Music Program

Welcome to UCCS Music! The goal of our program is to prepare students with the musical, intellectual, and collaborative skills that enable them to make meaningful impacts as artists, thinkers, and leaders in the 21st century. 

Our courses, ensembles, and lessons give students tools to become strong, well-rounded musicians. Beyond the classroom—collaborations with guest artists, participation in our annual Electrowave Festival, or performing in a downtown gig—students are supported to develop their artistry and professionalism in valuable ways and receive mentorship from committed faculty.

Students study, practice, and perform in the Ent Center for the Arts, whose state-of-the-art facilities include a recording studio and Chapman Foundations Recital Hall, which boasts world-class acoustics. Join us! 

My favorite thing about the Music program is the supportive and musically vibrant community! Our students bring wide-ranging musical interests—rock, pop, classical, jazz, folk, hip hop, EDM, experimental, global traditions, musical theatre, and more!—and find a home here. Faculty and peers alike challenge our students to stretch their ways of making music, and students grow through exciting collaborations. The stylistic diversity showcased in our Junior and Senior Recitals is evidence of the unique path that each student takes.

UCCS students of all majors are welcome to make music with us. From our new "Roarchestra" Wind Ensemble to a soon-to-launch Mariachi Band, there is an opportunity for everyone!

 

The Chapman Foundations Recital Hall is the central music performance venue of the VAPA Department and is designed to be one of the highest quality acoustic music spaces in the region. Seating 230, its compelling beauty and technical grandeur provide artists and audiences alike with an unparalleled experience. VAPA senior and junior recitals take place here, as well as frequent performances by our ensembles, faculty, visiting artists, and more.

The Margot Lane Studio is a 2,000 square foot rehearsal room for many ensembles, recordings, film scoring and other collaborative uses. With pristine acoustics, this room boasts large wall-sized windows with astounding views of Pikes Peak.

The recording studio and audio laboratory is a state-of-the-art facility wired directly into the Margo Lane Rehearsal Hall, the Chapman Foundations Recital Hall, the Osborne Theatre and the Shockley Zalabak Theater. This facility serves a broad array of functions within the VAPA Department including audio recording engineering, sound design, film scoring, and multimedia production.

The music wing houses several practice rooms and small rehearsal studios constructed with high level acoustic isolation.

Music Program classrooms in the Ent Center for the Arts are dedicated to musicians of every discipline. The rooms feature state-of-the-art technology and computer workstations.

Seating 757, this is the largest venue in the Ent Center for the Arts, designed to feel intimate despite its capacity and incorporating technically advanced features to showcase a diverse array of events, from dance to orchestra to choral performances and more.

In the Music wing of the Ent Center we have hallways of lockers for student instruments.

The VAPA Interdisciplinary Arts Lab (ECFA 245) is a multiuse, collaborative space for the interdisciplinary curriculum of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts programs (Film Studies, History of Art & Visual Culture, Music, Theatre & Dance, Visual Arts), equipped with an array of technology and resources including multi-media technology, installation and sculpture capabilities, sound, green screen for film, and more.