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Internships/Research

Music students have a number of outlets for gaining hands-on experience on campus and in surrounding communities. A number of instrumentalists teach younger students through the Bethel College Academy of Performing Arts. Students also get involved in area church services on a regular basis – many of them direct church choirs or play piano or organ. Students have also applied and been accepted for internships with larger music organizations such as a summer 2006 internship with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in New York City.

Possibilities for undergraduate research are open to Bethel music majors, designed by students to tailor to their specific interests and closely assisted by faculty. Some recent undergraduate research topics have included:

• The 24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano by Dmitri Shostakovich
• Stuart Davis, Earl Hines and jazz-art influences
• Four jazz transcriptions and a comparative analysis of the various jazz styles represented