty-student ratio is 7:1 for the Conservatory of Performing Arts.
The program offers an outstanding foundation for graduate studies and career opportunities. It includes intensive academics, private lessons and extensive performance opportunities.
Baldwin Wallace faculty are established professionals with real-world experience, impressive credentials and networking connections. They're published composers, authors, musicians and researchers.
A residency partnership with The Cleveland Orchestra brings some of the nation's leading orchestral musicians to campus to give master classes on the orchestral repertoire for string performance students. You'll benefit from meaningful networking, mentoring and learning opportunities.
Also impressive to your studies is BW's 20-minute proximity to Cleveland - home of nationally ranked music, theatre and arts organizations and facilities.
Innovation, excellence and outstanding hands-on learning and performance opportunities make the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Performing Arts a proven choice for students nationwide. The undergraduate-only Conservatory provides an exceptional learning environment for students to take lead roles in performing, conducting, managing and teaching.
In chamber groups, students discover and refine skills that will be essential for 21st century musical artists including communication, team work, critical thinking, decision making, time management, leadership, and creativity. Frequent performing opportunities help students to gain confidence on stage while audience feedback informs their efforts to continue polishing and refining interpretations.
Rigorous coursework coupled with intensive and extensive practical experiences provide comprehensive learning.
You'll study music theory, history and literature, form and analysis, tonal harmony, Solfège and more. You'll learn to apply critical thinking, creativity and technical skills to your work.
Outside the classroom, you'll take private lessons and participate in rehearsals and performances with a major ensemble, as well as other performance activities.The culmination of your studies is a full-length recital program held during your senior year.
String performance offers an outstanding foundation for graduate school. It can be studied as a single major or companion field of study for a double major.
The musical performance: strings major prepares students to:
Student success is a top priority. Small class sizes, individual attention and faculty mentoring are at the core of BW's Conservatory of Performing Arts programs.
Experiential learning bridges classroom study with real-world opportunities. As an instrumental performance major, you'll have numerous opportunities to demonstrate your musicianship:
With more than 325 events a year, the Conservatory offers an impressive array of performance opportunities.
At the faculty level, BW string musicians perform regularly as members of the Elysian Trio and Lyceum2, among others.
The BW Conservatory has outstanding campus performance traditions and collaborations with regional and national organizations. A few examples include:
Personally and professionally rewarding, student organizations and activities foster career skills, leadership and teamwork.
One organization string performance majors can benefit from is the American String Teachers Association. It is open to any student interested in playing or teaching string instruments. Members participate in workshops and performances.
At Baldwin Wallace, student learning experiences are enhanced by exceptional resources that include:
Khari Joyner
Program Coordinator, Music Performance: Instrumental (Strings)
Assistant Professor of Cello
D.M.A., The Juilliard School
Douglas Droste
Director of Orchestral Studies
M.M. in Orchestral Conducting, Texas Tech University
Steve Sang Koh
Associate Professor of Violin
D.M.A., University of Toronto
Charles Carleton
Lecturer of Double Bass
B.M., The Juilliard School
Jody Guinn
Lecturer of Harp
M.M., Cleveland Institute of Music
Bryan Reichert
Lecturer of Guitar
M.M., Cleveland Institute of Music
Barton Samuel Rotberg
Lecturer of Violin
D.M.A., Michigan State University
Lembi Veskimets
Lecturer of Viola
M.M., Cleveland Institute of Music