Eastman debuts sacred music program

eginning this fall, Eastman will offer a new Sacred Music diploma, designed to equip both graduate and undergraduate students with the knowledge and tools necessary to meet the challenges of the rapidly changing and diverse settings in which sacred music is practiced today.

The diploma "will ground students in a variety of worship traditions, both liturgical and non-liturgical," says Program Director Peter DuBois '80E, a prize-winning performer and full-time practitioner in the field of church music.

"Today's leaders in sacred music need to be conversant in contemporary, classical, jazz, and world music in order to reflect those styles of worship. The curriculum stresses both an understanding of historical perspectives in liturgy and music as well as practical skills that will meet the variety of styles in today's worship."

This new program is an example of steps the Eastman School is taking to enhance the skills, education, and versatility of its student organists, many of whom win national and international organ competitions each year and go on to hold leading positions in major churches, cathedrals, synagogues, and schools around the world.

The diploma in sacred music is open to students in a variety of disciplines such as organ, keyboard, conducting, voice, and music education and includes a two-semester supervised internship in a church or synagogue.

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