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This school is in the College of Fine Arts & Communication .

Arts Management

Jim O’Connell, Area Coordinator
Room 205, Communication Arts Center
Phone: 715-212-2759
Email: joconnel@uwsp.edu
Web: www.uwsp.edu/theatre-dance/Pages/Major/Arts-Management.aspx

Academic Standards for Arts Management Major/Minor

1. You must maintain a grade point average of 2.75 for all courses in the major/minor, regardless of a declaration of academic bankruptcy, to continue in the major and for graduation.
2. Once you complete 12 credits toward your arts management major/minor, you must maintain a 2.75 GPA for your major coursework. If your arts management major/minor GPA falls below a 2.75 GPA will be placed on probation in for one semester. If you fail to regain a 2.75 GPA after the next semester in which you complete a course counting toward the arts management major/minor, you will be dismissed from the major/minor.
3. Courses with a grade below C- DO NOT fulfill major/minor requirements; however, grades for those courses will be calculated into your major/minor GPA.
4. Transfer credit policy: Certain courses taken at other universities may substitute for courses in the major/minor. Credits from these courses will be counted when calculating your GPA in arts management.

Arts Management Minor

Available only to students majoring in Art, Communication (Media Emphasis), Dance, Interior Architecture, Music, or Theatre. If you are interested in declaring an arts management minor, you must meet with a division representative. Contact the Communication office to make an appointment.

Within this interdisciplinary minor, you will explore the interrelationships of formal and informal structures needed for financing, producing, promoting, and marketing of the arts. Even if you intend to become a practicing artist, this course of study will expose you to skills you will need to make a successful career.

Music

Brent Turney, Chair
Room 254, Noel Fine Arts Center
Phone: 715-346-3107
Email: music@uwsp.edu
Web: www.uwsp.edu/music

Faculty: B Baldauff, S Bender, S Berk, M Boothroyd, R Brashier, D. Breisach, M Bridges, R Brunson, T Buchholz, M Buchman, M Butler, A Cromwell, R Korb, P Lawrence, S Manasreh, M Markham, C Miller, A. Moran, R Neece, M Roseman, M Samson, D Story, B Turney.  

Mission Statement for Music

To provide a dynamic environment where innovation and leadership in creativity, teaching, performance, and advocacy set a new standard for education through music.

Professional Opportunities in Music

Our music programs prepare you for professional careers in a variety of areas including teaching, performance, composition, music business, music technology, music management, and other music-related occupations. The Bachelor of Music degree program offers three areas of emphasis: music education , music performance (with emphases in instrumental , piano , and vocal ), and jazz studies . The Bachelor of Arts degree program offers a nondisciplinary music degree that incorporates studies in other disciplines for careers in many music-related professions.

Notes for Music:

1. Admission to the Department of Music as an undergraduate music major or minor is by audition. You must complete the music theory diagnostic test, and if you wish to major in music, you must be evaluated by piano faculty for placement.
2. Special music scholarships are available to high school seniors with outstanding talent in musical performance. These scholarships are awarded each spring on the basis of special auditions held before members of the music faculty. Contact the Music Department for dates, times, and other details.
3. Every music major must enroll, participate, and receive a passing grade in a major ensemble every semester except the student teaching semester.
4. String music education majors and string applied majors need four semesters of chamber ensemble.
5. See the Music Department “Silent Adviser” for recital attendance requirements.
6. The following organizations are open to all students regardless of major: Pointer Pep Bands, Concert Choir or Choral Union, Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Campus Band, Instrumental Jazz Ensemble, University Orchestra, Campus Orchestra, and numerous small ensembles.

Academic Standards for Music Majors

1. Permission to register, placement, and exceptions to the requirements are subject to the approval of the instructor and the department chair.
2. Must meet all major requirements for bachelor of music degree OR bachelor of arts degree.
3. To graduate with a major in music you must have a minimum 2.0 cumulative grade point average (2.75 to student teach) in all required major courses, including transfer courses, regardless of any declaration of academic bankruptcy. You may repeat courses in the major if you follow the course repeat policy .
4. Courses in music are open to all students who meet the prerequisites.

Test-Out, Credit-by-Exam, and Music Placement for Music

If you are seeking advanced placement in music general degree requirement courses by testing out of a course or by gaining credit through exam, see the coordinator of the specific area in which the course is offered.

If you are transferring from another UW campus, while not required, we strongly encourage you to take the placement exams in musicianship and musicology to determine the proper course you should take in those areas. If you are transferring from institutions outside the UW System, you are required to take musicianship and musicology exams.

We require all music education students to apply for admission to the Professional Program with the School of Education  and to meet with the coordinator of music education before registering for upper level music education courses.

Admission Requirements for the Instrumental Music Performance Certificate Program

1. Successfully audition for entrance to the Music Department; typically this audition is in February or March of your senior year of high school
2. Supply two letters of recommendation
3. Submit a 250-500 word essay on how this certificate program’s core principle supports ongoing value to combining a high level of study in a creative field with your major field of study.

Theatre and Dance

Michael Estanich, Chair
Room 161, Noel Fine Arts Center
Phone: 715-346-4429
Email: theatre-dance@uwsp.edu
Web: www.uwsp.edu/theatre-dance

Faculty and Academic Staff: M Estanich, L Golda, J Hanlin, M Hanson, C Hill, J Hill, P Luedtke, T Marchant, G Olsen, S Ross, L Schmeling, S Trovillion Smith, K Sneshkoff, J Strassburg.

About the Department

UW-Stevens Point offers five theatre and dance degree tracks, including three highly competitive conservatory-styled BFA programs in Musical Theatre , Acting , and Design & Technology . In addition, we offer two liberal arts degrees: the BA Dance Major  and minor  with coursework in ballet, modern, jazz, tap and theoretical studies, and the BA Drama Major  which allows students to study multiple focused areas such as playwriting, dramaturgy, directing, design, and acting. These excellent academic and production programs have established UW-Stevens Point as a primary undergraduate center in Wisconsin for students interested in the performing arts.

Our alumni are working in all areas of the business, including:

• Broadway
• Film & Television
• Regional Theatres
• Cruise Ships
• National & International Tours and Stages
• Studio Owners and Entrepreneurs

Admission to all Theatre and Dance programs is by audition/interview only.

Academic Standards for Theatre and Dance Majors

To be retained as a major or minor in any of the theatre arts options and to be approved for graduation, you must earn a minimum grade point average of 2.75 in all courses taken within the major or minor each semester, including transfer courses, regardless of any declaration of academic bankruptcy. You may repeat a course in the major or minor if you follow the course repeat policy found in the Grade-related Policies  section of this catalog.

Credit-by-Exam Policy for Theatre and Dance

The Theatre and Dance Department offers credit-by-exam for specific courses. If you wish to take the test-out exam, contact the department chair to arrange an exam with the appropriate faculty member. If credit is granted, results will be forwarded to the Office of the Registrar.

Transferring Credits

You may apply transfer credits to the major or minor with the approval of the department chair.

Annual Meetings

All theatre and dance majors and minors are required to attend the department orientation meeting held on the first Saturday of the fall semester.

Advising

Incoming theatre and dance majors and minors are assigned an adviser with Academic and Career Advising Center  for three semesters. After that, you will be assigned a Theatre and Dance faculty adviser.

Course Fees for Theatre and Dance

Fees are charged in specified courses to cover the cost of materials.

Scholarships for Theatre and Dance

The department awards scholarships to entering majors in all five programs based on theatre and dance admission auditions and interviews. All students auditioning for UW-Stevens Point’s major program on each of our audition dates will be considered for an incoming major scholarship; there is not a separate scholarship application or an additional scholarship audition process. Several additional scholarships are available for returning students.

The department offers several scholarships based on ability and potential to entering students in dance, drama, acting, design/technology, and musical theatre. Several additional scholarships are available for returning students. All students auditioning for UW-Stevens Point’s major programs on each of our audition dates will be considered for an incoming major scholarship; there is not a separate scholarship application or an additional scholarship audition process.

Required Theatre and Dance Practicum

For Theatre and Dance Majors: Register for a practicum each of your first six semesters as a major. Practicum areas are scene shop, costume shop, deck run crew, costume run crew, house/public relations, design, directing/choreography/management, and performance. You may repeat an area after you have completed 6 different activities.

For Theatre and Dance Minors: Register for a practicum one semester of each of your first three years as a minor.

For Majors and Minors:

1. Practicum areas are scene shop, costume shop, deck run crew, costume run crew, house/public relations, design, directing/choreography/management, media marketing, and performance.
2. Students assigned to work in one of the technical shops must complete 40 hours of work.
3. All other assignments must attend/work all scheduled meetings, calls, rehearsals, and performances as appropriate.
4. Credit for practicum includes DNCE 226 , DNCE 426 , or THEA 226 , THEA 426  as appropriate.
5. Theatre and Dance majors and minors must explore different areas of Practicum each time they enroll.
6. If you do not register for a practicum or do not complete the activity satisfactorily, you are placed on department probation and must make up the missed work in the next semester. If you must make up missed work, you must also register for a practicum for the current semester. If the work is not made up, you will be dropped from the major or minor.
7. Normally a practicum may only count in the current semester. If a production occurs unusually late in a semester, the practicum for that production may count for the following semester.

Acting

Tyler Marchant, Coordinator
Email: tmarchan@uwsp.edu
Web: www.uwsp.edu/theatre-dance/Pages/Major/Acting.aspx

Admission audition required: Admission to the BFA Acting program  is by audition only. Auditions are held on select dates in the fall and spring for fall acceptance the following academic year. We recommend that you be officially admitted to UW-Stevens Point before your assigned audition date. We encourage you to apply early as the number of students accepted into the program is limited. If you are a transfer student and wish to enter the acting program, you should audition before transferring to UW-Stevens Point. Contact the Department of Theatre and Dance for more information.

Retention in the program: Every BFA Acting Major will meet with the area coordinator at the end of each semester for a comprehensive evaluation of classroom and performance work. If you do not demonstrate satisfactory progress or do not adhere to the retention standards established by the department, you may be placed on departmental probation or dropped from the major.

Required auditions: BFA acting majors must audition for all faculty-directed mainstage and studio theatre productions and accept roles as assigned.

Dance

Michael Estanich, Dance Program Coordinator
Room 140, Noel Fine Arts Center
Phone: 715-346-2500
Email: dance@uwsp.edu
Web: www.uwsp.edu/theatre-dance/Pages/Major/Dance.aspx

About the dance program

UW-Stevens Point’s dance program aspires to create a dynamic culture in which you are inspired to achieve full physical expression, technical and stylistic range, and anatomical efficiency. We are dedicated to artistic experimentation and contemporary inquiry that is culturally relevant and historically grounded, preparing you to communicate, contribute and lead as global citizen artists.

The dance program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Dance. Our curriculum features ballet, modern, jazz, tap, and theatre dance technique classes, dance composition, history, movement analysis and dance education courses. Dance majors complete 48-56 credits including the senior-level capstone Interdisciplinary Seminar, a course that features camera dance, digital video editing, and web design and integrates dance with other academic disciplines and art forms. Dance minors complete 27 credits.

After completing the core requirements, you may take selected performance classes for either two or three credits. We encourage you to pursue an additional major or minor in another field.

The dance faculty works with you to re-evaluate technique and explore new approaches to training at a high level. This re-evaluation includes training with optimal anatomical alignment that supports injury-free dancing.

We recommend that you be accepted to UW-Stevens Point prior to your dance program audition date. There are a few seats available each semester for non-dance majors and minors in introductory level classes. Upper-level dance courses are not available to non-majors and minors. All dance majors and minors participate in required practicum assignments.

In order to be accepted into the dance major or minor, you are required to complete an on-campus audition and interview.

As part of the audition, you are required to perform a one-minute solo that highlights your performance skills. You or someone else may choreograph this solo. You should provide any sound accompaniment. The solo may be excerpted, and the music cut from an existing longer work, or you may prepare a solo that is intended as a one-minute dance. Please prepare to stay within the one-minute time limit.

Two required letters of recommendation should address your ability to be successful in a university-level dance program. One letter should be written by an academic teacher able to detail your ability to be successful in your academic coursework, and the second letter should be written by a primary dance teacher able to comment on your ability and potential in dance.

If you wish to be accepted into the dance major program, you are required to have proficiency in two of these four areas: ballet, jazz, modern, and tap. For the minor program, proficiency in one of these areas is required.

As a student in our program, you will develop the ability to work as a part of an ensemble, the ability to work openly and honestly with other dancers, and the ability to be flexible in the artistic process with choreographers, directors, rehearsal assistants and peers. Therefore, we do begin all our new students in our 100-level major technique courses.

NOTE: We recommend that dance majors complete two core classes per semester and encourage participation in summer dance workshops that enhance performance training and expand your professional network.

Admission, scholarship, retention requirements

1. To be accepted to the dance program, you must first be eligible for admission to UW-Stevens Point. Then, to be eligible for admission to UW-Stevens Point’s dance program as a major or minor, you must successfully complete an on-campus performance audition and interview. Detailed program and audition information, including audition dates and protocol, application forms and scholarship information is available on our website at www.uwsp.edu/theatre-dance/Pages/Students/apply.aspx.
2. The dance program awards scholarships to incoming dance majors based on ability and potential in dance. A variety of scholarships are awarded annually to continuing students.
3. To continue as a major or minor, you must meet the dance program’s retention criteria and successfully complete scheduled mid-semester assessments in your technique courses.

Performance and choreography

Each year the dance program provides multiple opportunities for you to perform and choreograph including in Afterimages, the student directed fall concert; Danstage, the spring concert featuring choreography by faculty and guest artists; Players Student Artistic Alliance, forums and events; repertory projects; composition course showings; camera dance projects; and all main stage and studio theatre productions.

Employment opportunities

The interdisciplinary focus of our dance program trains you to be innovative in creating and finding employment opportunities. Recent graduates perform on Broadway; with national and international dance companies; and in television, commercials and film. Others become dance videographers, form and direct dance companies, open private studios, and develop dance and related arts programs for school districts.

Courses for general university students

DNCE 103 , DNCE 105 , DNCE 114 , and DNCE 115  are introductory courses open to all university students. You may apply one credit of DNCE 103  and DNCE 114  toward the General Education Program (GEP)  Wellness requirement.

Dance courses for the community

Those outside the university who wish to enroll in selected dance courses must first contact the UW-Stevens Point Office of Admissions and Recruitment to determine eligibility to enroll as a special student. Registration is based on seat availability, technical placement, and permission of the dance faculty are also required.

Design/Technology

Kristina Sneshkoff, Coordinator
Email: ksneshko@uwsp.edu
Web: www.uwsp.edu/theatre-dance/Pages/Major/Design-Technology.aspx

Admission interview required: Admission to the design and technology program  is by audition interview. Interviews are held in the spring for fall acceptance and we recommend that you be officially admitted to UW-Stevens Point before your assigned interview date. Apply early since the number of students accepted into the program is limited. If you are a transfer student and wish to enter the design/technology program, you should interview before transferring to UW-Stevens Point. Contact the Department of Theatre and Dance for more information.

Retention in the program: You will be formally reviewed each semester. If you do not demonstrate satisfactory progress or do not adhere to the retention standards established by the department, you may be placed on departmental probation or dropped from the major.

Drama

Laurie Schmeling, Coordinator
Email: lschmeli@uwsp.edu
Web: www.uwsp.edu/theatre-dance/Pages/Major/Drama.aspx

Admission Policy: To major in the BA drama option , you must be admitted to both the university and the drama program. Admission to the drama program is by application, essay and interview. Interviews are held in the spring for fall acceptance and we recommend that you be officially admitted to UW-Stevens Point before your assigned interview date. If you are a high school student, you should apply to the department in the fall of your senior year. If you are a transfer student or continuing UW-Stevens Point student, you must also apply for admission to the drama program. Contact the Department of Theatre and Dance for more information.

Musical Theatre

Mark Hanson, Coordinator
Email: mhanson@uwsp.edu

Admission audition required: Admission to the BFA musical theatre  program is by audition only. Auditions are held in November and in the spring for fall acceptance. We recommend that you be officially admitted to UW-Stevens Point before your assigned audition date. We encourage you to apply early as the number of students accepted into the program is limited. If you are a transfer student and wish to enter the musical theatre program, you should audition before transferring to UW-Stevens Point. Detailed program and audition information, including audition dates and protocol, application forms and scholarship information is available on our website’s How to Apply page. Contact the Department of Theatre and Dance for more information.

Retention in the program: You will be formally reviewed each semester. You must participate each semester in at least one public performance in mainstage, studio or Players productions, performance forums or publicly performed class projects. If you do not demonstrate satisfactory progress in the program or do not adhere to the established retention standards, you may be placed on departmental probation or dropped from the major.

Required auditions: Musical theatre majors must audition for all faculty-directed mainstage and studio theatre productions and accept roles as assigned.

Programs

• Arts Management, B.A.
• Dance, B.A.
• Music Education, B.M.
• Music Jazz Studies, B.M.
• Music Performance: Instrumental Emphasis, B.M.
• Music Performance: Piano Emphasis, B.M.
• Music Performance: Vocal Emphasis, B.M.
• Music, B.A.
• Theatre Arts: Drama - Acting, B.F.A.
• Theatre Arts: Drama - Design/Technology, B.F.A.
• Theatre Arts: Drama Option, B.A.
• Theatre Arts: Musical Theatre Option, B.F.A.

• Arts Management Minor
• Dance Minor
• Drama, Theatre Arts Minor
• Jazz Studies Minor
• Music Minor

• Choral Music Teaching Certificate
• Instrumental Music Performance Certificate Program
• Instrumental Music Repair Certificate Program
• Instrumental Music Teaching Certificate

Courses

• ARTM 195 - Fundamentals of Arts Management
• ARTM 280 - Internship in Arts Management I
• ARTM 300 - Topics in Arts Management
• ARTM 380 - Internship in Arts Management II
• ARTM 400 - Artistic Planning, Presentation, and Promotion
• ARTM 480 - Arts Management Capstone: Externship in Arts Management
• ARTM 485 - Arts Management Capstone: Externship in Arts Management - London
• ARTM 500 - Topics in Arts Management

• DNCE 103 - Modern A
• DNCE 104 - Modern IB
• DNCE 105 - Ballet IA
• DNCE 106 - Ballet IB
• DNCE 114 - Jazz I
• DNCE 115 - Tap I
• DNCE 199 - Directed Study
• DNCE 203 - Modern IIA
• DNCE 205 - Ballet IIA
• DNCE 206 - Ballet IIB
• DNCE 212 - Theatre Dance
• DNCE 214 - Jazz II
• DNCE 215 - Tap II
• DNCE 220 - Movement Analysis and Theory
• DNCE 226 - Dance Practicum I
• DNCE 227 - Dance Workshop
• DNCE 301 - Composition I
• DNCE 302 - Composition II
• DNCE 303 - Modern IIIA
• DNCE 304 - Modern IIIB
• DNCE 305 - Ballet IIIA
• DNCE 306 - Ballet IIIB
• DNCE 314 - Jazz III
• DNCE 327 - Dance Workshop
• DNCE 328 - Career Seminar
• DNCE 352 - Dance History
• DNCE 399 - Special Work
• DNCE 420 - Teaching Theories and Practices
• DNCE 426 - Dance Practicum II
• DNCE 428 - Dance Internship
• DNCE 496 - Interdisciplinary Seminar

Also see Music Education (next section).

• MUS 100 - Appreciation and History of Music
• MUS 101 - Appreciation of Music in Performance
• MUS 102 - Popular Music in America
• MUS 103 - Music in Film
• MUS 104 - Music of Underrepresented and Minority American Composers
• MUS 105 - Survey of Jazz History
• MUS 108 - Fundamentals of Music Theory
• MUS 109 - Songwriting
• MUS 110 - Musicianship I
• MUS 111 - Musicianship II
• MUS 112 - Aural Musicianship I
• MUS 113 - Aural Musicianship II
• MUS 122 - Small Ensembles I - Vocal Jazz
• MUS 124 - Small Ensemble I - Pit Orchestra
• MUS 125 - Small Ensembles I - Studio Orchestra
• MUS 126 - Small Ensemble I - Improvisation Ensemble
• MUS 130 - Small Ensemble I - Vocal
• MUS 142 - Campus Orchestra
• MUS 143 - Campus Choir
• MUS 144 - Campus Band
• MUS 145 - Pep Band
• MUS 146 - Group Piano I
• MUS 147 - Group Piano II
• MUS 149 - Class Applied Music - Guitar
• MUS 150 - Choral Music Instruction for Instrumentalists
• MUS 152 - Instrumental Methods: Single Reeds
• MUS 153 - Instrumental Methods: Violin, Viola, Cello, and String Bass
• MUS 154 - Instrumental Methods: Violin (sec 1), Cello (sec 2)
• MUS 155 - Instrumental Methods: Percussion
• MUS 156 - Instrumental Methods: Brass
• MUS 157 - Instrumental Methods: Double Reeds and Flute
• MUS 159 - Applied Music - Non-Major
• MUS 160 - Applied Music I - Piano
• MUS 161 - Applied Music I - Organ
• MUS 162 - Applied Music I - Voice
• MUS 163 - Applied Music I - Violin
• MUS 164 - Applied Music I - Viola
• MUS 165 - Applied Music I - Violoncello
• MUS 166 - Applied Music I - Double Bass
• MUS 167 - Applied Music I - Flute
• MUS 168 - Applied Music I - Oboe
• MUS 169 - Applied Music I - Clarinet
• MUS 170 - Applied Music I - Bassoon
• MUS 171 - Applied Music I - Saxophone
• MUS 172 - Applied Music I - Trumpet
• MUS 173 - Applied Music I - Horn
• MUS 174 - Applied Music I - Trombone
• MUS 175 - Applied Music I - Euphonium
• MUS 176 - Applied Music I - Tuba
• MUS 177 - Applied Music I - Percussion
• MUS 178 - Applied Music I - Harp
• MUS 180 - Applied Music I - Guitar
• MUS 181 - Applied Music I - Jazz Guitar
• MUS 192 - Jazz Improvisation I
• MUS 193 - Music Improvisation
• MUS 207 - Survey of World Music
• MUS 208 - Musicology I
• MUS 210 - Musicianship III
• MUS 212 - Aural Musicianship III
• MUS 217 - Beginning Jazz Arranging
• MUS 221 - 17th- 18th Century Music
• MUS 222 - Small Ensembles II - Vocal Jazz

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