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Phoenix,Arizona 85017
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DEGREES OFFERED

Bachelor of Arts in Music Education - Choral

Bachelor of Arts in Music Education - Instrumental

Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance - Instrumental

Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance - Piano

Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance - Vocal


No matter your musical style, the Grand Canyon University (GCU) music department in the College of Arts and Media educates and inspires students for greater levels of performance and musical knowledge. Whether through solo, ensemble, choir or band performances, students are regularly given the opportunity to rehearse and present their musical expertise to audiences on campus and across the Phoenix valley. Music topics that are taught by professional music faculty are often thought provoking, thus opening the lines of communications beyond the scope of the notes on the page. This creates a more profound curriculum in our campus music degrees and successful performance experiences.

Faculty Info:

Claude Pensis, Juan Hernandez, William Symington, Susannah Keita, Lisa Tervo, Rachel Velarde.



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Past Student Productions

SHOW THEATER
Big Fish
(3/31/23 - 4/9/23)
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The Lady's Not for Burning
(2/11/22 - 2/20/22)
Grand Canyon University
The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
(2/11/21 - 2/21/21)
Grand Canyon University
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE in Broadway THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
(3/20/20 - 3/29/20)
GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY
A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD in Broadway A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD
(11/15/19 - 11/24/19)
GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY
GODSPELL in Broadway GODSPELL
(3/21/19 - 3/31/19)
GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER in Broadway PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
(11/15/18 - 11/25/18)
GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY
ANYTHING GOES-BEAUMONT'87
(3/15/18 - 3/25/18)
Grand Canyon University
CHARLIE BROWN (REVISED)
(11/16/17 - 11/26/17)
Grand Canyon University
Oklahoma!
(3/19/15 - 3/29/15)
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