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]The Rebecca and John J. Moores School of Music is one of the leading urban state-supported universities in the nation witin the University of Houston. The Moores School boasts an extraordinary faculty of internationally recognized artist/teachers, composers, music educators, and music historians and theorists. It offers a variety of strong programs leading to the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees, as well as the Doctor of Musical Arts.
The Moores School of Music's commitment to academic excellence and the highest performance standards has made the institution a vital resource in the educational and cultural life of this city. With its 80-member faculty and more than 600 music majors, the Moores School of Music's thriving programs place it in the forefront of music schools today. With the addition of its beautiful, new, state-of-the-art Rebecca and John J. Moores School of Music building, the school is uniquely poised to be a vanguard institution for the twenty-first century.
Although the primary mission of the Moores School is to educate and train professional performers and teachers, the school also serves the community at large with its public concerts and class offerings. The Moores School division of Preparatory and Continuing Studies is a multi-faceted program which provides private and classroom instruction to all ages.
Undergraduate and graduate degrees through the doctoral level are offered in theory, performance, composition, music history, pedagogy, conducting, and music education. Through the excellence of its curriculum, the distinction of its faculty, the success of its graduates, and its alliances with the city's esteemed arts organizations - the Houston Symphony, Houston Grand Opera, Society for the Performing Arts, and others - the school enjoys a reputation which brings students to Houston from throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Mexico, South and Central America, and the Far East.
As 80 percent of the university's music graduates remain in this area, it is readily apparent that the Moores School of Music provides a major infusion of superbly trained musicians into professional performance organizations, churches, public and private schools, and studios—indeed, into every aspect of the city's musical life.
The school has many performing ensembles, such as the famous University of Houston Wind Ensemble, the Symphony Orchestra, Concert Chorale, the opera department, Aura contemporary music ensemble, and the Jazz Orchestra and Spirit of Houston Marching Band.