Your Melody. Your Moment.

Why Woodwinds at Duquesne?

Our flexible curriculum empowers you to shape your own music pathway with your Faculty Advisor and Student Success Coach. Match your love for woodwinds with any of our degree programs while balancing your performance commitments and academics.

World Class Faculty & Award-Winning Ensembles

In addition to studying with master performers and teachers, you will also have the opportunity to perform in award-winning ensembles including orchestral, wind, choral, and jazz ensembles. Chamber music also plays a very important role in our students’ education. View woodwind events.

Our Alumni Succeed

Graduates of the Mary Pappert School of Music can be seen performing in the nation’s top professional performing ensembles such the GRAMMY Award-winning Pittsburgh Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Metropolitan Opera, and various military bands in Washington, DC.

The woodwind program provides excellent instruction provided by a world class faculty. Virtually all of the woodwind teachers are recognized performers, living the careers that our students seek for themselves.

In addition to scheduled private lessons and master classes, woodwind students have the opportunity to study orchestral repertoire and participate in chamber music ensembles.  A robust performance environment includes a symphony orchestra, two wind ensembles, and a variety of jazz ensembles.

Woodwind graduates regularly take their places in the profession as performers and as teachers at every level.  Graduates can be found in such orchestras as the Chicago and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestras and in bands of the United States Armed Forces.  Duquesne graduates are respected teachers at every level from the public schools through universities.

How can I get involved?

In addition to choosing a degree pathway, all music majors have a primary instrumental identity. Music majors that want to fully incorporate woodwind studies into their curriculum must select one of the instrumental options below when applying: 

• Flute
• Oboe
• Clarinet
• Saxophone
• Bassoon

Not majoring in music? Any Duquesne student can participate in orchestral and chamber ensembles regardless of major. Learn more about your music opportunities as a non-major.