Wanda L. Bass School of Music

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name = Oklahoma City University Bass School of Music
established = 2006
type = Private
dean= Mark Parker
city = Oklahoma City
state = Oklahoma
country = USA
students = 350
staff=
campus = Urban
website= http://www.okcu.edu/musicThe Wanda L Bass School of Music is a College at Oklahoma City University. It offers several degrees including; a BM, MM, and a BA in several areas of Music. The Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University is an All-Steinway School, the nation’s first Conn-Selmer School, a member of the National Alliance for Music Theatre, and winner of ASCAP’s national orchestral award for adventurous programming of contemporary music. [ [http://www.okcu.edu/music/ OCU: Music ] ]

Degrees

The Bass School offers two undergraduate tracks. The performance-intensive Bachelor of Music degree and the Bachelor of Arts with a major in Music or Sacred Music. The Bachelor of Music includes in instrumental performance, music theater, vocal performance, music education, composition, music business, and piano pedagogy. [ [http://www.okcu.edu/music/degrees.asp OCU:Music - Degrees ] ]

Their graduate programs integrate performance skills and pedagogy. The Master's of Music degrees include composition, conducting, instrumental performance, vocal performance, opera performance, and music theater. [ [http://www.okcu.edu/music/degrees.asp OCU:Music - Degrees ] ]

Opera and Music Theatre Company

In addition to providing degrees in various areas of music, the Wanda L Bass School of Music is known for its Opera and Musical Theatre productions. The school produces six main stage shows each season. [ [http://www.okcu.edu/music/musictheater.asp OCU: Music ] ] In recent years the school has produced many shows including; "Parade", "La Boheme", "Seussical", "The Secret Garden", "The Music Man", "Urban Cowboy:The Musical", "The Merry Wives of Windsor" (Opera), "A Streetcar Named Desire" (Opera), "The Magic Flute", "The Pirates of Penzance", "Guys and Dolls", "Falstaff", "Lucia di Lammermoor", "Oil City Symphony", "The Boor" (Opera), "Signor Deluso", "The Medium", "The Fantastiks", "Man of La Mancha", "Songs For a New World", "The Merry Widow", "Suor Angelica", "L’Heure Espagnole", "Kiss Me, Kate", "West Side Story", "Passion", "Susannah", "Cosi Fan Tutte", "Elixir of Love", "Bye Bye Birdie", "The Tenderland", "Working", "The Impresario" and "Oklahoma!". [ [http://www.okcu.edu/music/archive_index.asp Welcome to the OCU School of Music ] ]

The Wanda L. Bass School of Music produces another, student run, Music Theatre Company called "Stripped". This is where students will direct, cast and produce new musicals that are totally stripped down with no sets, no props and no costumes. Playwrights from all over North America and Europe submit their new musicals and four or five are then selected. The birth of the project gained national attention from nationally recognized websites and web publications. [ [http://www.okcu.edu/music/archieve/archive_detail.asp?id=384 Welcome to the OCU School of Music ] ]

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