As a JMU voice major, you will join a community of thoughtful, energetic, supportive artists working towards the highest level of performance to meet your educational and professional goals. To that end, you’ll have weekly individual voice lessons and studio classes with a professor who is both a renowned performer and an experienced teacher. We work to build foundational technical and artistic skills through classical technique, which may then be applied to a wide range of musical styles. You will perform as soloists and ensemble members, no matter your concentration (performance, education, music industry, or music theatre). For those interested in music theatre, please note that the music theatre concentration in the School of Music is focused on crossover training and requires completion of a core curriculum in music. Performance opportunities here are numerous including several large and small ensembles in classical, jazz, musical theatre, and operatic genres. Many of our students are also involved in co-curricular activities such as a cappella groups, songwriting/arranging, and other commercial contemporary music. We strive to ensure that our students graduate as thriving artists prepared for their careers of choice.  

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Graduate voice study is available at both the Masters of Music (M.M.) and Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) levels. These rigorous programs are designed to be thoroughly grounded in three areas: performance, pedagogy and literature. Not only do JMU Graduate Voice Area students have many enrichment opportunities via performances in our fully-staged productions, but they also find themselves gaining experience in positions of responsibility in both classroom and studio teaching. The curriculum prepares M.M. graduates well for doctoral study, and gives D.M.A. graduates great tools for use in either the collegiate teaching workplace or as professional performers.

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