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COLLEGE OF<br />
VISUAL AND<br />
PERFORMING ARTS<br />
<strong>JMU</strong>.EDU/CAL<br />
COLLEGE OF VISUAL AND<br />
PERFORMING ARTS<br />
Explore the human experience.<br />
Bursting with creativity, the College of Visual and<br />
Performing Arts is founded on the belief that artistic<br />
expression reveals the essential nature and diversity<br />
of human experience.<br />
SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT<br />
School of Art, Design and Art History<br />
With our mission to cultivate excellence in the<br />
making and understanding of visual art, the<br />
school is an inspiring, nurturing space where<br />
artists, designers, and art historians develop<br />
and thrive.<br />
Boasting excellent facilities and more than 50<br />
talented faculty staff, the school offers you<br />
fully-accredited programs in:<br />
• Art History<br />
• Art Education<br />
• Industrial Design<br />
• Interior Design<br />
• Graphic Design<br />
• Studio Art<br />
Professional performance venues<br />
The Forbes Center for the Performing Arts<br />
serves as a support space and performance<br />
venue for students in the School of Music.<br />
Featuring five remarkable venues, the Forbes<br />
Center hosts dance, theatre and music<br />
performances by critically acclaimed guest<br />
artists as well as <strong>JMU</strong> faculty members,<br />
students and alumni.<br />
School of Music<br />
Inspired by a deep love of music and a mission<br />
to provide the highest level of training, the School<br />
has an extraordinary range of programs to help<br />
you explore and develop as a musician. Areas<br />
of study include:<br />
• ●Brass<br />
• Ensembles<br />
• Jazz<br />
• Music Education<br />
• Musicology/Ethnomusicology<br />
• Percussion<br />
• Piano<br />
• Strings<br />
• Theory/Composition Voice<br />
• Woodwinds<br />
From professional pianists to film scoring and<br />
concert production, our graduates are highly<br />
sought after in all areas of the music business.<br />
School of Theatre and Dance<br />
With so many <strong>JMU</strong> alumni making their mark<br />
on Broadway or in Hollywood, the School<br />
rightly prides itself on the attention it gives<br />
to undergraduates.<br />
Discover an exciting range of programs that not<br />
only help you grow as a performer, but give you<br />
the opportunity to write, produce, direct, design<br />
and choreograph productions.<br />
Theatre areas of study:<br />
• Design and Theatre Technology<br />
• Performance<br />
• Theatre Studies<br />
• Theatre Education<br />
Dance areas of study:<br />
• Ballroom Dance<br />
• Dance Improvisation<br />
• Elementary Modern Dance<br />
• Elementary Ballet<br />
• International Folk Dance<br />
• Jazz Dance<br />
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