Music, Theatre, Art and Dance
Wittenberg has a very active music program, with classes, events, and activities that are available to all students. Courses cover a wide variety of music — Western classical music (both old and new), world music, and popular music; the study of music from an analytical or historical perspective; and the study of music education itself. Music lessons (in voice, piano, and the various orchestral and band instruments) are open to all students, as is participation in music ensembles, including the Brass Ensemble, Chamber Singers, Flute Choir, Handbell Choir, Chamber Orchestra, Wittenberg Choir, Wittenberg Singers, and Wittenberg Symphonic Band. Concerts and recitals are presented on campus throughout each semester.
Dedicated to the study, development, and practice of theatre, Wittenberg’s University Theatre serves as a center of theatre activity for all interested students. Each year it presents a series of main stage productions designed and directed by faculty members and guest artists in addition to another series of plays designed and directed by students. Productions of recent years include Proof, The Learned Ladies, Picnic, The Laramie Project, My Fair Lady, and The Taming of the Shrew. The Department of Theatre and Dance also presents a fall dance concert and a faculty and seniors spring concert. Besides these, there are both a student improvisation theatre group called Pocket Lint and a student dance club. For students interested in the study of theatre and/or dance, the university offers a theatre major, a technical theatre minor, a theatre performance minor, and a dance minor.
The Ann Miller Gallery in Koch Hall hosts rotating exhibits of professional and student art.