Local Musical Cast and Orchestra Feature IUP Talent
A local performance of "Fiddler on the Roof," produced by the Hope Springs Eternal Holocaust Project, featured several people with IUP connections.
Undergraduate Programs
If the performing arts are your passion, IUP will prepare you to make it, design it, write it, respond to it, and use it to change the world.
Music
Music, BA (includes optional Music Industry Specialization)
Theatre
Theatre, BA with Concentrations in Performance, Design/Tech/Management, or Theory/Criticism
Minors
Certificates
Applied Theatre and Performance Certificate
Popular Music Studies Certificate
Dance Pedagogy and Research Certificate
Graduate Programs
Whether your goal is to achieve your level II certification as a music teacher or heighten your musicianship for a career as a professional musician, IUP has the resources to bring your passion for music to its highest level.
MA in Music
Music, Theatre, and Dance Auditions
Audition Dates for Fall 2025 Entrance:
- Saturday, December 7, 2024
- Saturday, February 15, 2025
- Saturday, March 1, 2025
- Saturday, March 29, 2025
If you have any questions regarding scheduling an audition, please contact the department at 724-357-2397 or email Dawnette Shellhammer (dmshell@iup.edu).
Music Auditions
Register now for your IUP music audition!
All students interested in being a music major or minor are required to audition. Information about auditioning for the IUP Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance can be found on our Music Auditions page.
All music majors are eligible for scholarships, which are determined based on your audition.
Theatre and Dance Auditions
If you are accepted to IUP, you may declare a major in theatre without an audition. Auditions and portfolio reviews are required to be eligible for a Freshman Talent Scholarship.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania is an All-Steinway School and is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music and the National Association of Schools of Theater.
News
Wong Doe performs at Beckwith Recital Series, North Carolina
IUP piano professor Henry Wong Doe performed a solo recital at the Beckwith Recital Series, University of North Carolina Wilmington, on Friday, October 25, 2024.
- 28 October 2024
Alumni Perform History of Music Show at Local Museum
IUP music alumni Dennis ('75 MA '82) and Elizabeth Cramer ('76) and David Earnest ('23) recently performed for "Last Fridays at the Museum," sponsored by the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum in Washington, PA.
- 07 October 2024
Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient Gifts Funds to Support Music Education Students
Jay Althouse, who earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in music education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1973 and 1975, respectively), has gifted $25,000 to IUP to support the music program and students planning for a career in music education.
- 01 October 2024
Sun to Perform Guest Solo Piano Recital
Assistant professor of piano at Duquesne University, Kevin Lee Sun will perform a solo piano recital on Monday, September 30, at 7:30 p.m. in Gorell Recital Hall (second floor of Sutton Hall). The program will include works by Stockhausen, d’Anglebert, and Brahms, as well as more recently composed works by Hyo-Shin Na and Colin Kemper.
- 24 September 2024
College of Arts, Humanities, Media, and Public Affairs
- Music, Theatre, and Dance Department
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Cogswell Hall, Room 103
422 South Eleventh Street
Indiana, PA 15705-1071 - Phone: 724-357-2390
Office Hours
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.