Music Department

Timothy Farrell, Chairperson
114 Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts
(605) 677-5274
Timothy.Farrell@usd.edu
http://www.usd.edu/music

FACULTY:

Professors:

Susan Keith Gray, Studio & Class Piano, Rawlins Piano Trio, Piano Pedagogy
David Moskowitz, Musicology
Richard Rognstad, Low Strings, Orchestra, String Methods, Coordinator of Graduate Music Studies
Larry Schou, Organ, Harpsichord, World Music
Susanne Skyrm, Studio & Class Piano, Piano Literature

Associate Professors:

Darlene Fett, Music Education
Christopher Kocher, Saxophone & Woodwinds, Theory, Jazz Studies
Rolf Olson, Trumpet, Brass Choir, Jazz Studies, Symphonic Band, Director of Bands
Gary Reeves, Horn, Instrumental Methods Classes, Bands, Electronic Music
Darin Wadley, Percussion, Percussion Ensemble, Marching Band Drumline
Stephen Yarbrough, Composition, Electronic Music, Music Theory

Assistant Professors:

Jonathan Alvis, Low Brass, Marching Band, Pep Band
Marie-Elaine Gagnon, Cello, Chamber Orchestra, Rawlins Piano Trio
Tracelyn Gesteland, Voice, Diction, Opera Workshop
Brandon Hendrickson, Voice, Solo Vocal Literature and Technique, Opera Workshop
Eunho Kim, Violin, Viola, Rawlins Piano Trio

MAJORS:

Music Education, B.M.
Music Performance, B.M.
Musical Arts, B.M.A.

MINOR:

Music

Established in 1887, the Department of Music was one of the first formal departments created by the founders of USD. The Department of Music has been accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music since 1953. The department is also accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education. Our faculty members are internationally active through research projects and performances to help us bring the most current information back to the classroom.

The mission of the Department of Music at The University of South Dakota is to provide students with the necessary knowledge and skills to become professional musicians—performers, educators, scholars, and life-long learners. Students are provided opportunities for musical development, leadership development, and personal enrichment through mentored performances, classroom studies, individual instruction, and guided research.

The Department of Music offers undergraduate degrees in Music Education, Music Performance, and Musical Arts and graduate degrees with specialization in Music Education, Music Performance, Music History, or the History of Musical Instruments. These programs are realized, in part, through outstanding research opportunities using the resources of the internationally renowned National Music Museum and I.D. Weeks Library, located on The University of South Dakota campus. They are further enhanced by world class faculty members committed to excellence in teaching, research, performance, and service. Through this extraordinary combination of factors, the Department of Music maintains its role as a cultural leader in the region.

All music majors must audition for entrance in to the program. Students seeking a music scholarship will use that audition process as meeting the requirement. Any student not seeking a music scholarship or any student applying after the scholarship process is complete should contact the Chair of the Department of Music or the appropriate faculty member in the area of study to set up an audition. A late audition may take place during the summer months or at the beginning of the semester.

All music majors must receive a letter grade of “C” or better in every music class for it to count towards graduation requirements. Music Education majors must also receive a grade of “C” or better in education classes. If a student receives a “D” or “F” in a music class or an education class, that class must be retaken.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Music Scholarships are open to all music majors, minors, and participants unless otherwise indicated.

Usher & Barnes Abell Music Scholarships (Strings)
GeLoris Akland Music Scholarships (Keyboard)
Elizabeth Kathryn Ames Music Scholarship
Ronald O. Barkl Memorial Scholarships
Begeman/Griffith Scholarships (Instrumental Music Education)
Mary Ellen Stanley Beukelman Scholarships
Matthew P. & Maria Brzica Music Scholarships
Ray DeVilbiss Band Scholarships (Band)
David Eyres Band Scholarship (Band)
Joe Gullion Memorial Scholarships (Band)
Ethel Gunderson Vocal Scholarships (Voice)
Louise Hansen Music Scholarships (Voice)
Murrell F. Kautz Music Scholarships
Arne B. & Jeanne F. Larson Music Scholarships (Woodwinds)
Robert C. & Leona P. Marek Scholarships (Strings)
Jack L. Noble Music Scholarships (Organ)
Marjorie Townsley Rawlins Music Scholarships (Strings and Keyboard)
Deborah and Gary Reeves Scholarships (Clarinet and Horn)
Ringley Music Scholarships
L & R Music Scholarships (Strings)
John & Genevieve Truran Music Scholarships (Keyboard)
J. Laiten Weed Music Scholarships (Strings)
Wilson/Streim/Barkl Music Scholarships (Voice)
Randal Hale Lease and Frances Peterson Lease Scholarship (Music Education)
First National Bank Scholarship