Open to all Heidelberg students, regardless of major, the Concert Choir performs more than fifteen concerts each year, including a domestic tour and a performance of Handel's Messiah. Every year in May, the Concert Choir goes on tour across the country. The Chamber Singers are selected from the Concert Choir.
Take the field with the Marching Student Princes. The band performs at football games, local parades, and select campus events throughout the year.
Take concert band to the next level. The band performs regularly scheduled campus concerts, as well as at instrumental festivals, and conventions.
The jazz band is open to all Heidelberg students and faculty. Highlight performances of the year include the Tiffin Jazz Festival and Cabaret Night.
This is show choir done right. Enjoy high energy choreography as you dance and sing to jazz, pop, and musical theatre hits. The group performs at campus events throughout the year.
This small ensemble is open by audition to all students. Instrumentation is primarily strings, but selected wind instruments also perform as part of the ensemble. The Chamber Orchestra performs two or more annual concerts and its members form the core of the orchestra for the annual Christmas at Heidelberg presentation.
This choir brings together singers from both Heidelberg and the surrounding community for concert performances and choral music education.
Heidelberg University’s Bachelor of Arts in Music Composition concentration is designed for emerging composers, songwriters, and sound designers who want to shape their own creative path. Our flexible program goes beyond traditional study in composition with courses in grant writing, entrepreneurship, songwriting production, film music, and marketing yourself as an artist.
You’ll gain real-world experience through:
- Professional partnerships with organizations like Firelands Symphony Orchestra and The Ritz Theatre.
- Frequent performances and recordings of your music through studio recitals and ensemble collaborations.
- Portfolio-building opportunities to workshop, premiere, and record your original works.
Join the award-winning Heidelberg New Music Association, which will host its first Biennial New Music Festival and Symposium featuring keynote composer Stacy Garrop and guest artists from across the country.
At Heidelberg, you don’t have to be a composition major to explore your creativity. Students in Music Education, Theatre, English, Computer Science, Political Science, and beyond can take private composition lessons and join our thriving creative community.
Whatever your passion, Heidelberg gives you the tools, mentorship, and stage to bring your music to life. We are the Opportunity Makers.
Compose with purpose. Compose with Heidelberg.
If you are interested in more information or scheduling an audition, please contact at composition [at] heidelberg.edu (composition[at]heidelberg[dot]edu)
