Bands

Wind symphony

Wind Symphony

MUSC 330R
Wind Symphony
1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite(s): Audition
Improves musical skills by performing significant wind and percussion repertoire. Examines the standard band repertoire as well as more contemporary literature. Requires attendance at all concerts, performances, and tours, as well as acquisition of performance attire. May be repeated as desired.

Screamin' Green Band

Screamin' Green Band

MUSC 334R
Pep Band
1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite(s): Audition
Provides opportunities to perform band literature for athletic events, including home games, off-campus tournaments, and championships. Requires participation at all rehearsals and assigned games. May be repeated as desired.

University Band

MUSC 125R
University Band
1 Credit Hours
Provides group training in the various styles of band literature. Requires participation at scheduled performances. May be repeated as desired.


Choirs

Chamber Choir

Chamber Choir

MUSC 322R
Chamber Choir
1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite(s): Audition
For the advanced singer desiring experience in choral performance. Provides the opportunity of performing in a small group of select singers. Studies music of various styles and periods. Requires participation in concerts, programs, and tours. May be repeated as desired. Course fee of $20 for support applies.

Deep Green

Deep Green

MUSC 327R
Deep Green-Tenor/Bass Choir
1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite(s): Audition
Provides male vocalists with advanced individual and ensemble training. Includes emphasis on auditioning, rehearsal and performance etiquette, and ensemble skills and dynamics. Requires participation in concerts, programs, and tours. May be repeated as desired. Course lab fee of $15 for support applies.

Emerald Singers

Emerald Singers

MUSC 328R
Emerald Singers-Soprano/Alto Choir
1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite(s): Audition
Provides female vocalists the opportunity to perform in a select group of treble singers. Studies music of various styles and periods. Requires participation in concerts, programs, and tours. May be repeated as desired. Course fee of $20 for support applies.

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The UVU Emerald Singers is one of three auditioned choral ensembles on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, UT. Now in it's sixth year, the choir is comprised of approximately 60 treble singers and represents a diverse population of the UVU student body including music majors, non-majors, freshman through senior year students, in addition to non-traditional and post baccalaureate students. Choir singers meet three times each week for 50-minute rehearsals and combine annually with Deep Green to study and perform mixed choral literature and choral masterworks. The Emerald Singers are conducted by Dr. Cherilyn Worthen, Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education.

UVU Choral Auditions 2023-2024 (sign ups open in August 2023)

Concert Choir

MUSC 124R
UVU Concert Choir
1 Credit Hours
Provides group training in the various styles of choral literature. Basic skills in note reading, matching pitch, and blending with the ensemble expected. Requires participation at scheduled performances. May be repeated as desired.


Orchestras

Symphony Orchestra

Symphony Orchestra

MUSC 322R
Symphony Orchestra
1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite(s): Audition
Provides opportunity to improve musical performance skills by participating in orchestra. Studies and performs serious concert literature from all periods of music history. Requires attendance at all concerts, rehearsals, and tours, as well as acquisition of performance attire. May be repeated as desired.

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The UVU Symphony Orchestra is an auditioned ensemble that performs a wide variety of literature from the 18th to 21st centuries. It has performed at prestigious UVU events such as the President’s Scholarship Ball, Commencement, and events in collaboration with the UVU Center for Constitutional Studies honoring guests such as Mike Levitt and David McCullough. The Symphony's mission is to provide experiences that will enrich the musical artistry of students and enliven the musical community on- and off-campus. It collaborates regularly with community and campus performing groups such as the Utah Regional Ballet, UVU Contemporary Ensemble, UVU Repertory Ballet Ensemble, Wasatch Chorale, Utah Valley Youth Symphony, UVU Chamber Choir, Men’s Choir, and Women’s Choir, UVU Opera, Mountain View High School Symphonic Orchestra, Westlake Chamber Orchestra, Westlake High School Chorus, Lakeridge Junior High School Orchestra, and the John Rees & AVC Advanced Photography Class. Future collaborations will include the Utah Valley Symphony and Lyceum Symphonic Strings.

, Director
MUSC 370R
TR 11:00 am – 12:40 pm
NC 614

Chamber Orchestra

UVU Chamber Orchestra

MUSC 327R
Chamber Orchestra
1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite(s): Audition
Provides smaller orchestra experience. Improves individual and ensemble performance skills. Studies and performs serious concert literature from all periods of music history. Audition is required. May be repeated as desired.


Jazz & Commercial Ensembles

Jazz Orchestra

Jazz Orchestra

MUSC 332R
Jazz Orchestra
1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite(s): Audition
Provides the advanced instrumentalist the opportunity to perform traditional and contemporary repertoire for large jazz ensemble. Emphasizes improvisational and sight-reading skills. Requires attendance at all performances. May be repeated as desired.

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Directed by David Baker, the Jazz Orchestra is UVU’s premiere jazz ensemble. The group rehearses twice per week, performs traditional and contemporary big band repertoire, and hosts the annual Ice Breaker Jazz Festival. Recent jazz guest artists have included Jeff Hamilton, Gilad Hekselman, Jeff Coffin, Kobie Watkins, Greg Gisbert, Art Lande, and Jerry Leake.

David Baker
Director of Jazz and Contemporary Performance
NC-720

Small Jaz ensemble

Small Jazz & Commercial Ensembles

MUSC 327R
Small Jazz and Commercial Ensembles
1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite(s): Audition
Provides the advanced instrumentalist and vocalist the opportunity to perform in small ensembles specializing in jazz and other commercial styles including, pop, rock, country, funk, reggae, hip hop, etc. Emphasizes improvisation, rhythmic skills, and knowledge of harmony. Requires attendance at all performances. May be repeated as desired.

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UVU’s Small Jazz and Commercial ensembles provide performance opportunities in a variety of popular musical styles. Past projects have included jazz, funk, pop, rock, heavy metal, and bluegrass bands. These ensembles are faculty-coached, rehearse once per week, and perform at UVU's Mixtape Live series.

David Baker, Director of Jazz and Commercial Music
MUSC 333R
Rehearsal Times: TBA
NC 614


Percussion

Percussion

Percussion UVU

MUSC 331R
Percussion
1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite(s): Audition
Provides percussion ensemble experience. Emphasis on sight reading and music performance skills. Attendance is expected at all concerts, rehearsals, and tours. May be repeated as desired.


Opera

Opera

UVU Opera

MUSC 423R
Opera Workshop
1 Credit Hours
Corequisite(s): MUSC 250R or MUSC 450R
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): MUSC 455R
Provides experience performing scenes from opera. Explores the techniques of dramatic characterization and stage craft. Addresses the process of character analysis. Discusses the control of performance anxiety. Practices the basic techniques of stage makeup and costuming. Develops advanced-level singing proficiency. May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credits toward graduation. Course lab fee of $100 for support applies.


Small Ensembles

Small ensemble

Chamber Ensembles & Campus Percussion Ensemble

MUSC 373R
Advanced Small Ensembles
1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite(s): Instructor Approval
Provides opportunities for performing in small groups of select musicians. Studies music of various styles and periods. Some public performances will be required. May be repeated as desired.