Music Opportunities for Non-Majors and Non-Minors

Individual Music Instruction

Individual music instruction outside of the major and minor is available in Piano, Guitar, Drum Set/Percussion, Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Double/Electric Bass, and Voice. There is an applied music fee of $308 per semester for fourteen 30-minute weekly lessons. Practice room facilities are available free of extra charge to all applied music students enrolled for credit.

Renowned music pedagogues are the instructors:

Piano
Dr. Tania Fleischer
Dr. Wojciech Kocyan
Kristi Lobitz

Violin/Viola
Frances Moore
Andrew Picken

Violoncello
Manon Robertshaw

Guitar
Kate Lewis

Double/Electric Bass
Constance Deeter

Drum Set/Percussion
Kay Carlson

Voice
Dr. Barbara Dyer
Dr. Hyun-Joo Kim
Dr. Karl Snider

Class Music Instruction

Class music instruction is also available for Piano, Guitar, and Voice. These classes meet for three hours a week and are intended for beginners or those who wish to explore a new instrument. It is for these reasons the classes have been titled as follows:

The Vocal Experience
Dr. Barbara Dyer
Dr. Karl Snider

The Instrumental Experience: Guitar
Dr. Martha Masters

The Instrumental Experience: Piano
Kristi Lobitz

In addition, there is a piano class that meets for one hour a week and covers only the very basics of the instrument:

Beginning Piano
Kristi Lobitz

Ensemble Participation

The Department of Music welcomes non-majors and non-minors to participate in their ensembles. Auditions are required after enrollment for each of these groups. The ensembles carry one unit of credit but, may be taken for zero units to accommodate full schedules.

Concert Choir & Consort Singers
Dr. Mary Breden

LMU Chamber Orchestra
Frances Moore

LMU Mixed Chamber Ensemble
Dr. Tania Fleischer

World Music Ensembles
Dr. Paul Humphreys