Learning Beyond the Classroom
As a visual and performing arts student, you can get involved in student organizations and various events. You'll also have the chance to prepare for a career in the arts with experience through various opportunities.
Featured Opportunities
Horvath Student Juried Exhibition
Every March, we take the opportunity to recognize outstanding student achievement. Professional artists are invited to jury the show and select awardees.
Performance
Opportunities
As any major, you can keep artistic performance in your life by participating in one of the many dance, instrumental or vocal ensembles at UD, as well as additional performance opportunities, like Altitude Theatre Lab, Pride of Dayton Marching Band, University Chorale, Electronic Music Ensemble, Dance Ensemble and Vocal Performance Ensemble.
Annual New York City
Trip
Every year, visual arts students travel to New York City to visit galleries and museums and explore the work of professional artists.
Choral Festival
Each fall and spring, the University of Dayton hosts a Choral Festival. At this festival, UD students have the opportunity to work with choral music faculty to prepare high school students for the fall concert and spring for the OMEA large ensemble.
Student Arts Clubs
The University of Dayton has more than 240 student clubs and organizations on campus, and here are a few visual and performing arts clubs to consider:
- Irish Dance
- Swing Dance Clubs
- Life Itself Dance
- UD Dance
- Studio Theatre
- Art Club
- Acapella Groups
- Improv Theatre
- Orpheus Literary and Arts Magazine
Sigma Alpha Iota Women's Music Fraternity
Delta Sigma is the University's chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota women's music fraternity. SAI Sisters achieve greatness in academia and music and are leaders both within the Department of Music and among the University. SAI is made up of both music majors and non-music majors, with all sisters participating in music in their class curriculum. "Vita Brevis, Ars Longa - Life is short, Art is long."
Music Therapy Club
The UD Music Therapy Club's mission is to educate, advocate and provide meaningful service. Club serves the greater Dayton community by providing music enrichment activities to underserved and marginalized individuals and groups. Membership is open to anyone who is passionate about music or who is interested in learning more about the profession of music therapy.
Phi Mu Alpha Music Fraternity
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia is the world's largest and oldest national fraternal society in music. PMA provides service to all on-campus ensembles, as well as the musical needs of individual students. PMA seeks men of music from all walks of life; whether your passion is in the study of arts, law or engineering, so long as music touches your life.
Ohio Collegiate Music Educators Association (OCMEA)
The Ohio Music Educators Association is the third largest of the 52 federal state affiliates of The National Association for Music Education (NAfME). OCMEA provides music education students with various opportunities to explore, discuss, and learn about the field of music education by sharing the knowledge and experience of other professionals.
For more information, contact Latasha Thomas-Durrell, Ph.D.