The MM and DMA programs in Choral Conducting at UNCG offer intensive, highly specialized training for talented graduate students in conducting. The program is extremely selective, and has enjoyed a very successful track record of placing graduates into professional and university-level conducting positions. 

Graduate students in conducting enjoy regular podium time with our major choral ensembles, the Chamber Singers, University Chorale, Coro di Belle Voci and Spartan Voices and are appointed as assistants to these ensembles. Other opportunities for teaching include undergraduate conducting classes and responsibilities within the Department of Music Performance. There are also ample opportunities within local area and state for professional singing, playing, and conducting. The UNCG choral conducting program has had student participation in ACDA conducting competitions and masterclasses and has a proven track record of placement for future graduate student or post-doctoral job placement. We will look forward to receiving your materials and to meeting you. Feel free to contact Dr. Carole Ott at [email protected] if you have questions. 

The UNCG School of Music is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music and is the representative of the state of North Carolina to the National Association of Music Executives in State Universities. 

UNCG has been recognized for years as one of the top music institutions in the United States. We have approximately 400 undergraduate students, 200 graduate students and 60 full-time faculty. The school is housed in a 130,000 square-foot state-of-the-art building completed in 1999. This facility includes a 350-seat recital hall, a 120-seat organ recital hall, instrumental, choral, and percussion rehearsal halls, music library, an acoustics research lab, a psychoacoustics lab, an electronic piano lab, a computer lab, and more. Large ensembles and opera perform in the 1,600-seat UNCG Auditorium. 

The MM and DMA programs in Instrumental Conducting at UNCG offer intensive, highly specialized training for talented graduate students in conducting. The program is extremely selective, and has enjoyed a very successful track record of placing graduates into professional and university-level conducting positions.

You must make application by December 1.

Graduate students in conducting enjoy regular podium experiences with all the major ensembles, including appearances with the acclaimed UNCG Wind Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Band, University Band, Sinfonia, and Casella Sinfonietta. In addition, one graduate student is teacher-of-record of the University Band, responsible for all personnel, programming, and grading. Other teaching opportunities include undergraduate conducting classes, marching band methods, and other responsibilities within the School of Music. We will look forward to receiving your materials and to meeting you. Feel free to call the Large Ensembles Office at 1-800-999-2869 if you have further questions.

The UNCG School of Music is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music and is the representative of the state of North Carolina to the National Association of Music Executives in State Universities.

UNCG has been recognized for years as one of the top music institutions in the United States. We have approximately 400 undergraduate students, 200 graduate students and 60 full-time faculty. The school is housed in a 130,000 square-foot state-of-the-art building completed in 1999. This facility includes a 350-seat recital hall, a 120-seat organ recital hall, instrumental, choral, and percussion rehearsal halls, music library, an acoustics research lab, a psychoacoustics lab, an electronic piano lab, a computer lab, and more. Large ensembles and opera perform in the 1,700-seat UNCG Auditorium.