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.
We believe students are at their best when allowed to be creators and innovators. The Composition Studio provides a wide range of training, including composing concert music, songwriting, arranging/orchestration, and electroacoustic music.
One-on-one lessons, courses in acoustic and electronic composition, weekly studio seminar meetings, and regular masterclasses with guest artists/ensembles comprise the core of study. Each semester composers have the opportunity to collaborate with student and professional performers to premiere works on Composition Studio Recitals along with regular opportunities to have works read, workshopped, and performed by our outstanding ensembles.
Starting in the Fall of 2022, the Composition Studio will begin a partnership with The Ritz Theatre for the Performing Arts, a 1,200-plus seat theater in downtown Tiffin, to have our student composers write incidental music for all of their theatrical productions. In addition to composing works for solo, chamber, large-ensemble, and electronic/electroacoustic music, our Composition students carry out a series of career-building projects focused on the music business, portfolio preparation, listening assignments, and reading assignments to prepare you for multifaceted careers.
No matter how writing factors into your studies while at Heidelberg, the Composition Studio is here to support your artistic endeavors and provide opportunities for your creative studies.
