Music Department

Long Island University
C.W. Post Campus
720 Northern Boulevard
Brookville, NY 11548

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School of Visual and Performing Arts | C.W. Post | Long Island University
Spring 1998 Performance Courses for Music Educators

Music Programs

Undergraduate (Degree, Credits)
B.A. in Music, 128
B.A. in Music Education, 128
B.F.A. in Music, 129
B.F.A. in Music Education, 129
Minors (Area, Credits)
Music, 18
Graduate (Degree, Credits)
M.A. in Music, 36
Concentrations
Theory/Composition
History/Literature
M.S. in Music Education, 36 - 42

The B.A. programs in the Music Department concentrate on a strong music program providing the opportunity for a well rounded liberal arts background.

The B.F.A. programs offers a course of study concentrating on performance. Evidence of prior music training, experience and musical aptitude is expected.

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Faculty

History | Theory/Composition | Music Education | Conducting | Voice
Strings | Woodwinds | Brass | Percussion | Keyboards | Guitar | Jazz

Chair

Music History

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Music Theory & Composition

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Music Education

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Conducting

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Voice

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Strings

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Woodwinds

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Brass

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Percussion

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Keyboards

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Guitar

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Jazz

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Activities

International tours to Europe, Africa and Asia
 
Student recitals
 
Instrumental and vocal performance classes
 
Over 75 public performances per year
 
Concerts in the Tilles Center
 
Guest artists, lecturers and performances
 
ACDA student chapter
 
MENC student chapter
 
Keyboard Club Concert Series
The Keyboard Club Concert is presented once a year and features Graduate and Undergraduate piano and organ majors in a formal concert. The concert focuses on the solo, four-hand, and chamber music repertory written for piano, harpsichord and organ music. Occasionally advanced students from the pre-college program and the summer chamber music festival are also featured.
 
New Music Association
The New Music Association is a composers' and performers' association intended to provide composers, performers and listeners the opportunity to create, perform and enjoy new music. For more information, write nma@titan.liunet.edu
 
Long Island Guitar Festival
An established tradition of excellence in guitar performance and pedagogy. The Long Island Guitar Festival is an annual international Guitar Festival providing a unique opportunity for students and the general public to see some of the worlds finest guitarists teaching and performing at Tilles Center. In the past, the Long Island Guitar Festival has proudly presented such distinguished guitarists as Eduardo Fernandez, Mark Elf, Eliot Fisk, Chieli Minucci, Jerry Willard, Howard Morgen, Bucky and John Pizzarelli, Pat O'Brien, Pasquale Bianculli, Dennis Cinelli, John Zaccari, David Starobin and Benjamin Verdery. The fifth annual Long Island Guitar Festival was held May 3 - 4.

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Performing Groups

Long Island University Chorus
The Long Island University, C.W. Post College Chorus, under the direction of Alexander Dashnaw, has built a strong reputation over the past 30 years and has been recognized as the leading college/university chorus in the New York area. Chorus performances in the major New York concert halls and churches have been often and varied and the chorus has performed numerous major choral works with many Long Island and New York orchestras. The group has sung, among others, Verdi's Requiem, Beethoven's Mass in C, Fidelio, and Symphony No. 9, Dvorak's Requiem, Mahler's Symphony No. 2, Bach's Christmas Oratorio, Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms, and Bernstein's Chichester Psalms with the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, the Queens Symphony, the National Orchestra, the New York Virtuosi, and the Opera Orchestra of New York at Lincoln Center in Avery Fischer Hall and Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Colden Auditorium, Tilles Center and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C..
 
Long Island University Chamber Singers
The Long Island University Chamber Singers, under the direction of Alexander Dashnaw, have presented concerts in churches, schools, recital and concert halls throughout Europe, North Africa, Mexico, Canada, and the United States. Since 1971, they have made fourteen concert tours of Europe, singing from Galway to Prague, Berlin to Rome, and Amsterdam to Madrid and Rabat. The Chamber Singers have had the distinction of being invited to perform for the New York State School Music Association( (NYSSMA) the New York State Choral Guild, the Music Educators National Conference (MENC), and at both regional and national conventions of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). They have twice made broadcasts on Radio Vatican in Rome and appeared before an estimated audience of 22 million viewers on "Hoy Mexico" (Mexico's "Today" show) in Mexico City, and have received critical acclaim for concerts in Carnegie Hall, Weill Hall, Alice Tully Hall and the Kennedy Center. A sixteen-day tour of Korea was completed in May.
 
Long Island Sound - vocal jazz
The Long Island Sound - vocal jazz was established in 1988 by Alexander Dashnaw to add another dimension to the vocal music experience on the C. W. Post Campus. This group has been in great demand for banquets, cabarets, fund raisers, entertainment and assemble programs. They appeared, by invitation, together with the C. W. Post Jazz Ensemble in a concert for the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) at the Concord Hotel. They have also appeared in New York City jazz clubs such as Sweetwaters and Eighty-eights and have been on three European tours.
 
Symphonic Winds at LIU
The LIU/C.W. Post concert band is known as the Symphonic Winds. Numbering between fifty-five and seventy-five performers, depending upon the semester, this ensemble is composed of both graduate and undergraduate musicians. Literature is chosen from a wide range of styles and varies in difficulty from moderately challenging to extremely demanding. At least one original manuscript is prepared each semester. Rehearsals take place on Tuesday evenings from seven to ten. One major concert performance is presented each semester.
 
C.W. Post Orchestra
The C.W. Post Orchestra is currently comprised of approximately 70 undergraduate, graduate, special orchestral graduate and pre-college students. If openings exist in the C.W. Post Orchestra and no university, students are available for these openings, musicians from the community, are then incorporated into the orchestra to create a "complete" orchestra. The C.W. Post Orchestra presents four concerts each semester at Tilles Center. Rehearsals are held Monday evenings from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Music Rehearsal Building. C.W. Post Orchestra members learn more about the C.W. Post Music Department through the involvement of C.W. Post Faculty who interact with the orchestra either as guest performers or during special sectional rehearsals.
 
Merriweather Consort
The Merriweather Consort is devoted to the performance of Renaissance music on reproductions of early instruments, including recorders, crumhorns, viols and sackbuts. Under the direction of Professor Maureen Hynes, this popular group, attired in period costume, often appears together with the C.W. Post Madrigal Singers, Students are given the opportunity to refine ensemble skills within the framework of historically informed performances. The Consort performs frequently in the New York City area and it has toured throughout Europe, Canada, Mexico and the United States. In May the Consort toured Korea with the C.W. Post Madrigal Singers and the Chamber Singers.
 
C.W. Post Madrigal Singers
The Long Island University Madrigal Singers perform secular vocal music, primarily of the Renaissance, creating an authentic atmosphere by appearing in costumes. Under the direction of Professor Walter Klauss, they have performed extensively with the Merriweather Consort. The Madrigal Singers have appeared in the greater New York area and on tour in the United States, Mexico, the Virgin Islands, and Europe. They bring to all their performances an air of elegance and an intimacy of a small ensemble that is the essence of the art of the Madrigal. "With casual grace and an air of genuine pleasure in what they were doing. (they) sang their way charmingly and with beauty of tone through the program of early music..." (New York Times)
 
C.W. Post Guitar Ensemble
The C.W. Post Guitar Ensemble, directed by Harris Becker, is made up of undergraduate and graduate guitar students. The Guitar Ensemble brings guitarists together in duos, trios and quartets to take part in making chamber music. Their repertoire includes music by Dowland, Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn, Sor, Brouwer, Rak and Ravel. The ensemble meets once a week for a two hour rehearsal, presenting a full recital each semester and public school programs.
 
C.W. Post Percussion Ensemble
The C.W. Post Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Frank Cassara, is dedicated to the performance of percussion music of all genres. The two-hour + class meets every week to explore the newest compositions, older repertoire, and the music of other cultures. Rehearsals are geared toward performance and understanding, and culminate in a concert at the end of each semester.

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Facilities

Fine Arts Center
Music Rehearsal Building
Great Hall
Hillwood Recital Hall
Tilles Concert Theatre
Hillwood Museum

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Scholarships

The amount of the Music Department's scholarships depends upon the student's participation in performing groups. The range is from $3000 to $6000 over a 4-year period.

Graduate Academic Assistantships
A number of Academic Assistantships are available each year for Graduate M.A. and M.S. students. Amounts depend on student's musical background and position awarded.

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For more information...

To learn more about the Music Department at C.W. Post, call (516) 299-2474 or write to:

Music Department
Long Island University
C.W. Post Campus
720 Northern Boulevard
Brookville, NY 11548

Department Chair
Walter Klauss: (516) 299-2474
Department Advisors
Nadine Riggs, Undergraduate: (516) 299-4042, nriggs@reliant.liunet.edu
John Meschi, Graduate: (516) 299-2105, jmeschi@eagle.liunet.edu

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