why study strings at uwsp?
- Teach!
Our BM in Music Education is a highly respected course of study that averages 100% job placement for graduates. Students in our program have special opportunities to lead orchestra rehearsals and conduct an orchestra concert as an apprentice conductor before graduation. - Receive significant attention and help every week.
Our string faculty (violin/viola, cello, and string bass) and orchestra director are ALL full-time faculty at UWSP. - Become a Suzuki teacher!
Take advantage of the Aber Suzuki Center located in the Noel Fine Arts Center at UWSP. Observe lessons and complete Suzuki training in the Aber Suzuki Center during the year or during the American Suzuki Institute in the summers. - Earn a Performer’s Certificate
while completing a major in a different area. Take lessons, play in orchestra, give a recital, and be an integral part of a musical community while completing a degree in natural resources, pre-med, or the humanities. - Double major
in a BM in Performance or BA in Music and a BA in Arts, Entertainment and Media Management (ranked top in state) - Perform in the regional professional orchestra:
The Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra. UWSP students selected to play in the CWSO Scholarship String Quartet receive a scholarship and perform as paid professionals in the CWSO. - Socialize! Our ASTA Student Chapter schedules fun social gatherings and trips
- String scholarship awards are available
UWSP STRING FACULTY
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Anna Cromwell
- Assistant Professor – Violin and Viola
Christine Kralik
- Assistant Professor – Cello
Andres Moran
- Associate Professor of Horn
- Orchestral Director
322 Noel Fine Arts Center
Chang-Ping Gu
- Lecturer of Music
NFAC 254
National Association of Schools of Music
Founded in 1924, the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) is an organization of schools, conservatories, colleges, and universities with approximately 637 accredited institutional members. It establishes national standards for undergraduate and graduate degrees and other credentials for music and music-related disciplines and provides assistance to institutions and individuals engaged in artistic, scholarly, educational, and other music-related endeavors.
The College of Fine Arts and Communication at UW-Stevens Point is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.